said
part of speech
verb past and past participle (say, says, said, saying); adjective (said — formal: already named)
meaning for a pupil
1) Said is the past form of say: «Mom said yes.» tree →
2) In old or formal writing, «said» means the one already named: «the said house». tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths: a word of the story that brings speech; sometimes says a number; what someone said is data. In English lessons: «said» is the most common speech verb; others are asked, shouted, whispered. In stories: «"Hello," said the fox». In everyday life: «easier said than done», «enough said».
examples
- And Abraham said: 'I will swear.' (Torah GEN.21.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he said: 'I am Abraham's servant. (Torah GEN.24.34, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he said: 'I seek my brethren. (Torah GEN.37.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he said: 'All is well. (Prophets 2KI.5.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the king said: 'What wouldest thou?' (Prophets 1KI.1.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the LORD said unto him: Wherewith? (Prophets 1KI.22.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- Tom said he had 12 marbles. tree →
- The teacher said each child gets 2 pencils. tree →
- She said she would read 30 pages. tree →
- How many pages did she say she would read? tree →
- «Come in!» said the old man. tree →
- Mum said we can go to the park later. tree →
- She said sorry for being late. tree →
- That's easier said than done. tree →
- He said that the bus was late. tree →
- "Good morning, Little Red-Cap," he said. tree →
note
Carries no operation; the numbers in what is said are the data. Trap: what someone said they will do may not be what they did. Pronunciation: «sed», not «sayd». Trap in reading: something someone said is not always true; check the facts.
In the corpora
- And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light.
- And the woman said unto the serpent: 'Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;
- And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die;
- And the LORD God called unto the man, and said unto him: 'Where art thou?'
- And He said: 'Who told thee that thou wast naked?
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «said» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.