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title: awaiteth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «awaiteth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «awaiteth» means «awaits», a form of «await»: (formal) To await is to wait for something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# awaiteth

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**Who acts:** form, knight, you · **What happens:** await, mean, be, pass, stand, inquire · **To what, where:** hour, captive pasha, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«awaiteth» 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: [awaiteth in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/awaiteth.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«awaiteth» means «awaits», a form of «await»: (formal) To await is to wait for something.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:awaiteth:m1:1
# text = «awaiteth» means «awaits», a form of «await»: (formal) To await is to wait for something.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	awaiteth	await	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|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	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	awaits	await	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	await	await	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	_
19	To	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	await	await	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
24	for	for	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **await** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **await** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **await** *in a quote* | infinitive | a form *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **await** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for something; wait *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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But an hour had scarcely passed, when the knight stood before the captive pasha, and inquired, "What do you suppose awaiteth thee?"

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From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:awaiteth:x1:1
# text = But an hour had scarcely passed, when the knight stood before the captive pasha, and inquired, "What do you suppose awaiteth thee?"
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	scarcely	scarcely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	captive	captive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	pasha	pasha	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	inquired	inquire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	obj	_	_
22	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	suppose	suppose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
25	awaiteth	await	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
26	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive |  | a hour |  |  |  | scarcely *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |
| 2 | **stand** | past | the knight |  |  | the captive pasha |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before pasha=Location |
| 3 | **inquire** *speech: other* | participle | the knight *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **suppose** *in a quote* | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute |
| 5 | **await** *in a quote* | present |  | thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**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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