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title: tent — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tent» in the Early Modern English dictionary: A dwelling made of cloth stretched over poles, where a family lived. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tent

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**Who acts:** family, Israel, He, Laban · **What happens:** make, stretch, live, journey, spread, rise · **To what, where:** cloth, poles, tent, Migdal eder, them

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A dwelling made of cloth stretched over poles, where a family lived.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:tent:m1:1
# text = A dwelling made of cloth stretched over poles, where a family lived.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dwelling	dwell	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	poles	pole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | of cloth | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» |
| 2 | **stretch** | participle |  | cloth *not said here* |  | poles |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over pole=Location |
| 3 | **live** | past | a family |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder.

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From Torah GEN.35.21, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:tent:x1:1
# text = And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Israel	Israel	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	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	Migdal	Migdal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	eder	eder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **journey** | past | Israel |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **spread** | past | Israel *not said here* | Israel's tent |  | Migdal eder |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tent=Theme beyond eder=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He rose and stalked to the tent-door.

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From Irish Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:tent:x2:1
# text = He rose and stalked to the tent-door.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	stalked	stalk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stalk** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the tent door | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not.

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From Torah GEN.31.34, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:tent:x3:1
# text = And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Laban	Laban	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | Laban |  |  |  |  | about all tent | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about tent=Location |
| 2 | **not** **find** | past | Laban *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |

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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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