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title: writeth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «writeth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «writeth» means «writes», a form of «write». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# writeth

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**Who acts:** form, latter husband · **What happens:** write, mean, put, hate, give, send · **To what, where:** letters, paper, her, bill, hand, house · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«writeth» means «writes», a form of «write».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:writeth:m1:1
# text = «writeth» means «writes», a form of «write».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	writeth	write	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	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	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	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **write** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **write** *in a quote* | infinitive | a form *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

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To write means to put letters, words or numbers on paper or a screen.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:writeth:m1e:1
# text = To write means to put letters, words or numbers on paper or a screen.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **put** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | letters and words or numbers |  | paper or a screen |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme on paper=Destination |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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and the latter husband hateth her, and writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;

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From Torah DEU.24.3, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:writeth:x1:1
# text = and the latter husband hateth her, and writeth her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hateth	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	writeth	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	divorcement	divorcement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	giveth	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	sendeth	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
25	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	out	out	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
31	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
32	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
36	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj	_	_
39	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	conj	_	_
40	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	obj	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	44	mark	_	_
42	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	cop	_	_
43	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** | present | the latter husband | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
| 2 | **write** | present | the latter husband *not said here* | a bill of divorcement | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient bill=Topic |
| 3 | **give** | present | the latter husband *not said here* | bill |  | her hand |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **send** | present | the latter husband *not said here* | her *= she* |  | husband's house |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent she=Theme out house=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **die** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the latter husband |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 6 | **take** | past |  |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination |
| 7 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | husband's wife |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **bill** |  |  | divorcement |  |  |  |  | nom bill «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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