spake

Who acts: you, she, straightway · What happens: say, speak, bless, disappear · To what, where: words, past, Dvina, old man · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

Said words aloud, in the past.

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	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Said	obj
3	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	1 Said	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 past	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 past	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 past	det
7	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Said	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	participle		words		the past		aloud property	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent word=Theme in past=Manner

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

Thus spake Dvina while blessing him:--

From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thus	thus	ADV	_	2 spake	advmod
2	spake	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Dvina	Dvina	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 spake	obj
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	5 blessing	mark
5	blessing	bless	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 spake	advcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 blessing	obj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	2 spake	punct
8	--	--	PUNCT	_	2 spake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here	Dvina				thus property	tree rules
2	bless	gerund	you not said here	Dvina					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Example 2

And she spake to her and said:

From The Pink Fairy Book.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	7 said	cc
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
3	spake	speak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 she	obl:unmarked
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 her	case
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spake	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 said	cc
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Thus spake the old man, and straightway disappeared.

From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thus	thus	ADV	_	2 spake	advmod
2	spake	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spake	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 disappeared	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 disappeared	cc
8	straightway	straightway	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 disappeared	nsubj
9	disappeared	disappear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spake	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the old man				thus property	tree rules
2	disappear	past	straightway						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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