dread

Who acts: I, great dread, LORD, you · What happens: be, happen, say, not dread, fall, destroy · To what, where: you · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

To be very afraid of something that will happen; as a noun, great fear.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	4 afraid	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 afraid	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 afraid	advmod
4	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 afraid	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 happen	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 happen	aux
9	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 something	acl:relcl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 afraid	punct
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 noun	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 noun	det
13	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 afraid	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fear	punct
15	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 fear	amod
16	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 noun	appos
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 afraid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	to-infinitive						of something; as a noun; afraid property	tree rules
2	happen	future							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Then I said unto you: 'Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

From Torah DEU.1.29, JPS 1917.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 said	advmod
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	unto	unto	ADP	_	5 you	case
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 said	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 Dread	punct
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 Dread	punct
8	Dread	dread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 Dread	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 afraid	punct
11	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	13 afraid	cc:preconj
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 afraid	cop
13	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Dread	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 afraid	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	I	then	unto you	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not dread	infinitive				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	infinitive			of them = they; afraid property	tree rules

Example 2

Then a great dread fell upon her.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 fell	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dread	det
3	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dread	amod
4	dread	dread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fell	nsubj
5	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fell	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	a great dread				then	upon her = she	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon she=Location

Example 3

For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.

From Torah DEU.9.19, JPS 1917.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	5 dread	case
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 dread	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dread	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 dread	case
5	dread	dread	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 anger	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 anger	det
8	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dread	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 displeasure	cc
10	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 displeasure	amod
11	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 anger	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 wroth	punct
13	wherewith	wherewith	ADV	PronType=Int	17 wroth	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 LORD	det
15	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 wroth	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 wroth	cop
17	wroth	wroth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dread	conj
18	against	against	SCONJ	_	21 destroy	mark
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 destroy	nsubj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 destroy	mark
21	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 wroth	advcl
22	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 destroy	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 dread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	I		for dread; of the anger and hot displeasure	tree rules
2	is	past	the LORD		wherewith, wroth property	tree rules
3	destroy	to-infinitive	you	you		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient

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