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title: ne — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ne» in the Early Modern English dictionary: A word meaning "not" in another language, so it is not an English word. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ne

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**Who acts:** word, language · **What happens:** not mean, not be · **To what, where:** English word

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A word meaning "not" in another language, so it is not an English word.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:ne:m1:1
# text = A word meaning "not" in another language, so it is not an English word.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mean** | gerund | a word and a English word *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in another language | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in language=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | language | a English word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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\[354\] Tak de ego ne vzat'.

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From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:ne:x1:1
# text = [354] Tak de ego ne vzat'.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	354	354	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Tak	Tak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	ego	ego	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	ne	ne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	vzat	vzat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et

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From Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:ne:x2:1
# text = Hinc jam rebus Israel inclinatis ne deficeret per sapientes Hierusalem arcanis et
1	Hinc	Hinc	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	rebus	rebus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
5	inclinatis	inclinatis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	ne	ne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	deficeret	deficeret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	per	per	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sapientes	sapiente	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	Hierusalem	Hierusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
11	arcanis	arcanis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	et	ET	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Athene (a-thee'-ne, th as in both), 43.

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From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:ne:x3:1
# text = Athene (a-thee'-ne, th as in both), 43.
1	Athene	athene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	ne	ne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	th	th	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	43	43	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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