--- title: actest — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics description: «actest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «actest» means «you act», a form of «act»: To act means to do something, to take action: act quickly in an emergency. 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The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [actest in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/actest.md). ## Meaning 1 {#m1} «actest» means «you act», a form of «act»: To act means to do something, to take action: act quickly in an emergency. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:emode:actest:m1:1 # text = «actest» means «you act», a form of «act»: To act means to do something, to take action: act quickly in an emergency. 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 actest act VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 act act VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 act act NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 To to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 act act VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 nsubj _ _ 19 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 22 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 26 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 28 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 29 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 emergency emergency NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **act** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **act** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | something | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | | 7 | **take** | to-infinitive | | action | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Theme | | 8 | **act** | infinitive | | | | a emergency | | quickly *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **form** | | | act | | | | | 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. ## Example 1 {#x1} Thou actest like the great calm ocean, that beckons us, and fills us with expectation--and when we embark upon thee, we sink, disappear, and cease to be. From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:emode:actest:x1:1 # text = Thou actest like the great calm ocean, that beckons us, and fills us with expectation--and when we embark upon thee, we sink, disappear, and cease to be. 1 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nsubj _ _ 2 actest act VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ocean ocean NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 beckons beckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 fills fill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 15 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 expectation expectation NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 -- -- PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 embark embark VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 26 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 sink sink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 disappear disappear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | present | Thou | | | | | like the great calm ocean | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like ocean=Attribute | | 2 | **beckon** | present | the great calm ocean | us | | | | | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient | | 3 | **fill** | present | the great calm ocean *not said here* | us | | | | with expectation | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent we=Patient with expectation=Instrument | | 4 | **embark** | present | we | | | | | upon thee | tree rules | | 5 | **sink** | present | we | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **disappear** | present | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **cease** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **be** | to-infinitive | Thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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