wouldst

Who acts: Methought, me, thou · What happens: use, not let, go, read, write, tear · To what, where: You, past, me, everything, pieces

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

Meaning 1

You would; a form of "will" used with "thou" in the past or in wishing.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 used	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 used	aux
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 used	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 form	det
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 used	nsubj:pass
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 will	case
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 will	punct
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 used	aux
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 will	punct
10	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
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
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 thou	punct
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 past	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 past	det
17	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 used	obl
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 wishing	cc
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 wishing	case
20	wishing	wishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 past	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	would · future · passive		You		the past or wishing		with thou	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

Example 1

Methought thou wouldst not let me go alive.

From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Methought	Methought	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 let	nsubj
2	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 let	nsubj
3	wouldst	would	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	5 let	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 let	advmod
5	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 go	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not let	would	Methought	me					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	me not said here					alive property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

And wouldst thou then read everything that is written?

From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 read	cc
2	wouldst	would	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	5 read	aux
3	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 read	nsubj
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 read	advmod
5	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 read	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 written	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 written	aux:pass
9	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 everything	acl:relcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	would	thou	everything			then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic
2	write	present · passive							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 3

Methought thou wouldst tear me in pieces with thy dogs.

From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Methought	Methought	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 tear	nsubj
2	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	4 tear	nsubj
3	wouldst	would	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	4 tear	aux
4	tear	tear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 tear	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 pieces	case
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tear	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 dogs	case
9	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	10 dogs	nmod:poss
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pieces	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	would	Methought	me		pieces with thy dogs			tree rules

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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