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title: sooth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sooth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Truth; in the phrases "in good sooth" and "for sooth" it means truly or indeed. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sooth

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**Who acts:** it, this, I, sooth · **What happens:** mean, be, play · **To what, where:** man

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Truth; in the phrases "in good sooth" and "for sooth" it means truly or indeed.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:sooth:m1:1
# text = Truth; in the phrases "in good sooth" and "for sooth" it means truly or indeed.
1	Truth	Truth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	phrases	phrase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	sooth	sooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	sooth	sooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
18	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | it |  |  |  |  | truly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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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In good sooth, she has not her equal!

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From The Brown Fairy Book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:sooth:x1:1
# text = In good sooth, she has not her equal!
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sooth	sooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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For sooth this is a man with whom I play.

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From Indian Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:sooth:x2:1
# text = For sooth this is a man with whom I play.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sooth	sooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nmod	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | this | a man |  |  |  | for sooth | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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For sooth it is a man with whom I play.

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From Indian Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:sooth:x3:1
# text = For sooth it is a man with whom I play.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sooth	sooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nmod	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | sooth | a man |  |  |  | for sooth | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «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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