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title: mete — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mete» in the Early Modern English dictionary: To measure out, or to give out as a reward or punishment. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mete

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**Who acts:** they, he, man, you, one, gods · **What happens:** measure out, give out, mete, have over, gather, have · **To what, where:** it, that, lack, man, yourself, skin · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«mete» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [mete in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/mete.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To measure out, or to give out as a reward or punishment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:mete:m1:1
# text = To measure out, or to give out as a reward or punishment.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	measure	measure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **measure out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **give out** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | as a reward or punishment | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

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From Torah EXO.16.18, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:mete:x1:1
# text = And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	mete	mete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	omer	omer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obj	_	_
13	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	much	much	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	parataxis	_	_
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	obj	_	_
17	over	over	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
22	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
23	little	little	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	24	advmod	_	_
24	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	ccomp	_	_
25	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	26	det	_	_
26	lack	lack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
28	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
30	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	31	det	_	_
31	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	35	case	_	_
33	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	fixed	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	eating	eating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mete** | past · do-support | they | it |  |  |  | with a omer | tree rules |
| 2 | **have over** | past | he | that |  |  |  | over *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **gather** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **have** | past | he *not said here* | no lack |  |  |  | little *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lack=Patient |
| 5 | **gather** | past | they | every man |  |  |  | accord man's eating | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |
| 6 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **eat** |  | man |  |  |  |  |  | nom eating «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wrap yourself in this skin, leave the palace, and walk so long as you can find ground to carry you: when one sacrifices everything to virtue the gods know how to mete out reward.

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From The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:mete:x2:1
# text = Wrap yourself in this skin, leave the palace, and walk so long as you can find ground to carry you: when one sacrifices everything to virtue the gods know how to mete out reward.
1	Wrap	wrap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
19	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	acl	_	_
22	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
24	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	26	mark	_	_
25	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	sacrifices	sacrifice	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
27	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	26	obj	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	virtue	virtue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nsubj	_	_
32	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	parataxis	_	_
33	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	35	advmod	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	mete	mete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	ccomp	_	_
36	out	out	ADP	RP	_	35	compound:prt	_	_
37	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | imperative | you *not said here* | yourself |  | this skin |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme in skin=Destination |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive |  | the palace |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme |
| 3 | **walk** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **find** | can | you | ground |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Topic |
| 5 | **carry** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 6 | **sacrifice** | present | one | everything | virtue |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Theme to virtue=Recipient |
| 7 | **know** | present | the gods |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 8 | **mete out** | to-infinitive |  | reward |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the sad and beautiful story of Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes, we have another instance of the severe punishments meted out by Apollo to those who in any way incurred his displeasure.

<!-- .note -->
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:mete:x3:1
# text = In the sad and beautiful story of Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes, we have another instance of the severe punishments meted out by Apollo to those who in any way incurred his displeasure.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Niobe	Niobe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Tantalus	Tantalus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Amphion	Amphion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
23	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
25	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	26	det	_	_
26	instance	instance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	severe	severe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	punishments	punishment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	_
31	meted	mete	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	acl	_	_
32	out	out	ADP	RP	_	31	compound:prt	_	_
33	by	by	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	31	obl:agent	_	_
37	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	41	nsubj	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	40	det	_	_
40	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
41	incurred	incur	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	acl:relcl	_	_
42	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | we | another instance of the severe punishments |  | the sad story of Niobe and daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instance=Patient |
| 2 | **mete out** | participle |  | the severe punishments *not said here* |  |  |  | by Apollo | tree rules |
| 3 | **incur** | past |  | Apollo's displeasure |  | any way |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **instance** |  |  | the severe punishments |  |  |  |  | nom instance «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **displease** |  | Apollo |  |  |  |  |  | nom displeasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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