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title: mount — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mount» in the Early Modern English dictionary: In the Torah, "mount" means a mountain; in the fairy tale it means to climb on, as on a horse or pony. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mount

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**Who acts:** mount, LORD, us, they · **What happens:** mean, climb, speak, say, let, go · **To what, where:** mountain, fairy tale, mount, us, Kehelah · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«mount» 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: [mount in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/mount.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In the Torah, "mount" means a mountain; in the fairy tale it means to climb on, as on a horse or pony.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:mount:m1:1
# text = In the Torah, "mount" means a mountain; in the fairy tale it means to climb on, as on a horse or pony.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	mount	mount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	on	on	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	as	as	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	on	on	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	pony	pony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | mount | a mountain |  |  |  | in the Torah | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot mountain=Theme in torah=Attribute |
| 2 | **mean** | present | mount |  |  | the fairy tale |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **climb** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | mount *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a horse or pony | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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And the LORD spoke unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying:

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From Torah LEV.25.1, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:mount:x1:1
# text = And the LORD spoke unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying:
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	mount	mount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	Sinai	Sinai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the LORD |  |  | mount |  | unto Moses | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the LORD *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mount quickly and let us go.

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From The Adventures of Pinocchio.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:mount:x2:1
# text = Mount quickly and let us go.
1	Mount	Mount	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	1	cc	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | infinitive | Mount | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And they journeyed from Kehelah, and pitched in mount Shepher.

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From Torah NUM.33.23, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:mount:x3:1
# text = And they journeyed from Kehelah, and pitched in mount Shepher.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	journeyed	journey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Kehelah	Kehelah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	pitched	pitch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	mount	mount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	Shepher	Shepher	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **journey** | past | they |  |  | Kehelah |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from kehelah=Trajectory |
| 2 | **pitch** | participle | they *not said here* |  |  | mount |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in mount=Destination |

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**Text:** the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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