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title: seethe — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «seethe» in the Early Modern English dictionary: To cook something by boiling it in liquid. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# seethe

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**Who acts:** Thou · **What happens:** cook, boil, not seethe, take, seethe · **To what, where:** something, it, kid, milk, ram, flesh

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To cook something by boiling it in liquid.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:seethe:m1:1
# text = To cook something by boiling it in liquid.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cook	cook	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	boiling	boil	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent something=Patient |
| 2 | **boil** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | in liquid | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient in liquid=Instrument |

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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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Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.

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From Torah EXO.23.19, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:seethe:x1:1
# text = Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
2	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	seethe	seethe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **seethe** | shall | Thou | a kid |  | kid's mother's milk |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location kid=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.'

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From Torah EXO.34.26, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:seethe:x2:1
# text = Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk.'
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
2	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	seethe	seethe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **seethe** | shall | Thou | a kid |  | kid's mother's milk |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location kid=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place.

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From Torah EXO.29.31, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:seethe:x3:1
# text = And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ram	ram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	consecration	consecration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	seethe	seethe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | shall | thou | the ram of consecration |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ram=Theme |
| 2 | **seethe** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | consecration's flesh |  | a holy place |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location flesh=Theme |

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