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title: straitly — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «straitly» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Strictly, firmly, or solemnly, so that something must be done. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# straitly

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**Who acts:** Moses, God, ye · **What happens:** do, take, swear, say, remember, carry up · **To what, where:** something, bones, children, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Strictly, firmly, or solemnly, so that something must be done.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:straitly:m1:1
# text = Strictly, firmly, or solemnly, so that something must be done.
1	Strictly	strictly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	solemnly	solemnly	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	nsubj	_	_
11	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | must · passive |  | something |  |  |  | firmly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying: 'God will surely remember you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.'

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From Torah EXO.13.19, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:straitly:x1:1
# text = And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying: 'God will surely remember you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	straitly	straitly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
23	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
25	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	ccomp	_	_
28	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
31	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	33	nsubj	_	_
32	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
34	up	up	ADP	RP	_	33	compound:prt	_	_
35	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obj	_	_
37	away	away	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
38	hence	hence	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
39	with	with	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | Moses | the bones of Joseph |  |  |  | with Joseph | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme |
| 2 | **swear** | past · perfect | Moses | the children of Israel |  |  |  | straitly *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent child=Eventuality |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Moses *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **remember** | future | God | you |  |  |  | surely *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 5 | **carry up** | shall | ye | my bones |  |  |  | with you; away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme |

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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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