needst

Who acts: needst, you, that, She, thou, Arthur · What happens: mean, need, form, be, have, not do · To what, where: need, something, it, one little sheaf, needst, me · Speech: someone speaks here

«needst» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: needst in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

«needst» means «you need», a form of «need».

The tree, 8 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 needst	punct
2	needst	needst	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 needst	punct
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 need	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 need	nsubj
7	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 need	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 form	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 form	det
11	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	parataxis
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 need	case
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 need	punct
14	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 form	nmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 need	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	needst		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	need in a quote	present	you		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	form			need	nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

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.

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

To need something is to have to have it, because you cannot do well without it.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 need	mark
2	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 have	advcl
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 need	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 have	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 have	mark
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 have	mark
8	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 have	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 have	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 do	punct
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 do	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 do	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 do	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 do	advmod
15	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 have	conj
16	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 do	advmod
17	without	without	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 do	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	need	to-infinitive		something		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot something=Theme
2	is	present			have property	tree rules
3	have	to-infinitive		it		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	not do	can	you		without it; well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Leave one little sheaf behind; more than that thou needst not leave, but that thou must leave.

From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 sheaf	nummod
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sheaf	amod
4	sheaf	sheaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obj
5	behind	behind	ADV	_	1 Leave	advmod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 more	punct
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Leave	obj
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 that	case
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 more	obl
10	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	7 more	nsubj
11	needst	needst	SCONJ	_	13 leave	mark
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 leave	advmod
13	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 more	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 leave	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 leave	cc
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 leave	nsubj
17	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	19 leave	nsubj
18	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 leave	aux
19	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Leave	parataxis
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here	one little sheaf	behind property	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent sheaf=Theme more=Attribute
2	not leave	infinitive	you not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	leave	must	that			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

"She is thine, but therefore needst thou not thank me, but Arthur who hath accomplished this for thee.

From Celtic Fairy Tales.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 needst	punct
2	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 needst	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 needst	cop
4	thine	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	8 needst	nmod:poss
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 needst	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 needst	cc
7	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	8 needst	advmod
8	needst	needst	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	11 thank	nsubj
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 thank	advmod
11	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 needst	parataxis
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 thank	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 hath	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 hath	cc
15	Arthur	Arthur	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 hath	nsubj
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 hath	nsubj
17	hath	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 thank	conj
18	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 this	amod
19	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 hath	obj
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 thee	case
21	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	17 hath	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 needst	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	She	thine needst		therefore property	tree rules
2	not thank speech: thank in a quote	present	thou		me		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme
3	have in a quote	present	Arthur	this		for thee	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Patient
4	accomplish in a quote	participle					vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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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