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title: repenteth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «repenteth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «repenteth» means «repents», a form of «repent». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# repenteth

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**Who acts:** you, LORD, I, air · **What happens:** repent, mean, be, do, want, change · **To what, where:** repents, man, face, Me, them · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«repenteth» means «repents», a form of «repent».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:repenteth:m1:1
# text = «repenteth» means «repents», a form of «repent».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	repenteth	repent	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	repents	repent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	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	repent	repent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repent** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | repents |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent repent=Topic |

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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.

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The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To repent is to feel truly sorry for something wrong you have done and to want to change.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:repenteth:m1e:1
# text = To repent is to feel truly sorry for something wrong you have done and to want to change.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	repent	repent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repent** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | feel, sorry *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | present · perfect | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **want** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 5 | **change** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And the LORD said: 'I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and creeping thing, and fowl of the air; for it repenteth Me that I have made them.'

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From Torah GEN.6.7, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:repenteth:x1:1
# text = And the LORD said: 'I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and creeping thing, and fowl of the air; for it repenteth Me that I have made them.'
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	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	blot	blot	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	obj	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	created	create	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	24	det	_	_
24	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	creeping	creep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	31	amod	_	_
31	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	fowl	fowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
39	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
40	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	repenteth	repent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
42	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	41	obj	_	_
43	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
44	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
45	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	41	advcl	_	_
47	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	41	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	41	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **blot out** | future | I |  | man |  |  | both man *obl* | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Destination |
| 3 | **create** | present · perfect | I | man |  | the face of the earth |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent whom=Result from face=Material |
| 4 | **creep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **repent** | present | air | Me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **make** | present · perfect | I | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Product |

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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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