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title: threescore — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «threescore» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Three times twenty, which is sixty. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# threescore

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**Who acts:** I, threescore cattle, she, he · **What happens:** be, have, kill, say, cut up, look · **To what, where:** sixty, threescore cattle, time, shoulder, one, mouth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Three times twenty, which is sixty.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:threescore:m1:1
# text = Three times twenty, which is sixty.
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | sixty |  |  |  |  | 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
and threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

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From Torah NUM.31.33, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:threescore:x1:1
# text = and threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
2	threescore	threescore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	compound	_	_
5	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	beeves	beef	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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‘I must have threescore cattle killed,’ said she, ‘and cut up into quarters, and every time I look over my shoulder he must throw one of them into my mouth.’

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From The Yellow Fairy Book.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:threescore:x2:1
# text = ‘I must have threescore cattle killed,’ said she, ‘and cut up into quarters, and every time I look over my shoulder he must throw one of them into my mouth.’
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
5	threescore	threescore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
13	‘	‘	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	parataxis	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	into	into	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	quarters	quarter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
21	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	det	_	_
22	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl:unmarked	_	_
23	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
25	over	over	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	parataxis	_	_
31	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	30	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nmod	_	_
34	into	into	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	30	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | must | I | threescore cattle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **kill** | participle | threescore cattle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **cut up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | into quarters | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent into quarter=Patient |
| 5 | **look** | present | I | every time *not said here* |  | my shoulder |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme time=Attribute |
| 6 | **throw** | must | he | one of quarters |  |  | time | into my mouth *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer one=Theme into mouth=Result |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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and threescore and one thousand asses,

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From Torah NUM.31.34, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:threescore:x3:1
# text = and threescore and one thousand asses,
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
2	threescore	threescore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	compound	_	_
5	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	asses	ass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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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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