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title: abroad — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «abroad» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Spread around in many places, or out of doors. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# abroad

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**Who acts:** scall, They, other, Thou · **What happens:** spread around, spread, cleanse, be, say, have · **To what, where:** many places, skin, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«abroad» 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: [abroad in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/abroad.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Spread around in many places, or out of doors.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:abroad:m1:1
# text = Spread around in many places, or out of doors.
1	Spread	spread	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	around	around	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread around** | participle |  |  |  | many places or doors |  | around *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |

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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 {#x1}

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But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing,

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From Torah LEV.13.35, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:abroad:x1:1
# text = But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing,
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	scall	scall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	cleansing	cleansing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | past | the scall |  |  | the skin | after scall's cleansing | abroad *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in skin=Location |
| 2 | **cleanse** |  | scall |  |  |  |  |  | nom cleansing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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“They are gone abroad,” said the other.

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From Andersen's Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:abroad:x2:1
# text = “They are gone abroad,” said the other.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	ccomp	_	_
5	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
8	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | They |  |  |  |  | abroad, go *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the other |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.

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From Torah DEU.23.12, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:abroad:x3:1
# text = Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nsubj	_	_
2	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	also	also	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	whither	whither	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
12	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	nsubj	_	_
13	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | shall | Thou | a place |  |  |  | without the camp | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient |
| 2 | **go** | shall | thou |  |  |  |  | abroad, forth, whither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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