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title: whosoever — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «whosoever» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Anyone at all who; whichever person. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# whosoever

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**Who acts:** Whosoever, second arrow, it, people · **What happens:** lie, put, get, have, be, cut off · **To what, where:** beast, second thing, soul

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Anyone at all who; whichever person.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whosoever:m1:1
# text = Anyone at all who; whichever person.
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	whichever	whichever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

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From Torah EXO.22.19, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whosoever:x1:1
# text = Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
1	Whosoever	whosoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lieth	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | Whosoever |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **put** | shall · passive |  | a beast |  |  |  | to death; surely *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Whosoever gets to the second arrow, shall have the second thing--the bag.

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From Indian Fairy Tales.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whosoever:x2:1
# text = Whosoever gets to the second arrow, shall have the second thing--the bag.
1	Whosoever	whosoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Whosoever |  |  |  |  | to the second arrow *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to arrow=Result |
| 2 | **have** | shall | the second arrow *not said here* | the second thing |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

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From Torah LEV.7.27, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:whosoever:x3:1
# text = Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people.
1	Whosoever	whosoever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	eateth	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
14	off	off	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive | it |  |  |  |  | eat *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cut off** | shall · passive | his people | that soul |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector subject=Eventuality |

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