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alway

Who acts: thou, we, our, it, cloud · What happens: set, keep, need, help, joy, be · To what, where: table showbread, holiday alway, any, alway

«alway» 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: alway in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

At all times, every time.

casedetpunctdetconjpunctrootAtADPallDETtimesNOUN,PUNCTeveryDETtimeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_3 timescase
2allallDETPronType=Tot3 timesdet
3timestimeNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
4,,PUNCT_6 timepunct
5everyeveryDETPronType=Tot6 timedet
6timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing3 timesconj
7..PUNCT_3 timespunct

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

Example 1

And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me alway.

From Torah EXO.25.30, JPS 1917.

ccnsubjauxcasedetcompoundoblcasedetoblpunctrootAndCCONJthouPRONshaltAUXsetVERBuponADPtheDETtableNOUNshowbreadNOUNbeforeADPMeDETalwayNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AndandCCONJ_4 setcc
2thouthouPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch4 setnsubj
3shaltshallAUXStyle=Arch VerbForm=Fin4 setaux
4setsetVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5uponuponADP_8 showbreadcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 showbreaddet
7tabletableNOUNNumber=Sing8 showbreadcompound
8showbreadshowbreadNOUNNumber=Sing4 setobl
9beforebeforeADP_11 alwaycase
10MemeDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 alwaydet
11alwayalwayNOUNNumber=Sing4 setobl
12..PUNCT_4 setpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1setshallthouthe table showbreadbefore me alwayvn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon showbread=Destination

Example 2

There we keep holiday alway, nor need we help from any in our joy.

From Celtic Fairy Tales.

The tree, 14 words
explnsubjcompoundobjpunctccconjnsubjxcompcaseoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctrootTherePRONwePRONkeepVERBholidayNOUNalwayNOUN,PUNCTnorCCONJneedVERBwePRONhelpVERBfromADPanyDETinADPourPRONjoyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem3 keepexpl
2wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs3 keepnsubj
3keepkeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4holidayholidayNOUNNumber=Sing5 alwaycompound
5alwayalwayNOUNNumber=Sing3 keepobj
6,,PUNCT_8 needpunct
7nornorCCONJPolarity=Neg8 needcc
8needneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 keepconj
9wewePRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs10 helpnsubj
10helphelpVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 needxcomp
11fromfromADP_12 anycase
12anyanyDETPronType=Ind10 helpobl
13ininADP_15 joycase
14ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 joynmod:poss
15joyjoyNOUNNumber=Sing12 anynmod
16..PUNCT_3 keeppunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keeppresentweholiday alwaytherevn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alway=Theme
2needpresentwe not said herevn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3help not said to happenpresentweanyvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4joyournom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.

From Torah NUM.9.16, JPS 1917.

The tree, 15 words
advmodnsubjcopoblpunctdetnsubjobjpunctccdetconjcasenmodcaseoblpunctrootSoADVitPRONwasAUXalwayNOUN:PUNCTtheDETcloudNOUNcoveredVERBitPRON,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETappearanceNOUNofADPfireNOUNbyADPnightNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_4 alwayadvmod
2ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 alwaynsubj
3wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 alwaycop
4alwayalwayNOUNNumber=Sing8 coveredobl
5::PUNCT_4 alwaypunct
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 clouddet
7cloudcloudNOUNNumber=Sing8 coverednsubj
8coveredcoverVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 coveredobj
10,,PUNCT_13 appearancepunct
11andandCCONJ_13 appearancecc
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 appearancedet
13appearanceappearanceNOUNNumber=Sing8 coveredconj
14ofofADP_15 firecase
15firefireNOUNNumber=Sing13 appearancenmod
16bybyADP_17 nightcase
17nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing8 coveredobl
18..PUNCT_8 coveredpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apastitalwaytree rules
2coverpastthe cloudalwaynightvn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination

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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