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title: waxed — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «waxed» in the Early Modern English dictionary: To grow or become more of something, such as "waxed great" meaning "grew great". Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# waxed

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**Who acts:** meaning, man, Voyvode, God, people · **What happens:** grow, become, wax, demand, deal, multiply · **To what, where:** more, divorce

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To grow or become more of something, such as "waxed great" meaning "grew great".

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:waxed:m1:1
# text = To grow or become more of something, such as "waxed great" meaning "grew great".
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	grow	grow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	waxed	wax	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
13	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	_
15	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
18	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **become** | infinitive |  | more |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient more=Result |
| 3 | **wax** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  | great *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **grow** *in a quote* | past | meaning |  |  |  |  | great *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great.

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From Torah GEN.26.13, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:waxed:x1:1
# text = And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	waxed	wax	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	conj	_	_
12	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
15	very	very	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wax** | past | the man |  |  |  |  | great *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | past | the man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **become** | past | man |  |  |  |  | great *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The Voyvode waxed wroth, and demanded a divorce.

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:waxed:x2:1
# text = The Voyvode waxed wroth, and demanded a divorce.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Voyvode	Voyvode	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waxed	wax	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	wroth	wroth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	demanded	demand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	divorce	divorce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wax** | past | the Voyvode |  |  |  |  | wroth *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | the Voyvode *not said here* | a divorce |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme divorce=Precondition |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.

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From Torah EXO.1.20, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:waxed:x3:1
# text = And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dealt	deal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	midwives	midwife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	multiplied	multiply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	waxed	wax	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
16	very	very	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deal** | past | God |  |  |  |  | with the midwives; well *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with midwife=Theme |
| 2 | **multiply** | past | the people |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wax** | past | the people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | mighty *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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