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title: stirreth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «stirreth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «stirreth» means «stirs», a form of «stir». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# stirreth

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**Who acts:** eagle · **What happens:** stir, mean, form, be, stick, mix · **To what, where:** stirs, stir, liquid, spoon, nest, young · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«stirreth» means «stirs», a form of «stir».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:stirreth:m1:1
# text = «stirreth» means «stirs», a form of «stir».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	stirreth	stir	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	stirs	stir	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	4	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	stir	stir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stir** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | stirs |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stir=Topic |
| 3 | **form** |  |  | stir |  |  |  |  | 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 -->
To stir is to move a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:stirreth:m1e:1
# text = To stir is to move a spoon or stick round and round in a liquid or mixture to mix it.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stir	stir	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	spoon	spoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	stick	stick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	round	round	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	round	round	ADV	RB	_	10	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	liquid	liquid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	mixture	mixture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	mix	mix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stir** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | move *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **stick** | infinitive |  |  |  | a liquid or mixture |  | round *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in liquid=Destination |
| 4 | **mix** | to-infinitive |  | spoon |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions —

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From Torah DEU.32.11, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:stirreth:x1:1
# text = As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, hovereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions —
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	eagle	eagle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stirreth	stir	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	hovereth	hover	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	young	young	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	spreadeth	spread	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	taketh	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
21	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	beareth	bear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
24	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	pinions	pinion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
28	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stir up** | present | a eagle | eagle's nest |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition nest=Patient |
| 2 | **hover** | present |  |  |  | eagle's young |  | as a eagle | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over young=Location |
| 3 | **spread** | present |  | eagle's wings |  |  |  | abroad *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location wing=Theme |
| 4 | **take** | present |  | wings *= wing* |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 5 | **bear** | present |  | wings *= wing* |  | eagle's pinions |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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