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title: unto — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unto» in the Early Modern English dictionary: To; towards a person or place. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unto

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**Who acts:** God, 18, none · **What happens:** speak, say, reply, be, place · **To what, where:** Unity · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To; towards a person or place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:unto:m1:1
# text = To; towards a person or place.
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And God spoke unto Noah, saying:

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From Torah GEN.8.15, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:unto:x1:1
# text = And God spoke unto Noah, saying:
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | God |  |  |  |  | unto Noah | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | God *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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There replied unto him a living man:

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From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:unto:x2:1
# text = There replied unto him a living man:
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	replied	reply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
3	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  | there |  | unto him *= he* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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For God^\[18\] is superlative in his Unity, there is none equal unto Him: what number canst thou place before One.

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From Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:unto:x3:1
# text = For God^[18] is superlative in his Unity, there is none equal unto Him: what number canst thou place before One.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	^	^	PUNCT	NFP	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	18	18	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	superlative	superlative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	Unity	Unity	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	14	expl	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	16	nsubj	_	_
16	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
17	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
20	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	nsubj	_	_
21	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
22	canst	can	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	24	nsubj	_	_
24	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	parataxis	_	_
25	before	before	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | 18 |  |  | God's Unity |  | superlative *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | none |  |  |  |  | unto Unity; equal *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **place** | can |  |  |  |  | before One |  | tree rules |

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