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title: ye — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ye» in the Early Modern English dictionary: You (more than one person); the people being spoken to. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ye

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**Who acts:** ye, they, all · **What happens:** speak, eat, call, wing · **To what, where:** people, clean birds, ye, things · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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You (more than one person); the people being spoken to.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:ye:m1:1
# text = You (more than one person); the people being spoken to.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund · passive |  | the people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Of all clean birds ye may eat.

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From Torah DEU.14.11, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:ye:x1:1
# text = Of all clean birds ye may eat.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	7	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | may | ye | all clean birds *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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"And what do they call ye?"

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From More English Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:ye:x2:1
# text = "And what do they call ye?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *in a quote* | present · do-support | they | ye |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme ye=Result |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Of all clean winged things ye may eat.

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From Torah DEU.14.20, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:ye:x3:1
# text = Of all clean winged things ye may eat.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
3	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	winged	wing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	8	nsubj	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wing** | past | all | things |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme thing=Trajectory |
| 2 | **eat** | may | ye | things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |

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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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