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title: turneth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «turneth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «turneth» means «turns», a form of «turn»: To turn means to move around a centre: the wheel turns. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# turneth

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**Who acts:** wheel, soul, I · **What happens:** turn, mean, move, form, go, set · **To what, where:** turns, centre, turn, face, soul, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«turneth» means «turns», a form of «turn»: To turn means to move around a centre: the wheel turns.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:turneth:m1:1
# text = «turneth» means «turns», a form of «turn»: To turn means to move around a centre: the wheel turns.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	turneth	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|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	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
16	To	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	18	csubj	_	_
18	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	around	around	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | turns |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Topic |
| 3 | **turn** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **move** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a centre |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around centre=Trajectory |
| 6 | **turn** | present | the wheel | a centre *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent centre=Theme |
| 7 | **form** |  |  | turn |  |  |  |  | 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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And the soul that turneth unto the ghosts, and unto the familiar spirits, to go astray after them, I will even set My face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

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From Torah LEV.20.6, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:turneth:x1:1
# text = And the soul that turneth unto the ghosts, and unto the familiar spirits, to go astray after them, I will even set My face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turneth	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	familiar	familiar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
18	astray	astray	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	_
19	after	after	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
23	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
24	even	even	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	conj	_	_
26	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	against	against	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	30	det	_	_
30	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
35	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obj	_	_
36	off	off	ADP	RP	_	34	compound:prt	_	_
37	from	from	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	among	among	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | present | the soul |  |  |  |  | unto the ghosts; unto the familiar spirits | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | astray *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **set** | future | I | My face |  | that soul |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent face=Theme against soul=Destination |
| 4 | **cut off** | future |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | from his people | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme from people=Initial\_Location |

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