fain

Who acts: I, him, king, Arthur · What happens: fain, see, have, get, marry, sigh · To what, where: him, turn, sight, she, son, food · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

gladly or willingly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	gladly	gladly	ADV	_	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 willingly	cc
3	willingly	willingly	ADV	_	1 gladly	conj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 gladly	punct

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

Example 1

I'd fain see him to have a turn with him."

From More English Fairy Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 fain	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fain	aux
3	fain	fain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fain	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 have	mark
7	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 see	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 turn	det
9	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 have	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 have	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fain	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 fain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fain	would	I			tree rules
2	see	infinitive	I not said here	him = he		tree rules
3	have	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	a turn	with him = he	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Patient

Example 2

‘I would fain get a sight of the king’s son before he marries,’ sighed she.

From The Lilac Fairy Book.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	‘	'	PUNCT	_	4 fain	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 fain	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fain	aux
4	fain	fain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 sighed	ccomp
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fain	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sight	det
7	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 son	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 son	nmod:poss
11	’s	's	PART	_	10 king	case
12	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sight	nmod
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 marries	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 marries	nsubj
15	marries	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fain	punct
17	’	'	PUNCT	_	4 fain	punct
18	sighed	sigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 sighed	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 sighed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fain	would	I		tree rules
2	get	infinitive	I not said here	a sight of the king's son	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus
3	marry	present	king		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	sigh	past		she	tree rules
5	sight			the king's son	nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

‘I am weary,’ said Arthur, ‘and till my food is prepared I would fain sleep.

From The Lilac Fairy Book.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	‘	'	PUNCT	_	4 weary	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 weary	nsubj
3	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 weary	cop
4	weary	weary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 said	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 weary	punct
6	’	'	PUNCT	_	4 weary	punct
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 prepared	punct
10	‘	'	PUNCT	_	16 prepared	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 prepared	cc
12	till	till	SCONJ	_	16 prepared	mark
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 food	nmod:poss
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 prepared	nsubj:pass
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 prepared	aux:pass
16	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 said	conj
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 fain	nsubj
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 fain	aux
19	fain	fain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 prepared	xcomp
20	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fain	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	I		weary property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	Arthur			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	prepare	present · passive		my food		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
4	fain not said to happen	would	I	sleep		tree rules

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