methinks

Who acts: It, I, Tom, methinks · What happens: seem, think, say, methink, be, whistle · To what, where: me, master, delicious day · Speech: someone speaks here

«methinks» 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: methinks in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

It seems to me; I think.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seems	nsubj
2	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 me	case
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 seems	obl
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 think	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 think	nsubj
7	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seems	parataxis
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 seems	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	present	It		me				vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	think speech: other	present	I						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

"Ay," said Tom, "methinks he might be master with you.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
2	Ay	ay	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Ay	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Ay	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 methinks	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 methinks	punct
9	methinks	methink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 master	nsubj
11	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 master	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 master	cop
13	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 methinks	obj
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 you	case
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 master	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Tom			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	methink in a quote	present	Tom not said here			tree rules
3	is a in a quote	might	Tom	master	with you	tree rules

Example 2

Today, methinks, is a most delicious day for a poet.

From Andersen's Fairy Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 day	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 methinks	punct
3	methinks	methink	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Today	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Today	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 day	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 day	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 delicious	advmod
8	delicious	delicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 poet	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 poet	det
12	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 day	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 day	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a delicious day			today	for a poet	tree rules

Example 3

And so, methinks, the Priest may whistle for his money!"

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	And	and	CCONJ	_	9 whistle	cc
2	so	so	ADV	_	9 whistle	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 methinks	punct
4	methinks	methink	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 whistle	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Priest	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Priest	det
7	Priest	Priest	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 methinks	nmod
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 whistle	aux
9	whistle	whistle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 money	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 money	nmod:poss
12	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 whistle	obl
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 whistle	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 whistle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whistle	may	methinks the Priest					for his money	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for money=Recipient

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