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title: whatsoever — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «whatsoever» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Anything at all; whatever it may be. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# whatsoever

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**Who acts:** it, God, you, Priest, Whatsoever, that · **What happens:** be, have, say, do, not get · **To what, where:** whatever, anything, fins, detestable thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Anything at all; whatever it may be.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whatsoever:m1:1
# text = Anything at all; whatever it may be.
1	Anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | may | it | whatever |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot whatever=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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Now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.'

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From Torah GEN.31.16, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whatsoever:x1:1
# text = Now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.'
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	whatsoever	whatsoever	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	hath	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
8	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | God |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | God *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto thee | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The Priest hasn't got anything whatsoever to do with it."

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whatsoever:x2:1
# text = The Priest hasn't got anything whatsoever to do with it."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Priest	Priest	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | present · perfect | the Priest | anything |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the Priest *not said here* | anything *not said here* |  |  |  | with Priest; whatsoever *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is a detestable thing unto you.

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From Torah LEV.11.12, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whatsoever:x3:1
# text = Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is a detestable thing unto you.
1	Whatsoever	whatsoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hath	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	fins	fin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	6	cc	_	_
6	scales	scale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	detestable	detestable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
16	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Whatsoever | no fins nor scales in the waters and a detestable thing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fin=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | a detestable thing |  |  |  | unto you | 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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