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title: didst — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «didst» in the Early Modern English dictionary: Did something, with "thou" as the subject. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# didst

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**Who acts:** He, thou, Rock, God · **What happens:** do, say, beget, forget, bear · **To what, where:** something, laugh, call, thee, God · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Did something, with "thou" as the subject.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:didst:m1:1
# text = Did something, with "thou" as the subject.
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | something |  |  |  | as the subject | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |

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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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And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.'

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From Torah GEN.18.15, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:didst:x1:1
# text = And He said: 'Nay; but thou didst laugh.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Nay	nay	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	nsubj	_	_
10	didst	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | past | thou | laugh |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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On Wednesday surely thou didst call.

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From Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:didst:x2:1
# text = On Wednesday surely thou didst call.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Wednesday	Wednesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nsubj	_	_
5	didst	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | thou | call |  |  | wednesday | surely *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee.

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From Torah DEU.32.18, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:didst:x3:1
# text = Of the Rock that begot thee thou wast unmindful, and didst forget God that bore thee.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	begot	beget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	obj	_	_
7	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wast	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	unmindful	unmindful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	didst	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
14	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	bore	bear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beget** | past | the Rock | thee |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **forget** | infinitive |  | God |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **bear** | past | God | thee |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient |

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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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