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title: nought — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nought» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Nothing; in the texts it means no part, or nothing at all. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# nought

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**Who acts:** it, you, ye, your, She, nothing · **What happens:** mean, go, get, straw, find, diminish · **To what, where:** part, yourselves, it, nought, soul, manna

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Nothing; in the texts it means no part, or nothing at all.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:nought:m1:1
# text = Nothing; in the texts it means no part, or nothing at all.
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	texts	text	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	appos	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it | no part |  |  |  | in the texts | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot part=Theme in text=Attribute |

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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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Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.'

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From Torah EXO.5.11, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:nought:x1:1
# text = Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it; for nought of your work shall be diminished.'
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	yourselves	yourselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	straw	straw	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	nought	nought	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	20	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	diminished	diminish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | yourselves |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location yourselves=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **straw** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **find** | can | ye | it |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
| 5 | **diminish** | shall · passive |  |  |  |  |  | for nought | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 6 | **work** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She saw nought the first day.

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From More English Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:nought:x2:1
# text = She saw nought the first day.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nought	nought	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	2	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | She | nought |  |  | day |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nought=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.' —

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From Torah NUM.11.6, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:nought:x3:1
# text = but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.' —
1	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
3	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	dried	dry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	10	expl	_	_
10	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
15	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
17	nought	nought	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	16	obj	_	_
18	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	det	_	_
20	manna	manna	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	acl	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
26	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dry away** | present · passive |  | our soul |  |  | now | away *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **be** | present | nothing |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | present | we | nought |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **save** | infinitive | nought *not said here* | this manna |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manna=Theme |
| 5 | **look** | to-infinitive | nought *not said here* | this manna *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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