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title: thine — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «thine» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Belonging to you; used before a vowel sound or on its own, as in "shall be thine.". Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# thine

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**Who acts:** he, thou, eye · **What happens:** belong, use, be, devote, cut off, have · **To what, where:** you, thine, thing, Israel, hand, pity

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Belonging to you; used before a vowel sound or on its own, as in "shall be thine.".

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thine:m1:1
# text = Belonging to you; used before a vowel sound or on its own, as in "shall be thine.".
1	Belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	cop	_	_
20	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | gerund |  |  | you |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  | before a vowel sound |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | thine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.

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From Torah NUM.18.14, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thine:x1:1
# text = Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	devoted	devote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devote** | participle |  | every thing *not said here* |  | Israel |  |  | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | shall |  | thine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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"And she shall be thine," he exclaimed; "thine!

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From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thine:x2:1
# text = "And she shall be thine," he exclaimed; "thine!
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
6	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	exclaimed	exclaim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive | he |  |  |  |  | exclaim *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.

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From Torah DEU.25.12, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:thine:x3:1
# text = then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.
1	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	pity	pity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut off** | shall | thou | her hand |  |  | then |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector hand=Eventuality |
| 2 | **have** | shall | thine eye | no pity |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pity=Patient |

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