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title: alway — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «alway» in the Early Modern English dictionary: At all times, every time. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# alway

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**Who acts:** thou, we, our, it, cloud · **What happens:** set, keep, need, help, joy, be · **To what, where:** table showbread, holiday alway, any, alway

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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At all times, every time.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:alway:m1:1
# text = At all times, every time.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me alway.

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From Torah EXO.25.30, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:alway:x1:1
# text = And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before Me alway.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	showbread	showbread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Me	me	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	alway	alway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | shall | thou |  |  | the table showbread | before me alway |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon showbread=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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There we keep holiday alway, nor need we help from any in our joy.

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From Celtic Fairy Tales.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:alway:x2:1
# text = There we keep holiday alway, nor need we help from any in our joy.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	alway	alway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	8	cc	_	_
8	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	xcomp	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | we | holiday alway |  | there |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alway=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **help** *not said to happen* | present | we |  |  | any |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **joy** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.

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From Torah NUM.9.16, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:alway:x3:1
# text = So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	alway	alway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | alway |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** | past | the cloud | alway |  |  | night |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Destination |

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**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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