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title: still — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «still» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Continually or always, going on without stopping. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# still

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**Who acts:** Abram, Night, book, copyright, we · **What happens:** go on, stop, journey, go, stand, mute · **To what, where:** South, copyright, country, guidance, specific use, specific book

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Continually or always, going on without stopping.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:still:m1:1
# text = Continually or always, going on without stopping.
1	Continually	continually	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	stopping	stop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | always, continually *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.

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From Torah GEN.12.9, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:still:x1:1
# text = And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Abram	Abram	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	journeyed	journey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	obl	_	_
8	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **journey** | past | Abram |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | Abram *not said here* |  |  | the South |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme toward south=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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But Night stood still and mute.

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From Andersen's Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:still:x2:1
# text = But Night stood still and mute.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Night	Night	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	mute	mute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | Night |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mute** | infinitive | Night *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can't offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed.

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From Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:still:x3:1
# text = Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can't offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed.
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	copyright	copyright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	varies	vary	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	parataxis	_	_
19	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
20	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
21	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
22	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	24	det	_	_
23	specific	specific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj:pass	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	28	det	_	_
27	specific	specific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
29	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux:pass	_	_
30	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a book |  |  | copyright | still |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **vary** | present | copyright |  |  | country |  | to country *result* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP.patient V PP.extent PP.initial\_state PP.result»: agent=Patient from country=Initial\_State to country=Result |
| 3 | **not** **offer** | can | we | guidance |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent guidance=Theme |
| 4 | **allow** | present · passive |  | any specific use of any specific book |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
| 5 | **use** |  |  | any specific book |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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