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title: seed — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «seed» in the Early Modern English dictionary: The children and later family of a person, the people who come after them. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# seed

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**Who acts:** people, ye, He, his · **What happens:** come, be, sow, return, kiss, call · **To what, where:** seed, land, him, bosom, covenant · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The children and later family of a person, the people who come after them.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:seed:m1:1
# text = The children and later family of a person, the people who come after them.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | the people |  |  |  | after people |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.

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From Torah GEN.47.23, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:seed:x1:1
# text = Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
1	Lo	lo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	nsubj	_	_
11	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	sow	sow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | seed |  |  |  | for you | tree rules |
| 2 | **sow** | shall | ye | the land |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent land=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You oughter seed dat toof, boss.

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From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:seed:x2:1
# text = You oughter seed dat toof, boss.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	oughter	ought	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
3	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	dat	dat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	toof	toof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He returned him to his bosom and kissed him upon the head, and called him, “My beloved,” and cut a covenant for him and his seed.

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From Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:seed:x3:1
# text = He returned him to his bosom and kissed him upon the head, and called him, “My beloved,” and cut a covenant for him and his seed.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	bosom	bosom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	kissed	kiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	beloved	beloved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	covenant	covenant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nmod	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | past | He | him *= he* |  | his bosom |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to bosom=Destination |
| 2 | **kiss** | past | He *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | upon the head | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | He *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **cut** | past | He *not said here* | a covenant |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent covenant=Product for he=Beneficiary |
| 5 | **bosom** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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