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title: prince — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «prince» in the Early Modern English dictionary: A leader or chief, such as the head of a tribe in the Torah, or a chief spirit in Sefer Yetzirah. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# prince

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**Who acts:** prince, It · **What happens:** offer, not inquire, illuminate, cause, emanate · **To what, where:** splendor, supply

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A leader or chief, such as the head of a tribe in the Torah, or a chief spirit in Sefer Yetzirah.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:prince:m1:1
# text = A leader or chief, such as the head of a tribe in the Torah, or a chief spirit in Sefer Yetzirah.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:

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From Torah NUM.7.18, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:prince:x1:1
# text = On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
5	Nethanel	Nethanel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	vocative	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Zuar	Zuar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Issachar	Issachar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
15	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	offer	offer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"But why not?" inquired the prince.

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From The Arabian Nights Entertainments.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:prince:x2:1
# text = "But why not?" inquired the prince.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	inquired	inquire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **inquire** *speech: other* | past | the prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It illuminates the splendor of all lights, and causes a supply of influence to emanate from the Prince of countenances.

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From Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:prince:x3:1
# text = It illuminates the splendor of all lights, and causes a supply of influence to emanate from the Prince of countenances.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	illuminates	illuminate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	splendor	splendor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	supply	supply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	influence	influence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	emanate	emanate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	countenances	countenance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **illuminate** | present | It | the splendor of all lights |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent splendor=Destination |
| 2 | **cause** | present |  | a supply of influence |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition supply=Patient |
| 3 | **emanate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | from the Prince of countenances | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from prince=Source |

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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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