didst
Who acts: He, thou, Rock, God · What happens: do, say, beget, forget, bear · To what, where: something, laugh, call, thee, God · Speech: someone speaks here
«didst» 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: didst in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
Did something, with "thou" as the subject.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Did | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 thou | punct |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 thou | case |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 thou | punct |
| 6 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 2 something | conj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 thou | punct |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 subject | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 subject | det |
| 10 | subject | subject | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Did | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | something | as the subject | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
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
And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.'
From Torah GEN.18.15, JPS 1917.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 said | cc |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Nay | punct |
| 5 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 6 Nay | punct |
| 6 | Nay | nay | INTJ | _ | 3 said | discourse |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 didst | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 didst | cc |
| 9 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 10 didst | nsubj |
| 10 | didst | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | conj |
| 11 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 didst | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | He | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | do | past | thou | laugh | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Eventuality |
Example 2
On Wednesday surely thou didst call.
From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 2 Wednesday | case |
| 2 | Wednesday | Wednesday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 didst | obl |
| 3 | surely | surely | ADV | _ | 5 didst | advmod |
| 4 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 5 didst | nsubj |
| 5 | didst | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 didst | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 didst | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | thou | call | wednesday | surely property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Eventuality |
Example 3
Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee.
From Torah DEU.32.18, JPS 1917.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 3 Rock | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Rock | det |
| 3 | Rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wast | obl |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 begot | nsubj |
| 5 | begot | beget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 Rock | acl:relcl |
| 6 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 5 begot | obj |
| 7 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 8 wast | nsubj |
| 8 | wast | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | unmindful | unmindful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 wast | xcomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 didst | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 didst | cc |
| 12 | didst | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 wast | conj |
| 13 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 didst | ccomp |
| 14 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 forget | obj |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 bore | nsubj |
| 16 | bore | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 God | acl:relcl |
| 17 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 16 bore | obj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 wast | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beget | past | the Rock | thee | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | ||||
| 2 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | forget | infinitive | God | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | bear | past | God | thee | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient |
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