quoth

Who acts: form, you, it, Ho, allies · What happens: say, use, place, quoth, be, come · To what, where: old tales, speaker, she, wee bannock, goodwife, allies · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Said; a form of "say" used in old tales, with the speaker placed after it.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Said	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Said	nsubj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 say	mark
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
7	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 form	acl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
9	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 say	xcomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 tales	case
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tales	amod
12	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 used	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 speaker	punct
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 speaker	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 speaker	det
16	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tales	nmod
17	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 speaker	acl
18	after	after	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 placed	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	participle	a form				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	a form not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	use	participle	a form not said here		old tales with the speaker		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	place	participle		the speaker not said here		after form	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent

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

"Oh," quoth she, "it's a wee bannock."

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 8 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 quoth	punct
2	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	5 quoth	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Oh	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 quoth	punct
5	quoth	quoth	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 quoth	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bannock	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 bannock	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 bannock	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 bannock	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bannock	det
12	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bannock	amod
13	bannock	bannock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quoth	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 quoth	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 quoth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	quoth	imperative	you not said here	she					tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	it	a wee bannock					tree rules

Example 2

"Ho, Jock," quoth the goodwife, "here come.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 quoth	punct
2	Ho	Ho	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 quoth	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Jock	punct
4	Jock	Jock	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Ho	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 quoth	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 quoth	punct
7	quoth	quoth	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goodwife	det
9	goodwife	goodwife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 quoth	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 come	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 come	punct
12	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 come	advmod
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 quoth	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 quoth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	quoth	infinitive	Ho and Jock	the goodwife					tree rules
2	come in a quote	infinitive	Ho and Jock not said here			here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

"Aha, it has allies," quoth the Fowl.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
2	Aha	aha	INTJ	_	5 has	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Aha	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	allies	ally	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 has	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 quoth	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 quoth	punct
9	quoth	quoth	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 allies	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Fowl	det
11	Fowl	Fowl	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 quoth	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have in a quote	present	it	allies					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ally=Patient
2	quoth	infinitive	allies not said here	the Fowl					tree rules

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