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title: stretchedst — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «stretchedst» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «stretchedst» means «you stretched», a form of «stretch». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# stretchedst

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**Who acts:** you, Thou, earth · **What happens:** stretch, mean, form, make, pull, stretch out · **To what, where:** form, stretch, something, it, right hand, them · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«stretchedst» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: [stretchedst in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/stretchedst.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«stretchedst» means «you stretched», a form of «stretch».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:stretchedst:m1:1
# text = «stretchedst» means «you stretched», a form of «stretch».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	stretchedst	stretch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	stretch	stretch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **stretch** *in a quote* | past | you | a form of stretch |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **form** |  |  | stretch |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

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To make something longer or wider by pulling it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:stretchedst:m1e:1
# text = To make something longer or wider by pulling it.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wider	wide	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product |
| 2 | **pull** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand — the earth swallowed them.

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From Torah EXO.15.12, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:stretchedst:x1:1
# text = Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand — the earth swallowed them.
1	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stretchedst	stretch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch out** | past | Thou | Thy right hand |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 2 | **swallow** | past | the earth | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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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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