wold

Who acts: They, woods, scent, Wind, Curdken · What happens: hunt, draw, blank, not lie, blow, let · To what, where: downs, hat, Curdken, o’er field, crown

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

Meaning 1

A wide, open stretch of high, bare land with few trees.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stretch	det
2	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stretch	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 wide	punct
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stretch	amod
5	stretch	stretch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 land	case
7	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 land	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 high	punct
9	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 land	amod
10	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stretch	nmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 trees	case
12	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 trees	amod
13	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 land	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 stretch	punct

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

Example 1

They hunted by field, and they hunted by wold; they drew the woods blank, and the scent didn't lie on the downs at all.

From The Book of Dragons.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hunted	nsubj
2	hunted	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 field	case
4	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hunted	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hunted	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hunted	cc
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hunted	nsubj
8	hunted	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hunted	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 wold	case
10	wold	wold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hunted	obl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 drew	punct
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 drew	nsubj
13	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hunted	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 woods	det
15	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 blank	nsubj
16	blank	blank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 drew	ccomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 lie	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 lie	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 scent	det
20	scent	scent	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 lie	nsubj
21	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 lie	aux
22	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 lie	advmod
23	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 blank	conj
24	on	on	ADP	_	26 downs	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 downs	det
26	downs	down	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 lie	obl
27	at	at	ADP	_	28 all	case
28	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	26 downs	nmod
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hunted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	hunt	past	They		by field	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent by field=Location
2	hunt	past	they		by wold	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent by wold=Location
3	draw	past	they			tree rules
4	blank	present	the woods			tree rules
5	not lie	past · do-support	the scent	the downs at all		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on down=Location

Example 2

“Wind, wind, gently sway, Blow Curdken’s hat away; Let him chase o’er field and wold Till my locks of ruddy gold, Now astray and hanging down, Be combed and plaited in a crown.”

From The Blue Fairy Book.

The tree, 34 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	9 Blow	punct
2	Wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Blow	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wind	punct
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Wind	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sway	punct
6	gently	gently	ADV	_	7 sway	advmod
7	sway	sway	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Wind	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Wind	punct
9	Blow	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	Curdken	Curdken	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 hat	nmod:poss
11	’s	's	PART	_	10 Curdken	case
12	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Blow	obj
13	away	away	ADV	_	9 Blow	advmod
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 Let	punct
15	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 Blow	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 Let	obj
17	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 Let	xcomp
18	o’er	o'	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	19 field	amod
19	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 chase	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 wold	cc
21	wold	wold	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 field	conj
22	Till	till	ADP	_	24 locks	case
23	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 locks	nmod:poss
24	locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 chase	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 gold	case
26	ruddy	ruddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 gold	amod
27	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 locks	nmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 astray	punct
29	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	30 astray	advmod
30	astray	astray	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Blow	conj
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 hanging	cc
32	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	30 astray	conj
33	down	down	ADP	_	32 hanging	compound:prt
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 combed	punct
35	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	36 combed	aux:pass
36	combed	comb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 Blow	conj
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 plaited	cc
38	plaited	plait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 combed	conj
39	in	in	ADP	_	41 crown	case
40	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	41 crown	det
41	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 plaited	obl
42	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 Blow	punct
43	”	"	PUNCT	_	9 Blow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow in a quote	infinitive	Wind and wind and sway	Curdken's hat			away property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent hat=Patient
2	let in a quote	infinitive	Wind and wind and sway not said here	Curdken				tree rules
3	chase in a quote	infinitive	Curdken not said here	o’er field and wold		till my locks of ruddy gold		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Theme
4	hang down in a quote	gerund	Wind and wind and sway not said here					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	comb in a quote	infinitive · passive	Wind and wind and sway not said here					vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»
6	plait in a quote	participle	Wind and wind and sway not said here		a crown			vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 3

“Wind, wind, gently sway, Blow Curdken’s hat away; Let him chase o’er field and wold Till my locks of ruddy gold Now astray and hanging down, Be combed and plaited in a crown.”

From The Blue Fairy Book.

The tree, 34 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	9 Blow	punct
2	Wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Blow	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wind	punct
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Wind	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sway	punct
6	gently	gently	ADV	_	7 sway	advmod
7	sway	sway	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Wind	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Blow	punct
9	Blow	blow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	Curdken	Curdken	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 hat	nmod:poss
11	’s	's	PART	_	10 Curdken	case
12	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Blow	obj
13	away	away	ADV	_	9 Blow	advmod
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 Let	punct
15	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 Blow	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 Let	obj
17	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 Let	xcomp
18	o’er	o'	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	19 field	amod
19	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 chase	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 wold	cc
21	wold	wold	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 field	conj
22	Till	till	ADP	_	24 locks	case
23	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 locks	nmod:poss
24	locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 chase	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 gold	case
26	ruddy	ruddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 gold	amod
27	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 locks	nmod
28	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	29 astray	advmod
29	astray	astray	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 gold	amod
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 hanging	cc
31	hanging	hang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	29 astray	conj
32	down	down	ADP	_	31 hanging	compound:prt
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 combed	punct
34	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	35 combed	aux:pass
35	combed	comb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 Blow	conj
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 plaited	cc
37	plaited	plait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	35 combed	conj
38	in	in	ADP	_	40 crown	case
39	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	40 crown	det
40	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 plaited	obl
41	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 Blow	punct
42	”	"	PUNCT	_	9 Blow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow in a quote	infinitive	Wind and wind and sway	Curdken's hat			away property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent hat=Patient
2	let in a quote	infinitive	Wind and wind and sway not said here	Curdken				tree rules
3	chase in a quote	infinitive	Curdken not said here	o’er field and wold		till my locks of ruddy gold		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Theme
4	hang down in a quote	gerund	Curdken not said here					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	comb in a quote	infinitive · passive	Wind and wind and sway not said here					vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»
6	plait in a quote	participle	Wind and wind and sway not said here		a crown			vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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