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title: soul — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «soul» in the Early Modern English dictionary: The whole living person or creature; the self. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# soul

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**Who acts:** I, soul, You, it · **What happens:** set, not abhor, have, refer, approach, imply · **To what, where:** tabernacle, you, soul, another, kind, phantom essence

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The whole living person or creature; the self.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:soul:m1:1
# text = The whole living person or creature; the self.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you.

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From Torah LEV.26.11, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:soul:x1:1
# text = And I will set My tabernacle among you, and My soul shall not abhor you.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	tabernacle	tabernacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	among	among	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	abhor	abhor	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | future | I | My tabernacle |  |  |  | among you | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tabernacle=Theme among you=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **abhor** | shall | My soul | you |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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You have a soul for poetry.

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From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:soul:x2:1
# text = You have a soul for poetry.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | You | a soul |  |  |  | for poetry | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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On another, it refers to something less tangible, approaching the kind of phantom essence implied by the English term ‘soul’.

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From Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:soul:x3:1
# text = On another, it refers to something less tangible, approaching the kind of phantom essence implied by the English term ‘soul’.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	refers	refer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
8	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	tangible	tangible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	approaching	approach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	phantom	phantom	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	essence	essence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	implied	imply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	acl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
22	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refer** | present | it |  |  | another |  | to something | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to something=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **approach** | gerund |  | the kind of phantom essence |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Theme |
| 3 | **imply** | participle |  | phantom essence *not said here* |  |  |  | by the English term | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |

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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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