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title: spake — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «spake» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Said words aloud, in the past. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# spake

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**Who acts:** you, she, straightway · **What happens:** say, speak, bless, disappear · **To what, where:** words, past, Dvina, old man · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Said words aloud, in the past.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:spake:m1:1
# text = Said words aloud, in the past.
1	Said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle |  | words |  | the past |  | aloud *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent word=Theme in past=Manner |

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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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Thus spake Dvina while blessing him:--

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From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:spake:x1:1
# text = Thus spake Dvina while blessing him:--
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	spake	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Dvina	Dvina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	blessing	bless	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	--	--	PUNCT	NFP	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | Dvina |  |  |  | thus *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bless** | gerund | you *not said here* | Dvina |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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And she spake to her and said:

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From The Pink Fairy Book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:spake:x2:1
# text = And she spake to her and said:
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
3	spake	speak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Thus spake the old man, and straightway disappeared.

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From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:spake:x3:1
# text = Thus spake the old man, and straightway disappeared.
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	spake	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	straightway	straightway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	disappeared	disappear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the old man |  |  |  | thus *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **disappear** | past | straightway |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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