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title: soundeth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «soundeth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «soundeth» means «sounds», a form of «sound»: Anything you can hear. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# soundeth

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**Who acts:** you, hand, it, horn, beast · **What happens:** sound, mean, hear, form, touch, stone · **To what, where:** sounds, sound, him, hand, beast, mount · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«soundeth» means «sounds», a form of «sound»: Anything you can hear.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:soundeth:m1:1
# text = «soundeth» means «sounds», a form of «sound»: Anything you can hear.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	soundeth	sound	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	sounds	sound	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	6	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
16	Anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	conj	_	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | sounds and a form of sound |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Topic |
| 3 | **hear** | can | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **form** |  |  | sound |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 -->
"the sound of rain".

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:soundeth:m1e:1
# text = "the sound of rain".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live; when the ram's horn soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.'

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From Torah EXO.19.13, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:soundeth:x1:1
# text = no hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live; when the ram's horn soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.'
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
9	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	stoned	stone	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	shot	shoot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
16	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
18	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	cop	_	_
21	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	advcl	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
25	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
26	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
27	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	28	advmod	_	_
28	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
30	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	35	mark	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	ram	ram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	's	's	PART	POS	_	32	case	_	_
34	horn	horn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
35	soundeth	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
36	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
39	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
40	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	conj	_	_
41	up	up	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
42	to	to	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	mount	mount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | shall | no hand | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **stone** | shall · passive |  | hand |  |  |  | surely *property* | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 3 | **shoot through** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | infinitive | it | beast or man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **live** | shall | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **sound** | present | the ram's horn |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 7 | **come up** | shall | beast |  |  | the mount |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mount=Initial\_Location |

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