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title: bade — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bade» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Ordered or asked someone to do something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bade

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**Who acts:** man, Fairy bade, Jacob, I · **What happens:** order, ask, do, bring, take, say · **To what, where:** someone, something, men, house, courage, Esau · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Ordered or asked someone to do something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:bade:m1:1
# text = Ordered or asked someone to do something.
1	Ordered	order	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
4	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | participle |  |  | someone |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |

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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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And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

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From Torah GEN.43.17, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:bade:x1:1
# text = And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bade	bade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the man |  |  |  |  | as Joseph bade | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bring** | past | the man | the men |  | Joseph's house |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent man=Theme into house=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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But the Fairy bade her take courage.

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From The Red Fairy Book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:bade:x2:1
# text = But the Fairy bade her take courage.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bade	bade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	punct	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | infinitive | the Fairy bade | courage |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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And Jacob said unto his father: 'I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me.

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From Torah GEN.27.19, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:bade:x3:1
# text = And Jacob said unto his father: 'I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	Esau	Esau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
20	according	accord	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	case	_	_
21	as	as	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	20	obl	_	_
23	badest	bid	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	obl	_	_
24	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jacob |  |  |  |  | unto Jacob's father | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | I | Esau |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bear** | participle · passive |  | Esau |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **do** | present · perfect | I |  | me |  |  | accord badest | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Eventuality |
| 5 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | as thou | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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