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title: reacheth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «reacheth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «reacheth» means «reaches», a form of «reach»: To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# reacheth

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**Who acts:** train, we, Nophah · **What happens:** reach, mean, be, form, shoot, perish · **To what, where:** city, reach, We, Heshbon, waste · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«reacheth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: [reacheth in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/reacheth.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«reacheth» means «reaches», a form of «reach»: To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:reacheth:m1:1
# text = «reacheth» means «reaches», a form of «reach»: To reach is to get to a place: the train reached the city.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	reacheth	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	reach	reach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	To	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	reach	reach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **reach** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **reach** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to a place; get *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **reach** | past | the train | the city |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent city=Theme |
| 7 | **form** |  |  | reach |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=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}

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We have shot at them — Heshbon is perished — even unto Dibon, and we have laid waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

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From Torah NUM.21.30, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:reacheth:x1:1
# text = We have shot at them — Heshbon is perished — even unto Dibon, and we have laid waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	shot	shoot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	Heshbon	Heshbon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	perished	perish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
10	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Dibon	Dibon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
19	waste	waste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
20	even	even	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Nophah	Nophah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
25	reacheth	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
26	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Medeba	Medeba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | present · perfect · passive |  | We |  |  |  | at them *= they* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme at they=Destination |
| 2 | **perish** | present · passive |  | Heshbon |  |  |  | unto Dibon | tree rules |
| 3 | **lay** | present · perfect | we | waste |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waste=Result |
| 4 | **reach** | present | Nophah |  |  |  |  | unto Medeba | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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