befall

«befall» in Mova's school dictionary: To happen to someone, often something bad: «If you do… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (befall, befalls, befell, befallen) (old use)

meaning for a pupil

To happen to someone, often something bad: «If you do ill, ill will befall you.» tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a warning that trouble will come to a person

examples

• Bad luck befell the farmer's sheep. tree →
• Be careful, or harm may befall you. tree →
• What will befall us if we stay here? tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying:
• Shall evil befall a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
• There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.
• There shall no mischief befall the righteous; but the wicked are filled with evil.
• And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him.

Trees and pragmatics

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