wast

Who acts: You, thou, He, I, Rock, God · What happens: be, use, say, tell, not know, beget · To what, where: form, thee, God · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

You were; a form of "be" used with "thou".

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 form	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 form	cop
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 form	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 form	det
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 used	mark
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 used	punct
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 used	aux:pass
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 used	punct
10	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 form	advcl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 thou	case
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 thou	punct
13	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	10 used	obl:agent
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 thou	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 form	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	You	a form					tree rules
2	use	infinitive · passive	thou						vn eat-39.1 «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

And He said: 'Who told thee that thou wast naked?

From Torah GEN.3.11, 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	_	7 told	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 told	punct
6	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 told	nsubj
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
8	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	7 told	iobj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 wast	mark
10	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	11 wast	nsubj
11	wast	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 told	advcl
12	naked	naked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wast	xcomp
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	tell speech: assert	past			thee				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient

Example 2

I did not know that thou wast anything more than a herdsboy.

From The Jungle Book.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 know	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 know	advmod
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 wast	mark
6	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	7 wast	nsubj
7	wast	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 know	ccomp
8	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 wast	obj
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 anything	amod
10	than	than	ADP	_	12 herdsboy	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 herdsboy	det
12	herdsboy	herdsboy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 more	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not know	past · do-support	I						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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	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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