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title: destroyest — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «destroyest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «destroyest» means «you destroy», a form of «destroy». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# destroyest

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**Who acts:** you, form, thou · **What happens:** destroy, mean, damage, ruin, exist · **To what, where:** something, it, Wretched son · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«destroyest» means «you destroy», a form of «destroy».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:destroyest:m1:1
# text = «destroyest» means «you destroy», a form of «destroy».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	destroyest	destroy	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	destroy	destroy	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	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **destroy** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **destroy** *in a quote* | infinitive | a form *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To destroy something means to damage it so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:destroyest:m1e:1
# text = To destroy something means to damage it so badly that it is ruined or no longer exists.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	damage	damage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	ruined	ruin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	no	no	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	17	advmod	_	_
17	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **damage** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 4 | **ruin** | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 5 | **exist** | present |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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"Wretched son! thou destroyest not only thyself but thy father.

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From The Arabian Nights Entertainments.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:destroyest:x1:1
# text = "Wretched son! thou destroyest not only thyself but thy father.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Wretched	wretched	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
5	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	6	nsubj	_	_
6	destroyest	destroy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	thyself	thyself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch	6	ccomp	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** *in a quote* | present | thou | Wretched son |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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