writest

Who acts: you, form, horsemen · What happens: write, mean, put, seal, intrust, ride away · To what, where: letters, paper, thou, smooth parchment, parchment · Speech: someone speaks here

«writest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: writest in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

«writest» means «you write», a form of «write».

The tree, 8 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 writest	punct
2	writest	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 writest	punct
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 write	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 write	nsubj
7	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 write	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	SCONJ	_	14 write	mark
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 write	punct
14	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 form	acl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 write	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	write in a quote	present		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	write in a quote	present	you	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	write in a quote	infinitive	a form not said here	vn scribble-25.2-1 «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.

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

To write means to put letters, words or numbers on paper or a screen.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 write	mark
2	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	csubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 put	mark
5	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	xcomp
6	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 put	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 words	punct
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 letters	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 numbers	cc
10	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 letters	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 paper	case
12	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 screen	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 screen	det
15	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 paper	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	write	to-infinitive			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	put not said to happen	to-infinitive	letters and words or numbers	paper or a screen	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme on paper=Destination

Example 1

What writest thou on yonder smooth parchment, sealing it with thy seal, and intrusting it to the horsemen and servants, who ride away, far away, to the city of the Pope?

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

The tree, 31 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 writest	obj
2	writest	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	2 writest	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 parchment	case
5	yonder	yonder	ADV	_	6 smooth	advmod
6	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 parchment	amod
7	parchment	parchment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 writest	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sealing	punct
9	sealing	seal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 writest	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sealing	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 seal	case
12	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	13 seal	nmod:poss
13	seal	seal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sealing	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 intrusting	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 intrusting	cc
16	intrusting	intrust	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 sealing	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 intrusting	obj
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 horsemen	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 horsemen	det
20	horsemen	horseman	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 intrusting	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 servants	cc
22	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 horsemen	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 ride	punct
24	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 ride	nsubj
25	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 horsemen	conj
26	away	away	ADV	_	25 ride	advmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 away	punct
28	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	29 away	advmod
29	away	away	ADV	_	25 ride	advmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 city	punct
31	to	to	ADP	_	33 city	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 city	det
33	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 intrusting	obl
34	of	of	ADP	_	36 Pope	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Pope	det
36	Pope	Pope	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 city	nmod
37	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 writest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	write	present		thou	smooth parchment		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient thou=Topic
2	seal	gerund		parchment		with thy seal	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with seal=Instrument
3	intrust	gerund		parchment		to the horsemen and servants; to the city of the Pope	tree rules
4	ride away	present	the horsemen and servants			away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: 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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