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title: yea — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «yea» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Yes; or even, indeed. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# yea

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**Who acts:** I, LORD, gods, he, God, Ye · **What happens:** know, be, deal, long, say, have · **To what, where:** Such wish · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Yes; or even, indeed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:yea:m1:1
# text = Yes; or even, indeed.
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods; yea, for that they dealt proudly against them.'

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From Torah EXO.18.11, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:yea:x1:1
# text = Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods; yea, for that they dealt proudly against them.'
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	ccomp	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	yea	yea	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	obl	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	dealt	deal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
19	proudly	proudly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	against	against	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | I |  |  |  | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | the LORD |  |  |  |  | than all gods; great *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **deal** | past | gods *= god* |  |  |  |  | for that; against them *= they*; proudly *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Such was my wish, yea such When hardly three feet high, I longed for much.

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From Andersen's Fairy Tales.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:yea:x2:1
# text = Such was my wish, yea such When hardly three feet high, I longed for much.
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	yea	yea	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
8	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
9	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	longed	long	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	much	much	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | my Such wish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **long** | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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And he said unto the woman: 'Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'

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From Torah GEN.3.1, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:yea:x3:1
# text = And he said unto the woman: 'Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Yea	yea	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	hath	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
15	Ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	nsubj	_	_
16	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	21	det	_	_
21	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  | unto the woman | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | present | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | God |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **eat** | shall | Ye |  |  |  |  | of any tree of the garden | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of tree=Source |

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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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