shouldest
Who acts: thou, I, shoe latchet, Laban, wages · What happens: expect, eat, command, not eat, not take, be · To what, where: you, thee, thread, thine, Abram, me · Speech: someone speaks here
«shouldest» 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: shouldest in the Early Modern English dictionary.
Meaning 1
You should or ought to; you would be expected to.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 should | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 expected | aux |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 ought | cc |
| 4 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 2 should | conj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 ought | flat |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 expected | punct |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 expected | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 expected | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 expected | aux:pass |
| 10 | expected | expect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 expected | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 expected | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expect | would · passive | you | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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
Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?'
From Torah GEN.3.11, JPS 1917.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 eaten | aux |
| 2 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 3 eaten | nsubj |
| 3 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 tree | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tree | det |
| 6 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 eaten | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 commanded | punct |
| 8 | whereof | whereof | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 commanded | advmod |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 commanded | nsubj |
| 10 | commanded | command | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 eaten | conj |
| 11 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 10 commanded | obj |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 eat | mark |
| 13 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 16 eat | nsubj |
| 14 | shouldest | should | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 16 eat | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 eat | advmod |
| 16 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 commanded | advcl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 eaten | punct |
| 18 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 eaten | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present · perfect | thou | of the tree | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of tree=Source | ||||
| 2 | command | past | I | thee | whereof property | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | not eat | should | thou | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say: I have made Abram rich;
From Torah GEN.14.23, JPS 1917.
The tree, 25 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 take | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 take | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 take | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 take | advmod |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 say | advcl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 thread | det |
| 7 | thread | thread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obj |
| 8 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 12 latchet | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 latchet | det |
| 10 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 latchet | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 shoe | punct |
| 12 | latchet | latchet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thread | conj |
| 13 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 14 aught | cc |
| 14 | aught | aught | PRON | PronType=Ind | 12 latchet | conj |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 thine | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 thine | cop |
| 17 | thine | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 12 latchet | acl:relcl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 say | punct |
| 19 | lest | lest | SCONJ | _ | 22 say | mark |
| 20 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 22 say | nsubj |
| 21 | shouldest | should | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 22 say | aux |
| 22 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 23 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 made | punct |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 made | nsubj |
| 25 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 made | aux |
| 26 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 say | ccomp |
| 27 | Abram | Abram | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 made | obj |
| 28 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 made | xcomp |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not take | future | I | a thread nor a shoe latchet | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | a shoe latchet | thine | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | should | thou | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | make | present · perfect | I | Abram | rich property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent abram=Product |
Example 3
And Laban said unto Jacob: 'Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?'
From Torah GEN.29.15, JPS 1917.
The tree, 24 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 said | cc |
| 2 | Laban | Laban | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 5 Jacob | case |
| 5 | Jacob | Jacob | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | obl |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 art | punct |
| 7 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 art | punct |
| 8 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 art | mark |
| 9 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 10 art | nsubj |
| 10 | art | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | ccomp |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 brother | nmod:poss |
| 12 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 art | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 serve | punct |
| 14 | shouldest | should | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 17 serve | aux |
| 15 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 17 serve | nsubj |
| 16 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 17 serve | advmod |
| 17 | serve | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 art | conj |
| 18 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 serve | obj |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 nought | case |
| 20 | nought | nought | PRON | PronType=Neg | 17 serve | obl |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 22 tell | punct |
| 22 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 23 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 tell | iobj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 be | punct |
| 25 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 29 be | obj |
| 26 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 be | aux |
| 27 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 28 wages | nmod:poss |
| 28 | wages | wage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 be | nsubj |
| 29 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 tell | conj |
| 30 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 22 tell | punct |
| 31 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 22 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Laban | unto Jacob | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | serve | should | thou | me | for nought; therefore property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Theme for nought=Recipient | |||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | me | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | |||||
| 4 | be | shall | thy wages | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
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