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title: drap — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «drap» in the Early Modern English dictionary: To let fall, or to fall; in one sentence it means to come by for a visit. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# drap

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**Who acts:** fall, Brer, you, milking, Spose'n, roun · **What happens:** let, fall, mean, come by, say, drap · **To what, where:** fall, one sentence, im, Drip, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To let fall, or to fall; in one sentence it means to come by for a visit.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:drap:m1:1
# text = To let fall, or to fall; in one sentence it means to come by for a visit.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | to-infinitive |  | fall |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fall=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **mean** | present | fall |  |  | one sentence |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **come by** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | fall *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a visit | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brer Rabbit say he drap 'im.

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From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:drap:x1:1
# text = Brer Rabbit say he drap 'im.
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drap	drap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
6	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	im	im	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Brer |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **drap** | infinitive | Brer | im |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Drip, drap, drop, Will the milking soon stop?"

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From Grimm's Fairy Stories.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:drap:x2:1
# text = "Drip, drap, drop, Will the milking soon stop?"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Drip	drip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	drap	drap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	drop	drop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	Will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	milking	milking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
12	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drap** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | Drip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drop** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stop** *in a quote* | future | the milking |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Spose'n you drap roun' ter-morrer en take dinner wid me.

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From Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:drap:x3:1
# text = Spose'n you drap roun' ter-morrer en take dinner wid me.
1	Spose'n	Spose'n	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drap	drap	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	roun	roun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
6	ter	ter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	morrer	morrer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	en	en	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	wid	wi	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drap** | present | Spose'n |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | present | roun and ter morrer en |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 3 | **wi** | past | dinner | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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