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title: tithe — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tithe» in the Early Modern English dictionary: One tenth of what is produced or earned, given as a due, especially to the church or to God. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tithe

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**Who acts:** man, Campbell, Thou · **What happens:** produce, earn, give, redeem, add, publish · **To what, where:** One tenth, aught, fifth part, tithe, increase

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One tenth of what is produced or earned, given as a due, especially to the church or to God.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:tithe:m1:1
# text = One tenth of what is produced or earned, given as a due, especially to the church or to God.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tenth	tenth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	earned	earn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
13	due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	advcl	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present · passive |  | One tenth |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **earn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof.

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From Torah LEV.27.31, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:tithe:x1:1
# text = And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	redeem	redeem	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
7	aught	aught	PRON	NN	PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	tithe	tithe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	fifth	fifth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
20	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **redeem** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | a man | aught |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aught=Theme |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | shall | man | the fifth part |  |  |  | unto tithe; thereof *property* | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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What Campbell has published represents only a tithe of what he collected.

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From Celtic Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:tithe:x2:1
# text = What Campbell has published represents only a tithe of what he collected.
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
2	Campbell	Campbell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	published	publish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	represents	represent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tithe	tithe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nmod	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	collected	collect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **publish** | present · perfect | Campbell |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a tithe |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **collect** | past | Campbell |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which is brought forth in the field year by year.

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From Torah DEU.14.22, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:tithe:x3:1
# text = Thou shalt surely tithe all the increase of thy seed, that which is brought forth in the field year by year.
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
2	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	tithe	tithe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	increase	increase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
16	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
21	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tithe** | shall | Thou | all increase of thy seed |  |  |  | surely *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent increase=Asset |
| 2 | **bring** | present · passive |  | all increase of thy seed |  |  | year | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme |

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