ail

«ail» in Mova's school dictionary: to be the matter with someone, to be wrong with them… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (ail, ails, ailed, ailing); old use

meaning for a pupil

1) To ail is to be the matter with someone, to be wrong with them; «What ails you?» asks what is wrong. tree →

2) To ail is to trouble or make someone unwell. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old tales, the question «What ails you?» asks what is wrong with someone who looks sad or sick

examples

• What ails you, little dog? tree →
• The innkeeper asked him in some concern what ailed him. tree →
• Something ails the old well, and the water tastes bad. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah: 'What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?'
• What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops,
• What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? thou Jordan, that thou turnest backward?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ail» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.