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title: swine — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «swine» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Animals of the pig family. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# swine

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**Who acts:** swine, it, O prince, art, ye, carcasses · **What happens:** part, be, not chew, art, feed, not eat · **To what, where:** hoof, cud, thou, swine

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Animals of the pig family.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:swine:m1:1
# text = Animals of the pig family.
1	Animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.

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From Torah LEV.11.7, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:swine:x1:1
# text = And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	swine	swine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	parteth	part	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hoof	hoof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	cloven	cloven	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	footed	footed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	cheweth	chew	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
19	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	cud	cud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
25	unclean	unclean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	_
26	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **part** | present | the swine | the hoof |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoof=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | footed *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **chew** | present |  | the cud |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cud=Patient |
| 4 | **is** | present | swine |  |  |  |  | unto you; unclean *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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"Is it thou, O prince, who art feeding swine?

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From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:swine:x2:1
# text = "Is it thou, O prince, who art feeding swine?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	O	O	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	swine	swine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | thou |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **art** *in a quote* |  | O prince and art |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **feed** *in a quote* | gerund | art *not said here* | swine |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swine=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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and the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you; of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch.

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From Torah DEU.14.8, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:swine:x3:1
# text = and the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you; of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch.
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	swine	swine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	parteth	part	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hoof	hoof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	cheweth	chew	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cud	cud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	unclean	unclean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
19	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
25	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	28	nsubj	_	_
26	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
27	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	28	advmod	_	_
28	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
31	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	carcasses	carcass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nsubj	_	_
33	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	36	nsubj	_	_
34	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
35	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	36	advmod	_	_
36	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **part** | present | the swine | the hoof |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoof=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **chew** | present | the swine *not said here* | the cud |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cud=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | swine |  |  |  |  | unto you; unclean *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **eat** | shall | ye |  |  |  |  | of their flesh | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of flesh=Source |
| 5 | **not** **touch** | shall | their carcasses |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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