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title: dread — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dread» in the Early Modern English dictionary: To be very afraid of something that will happen; as a noun, great fear. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dread

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**Who acts:** I, great dread, LORD, you · **What happens:** be, happen, say, not dread, fall, destroy · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To be very afraid of something that will happen; as a noun, great fear.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:dread:m1:1
# text = To be very afraid of something that will happen; as a noun, great fear.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of something; as a noun; afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | future |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «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}

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Then I said unto you: 'Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

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From Torah DEU.1.29, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:dread:x1:1
# text = Then I said unto you: 'Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Dread	dread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	13	cc:preconj	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
13	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 | I |  |  |  | then | unto you | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **dread** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of them *= they*; afraid *property* | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Then a great dread fell upon her.

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From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:dread:x2:1
# text = Then a great dread fell upon her.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dread	dread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | a great dread |  |  |  | then | upon her *= she* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon she=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.

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From Torah DEU.9.19, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:dread:x3:1
# text = For I was in dread of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	dread	dread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	wherewith	wherewith	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	wroth	wroth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
18	against	against	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
22	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | I |  |  |  |  | for dread; of the anger and hot displeasure | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the LORD |  |  |  |  | wherewith, wroth *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | you | you |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient |

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