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title: tillest — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tillest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «tillest» means «you till», a form of «till»: Till means until, up to a time: open from 9 till 5. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tillest

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**Who acts:** you, Till, thou, ground · **What happens:** till, mean, open, form, not yield, be · **To what, where:** 9, till, ground, earth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«tillest» means «you till», a form of «till»: Till means until, up to a time: open from 9 till 5.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:tillest:m1:1
# text = «tillest» means «you till», a form of «till»: Till means until, up to a time: open from 9 till 5.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	tillest	till	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	till	till	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	till	till	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	Till	Till	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
19	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	up	up	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
26	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
27	from	from	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	26	obl	_	_
29	till	till	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **till** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **till** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **mean** | present | Till |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent until=Topic |
| 5 | **open** | infinitive | Till *not said here* |  |  | 9 till 5 |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **form** |  |  | till |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.'

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From Torah GEN.4.12, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:tillest:x1:1
# text = When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.'
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tillest	till	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	henceforth	henceforth	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	yield	yield	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	15	nsubj	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	fugitive	fugitive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	wanderer	wanderer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
22	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
23	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	27	nsubj	_	_
24	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	cop	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **till** | present | thou | the ground |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **yield** | shall | ground |  |  |  |  | unto her strength and a fugitive and a wanderer; henceforth *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | shall | thou |  |  | the earth |  |  | tree rules |

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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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