--- title: knewest — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics description: «knewest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «knewest» means «you knew», a form of «know». 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The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [knewest in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/knewest.md). ## Meaning 1 {#m1} «knewest» means «you knew», a form of «know». ```conllu # sent_id = dict:emode:knewest:m1:1 # text = «knewest» means «you knew», a form of «know». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 knewest know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|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 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|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 7 obl _ _ 12 of of SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** *in a quote* | past | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **know** *in a quote* | past | you | a form | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **know** *in a quote* | infinitive | a form *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:emode:knewest:m1e:1 # text = To know something is to have it in your mind as a fact, because you learned it or were told. 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 3 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 have have VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 because because SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 or or CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | to-infinitive | | something | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | your mind as a fact | | have *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **learn** | past | you | fact | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **mind** | | your | | | | | as a fact | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent as=obl | **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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