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

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**Who acts:** you, people · **What happens:** knock, mean, form, hit, hear · **To what, where:** knock, door, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«knockest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil, 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: [knockest in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/knockest.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«knockest» means «you knock», a form of «knock».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:knockest:m1:1
# text = «knockest» means «you knock», a form of «knock».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	knockest	knock	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	knock	knock	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	knock	knock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	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 | **knock** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **knock** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **form** |  |  | knock |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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:

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To hit a door or window with your knuckles so people inside hear you.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:knockest:m1e:1
# text = To hit a door or window with your knuckles so people inside hear you.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hit	hit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	knuckles	knuckle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	hear	hear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | to-infinitive |  | a door or window |  |  |  | with your knuckles | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent door=Patient with knuckle=Instrument |
| 2 | **hear** | present | people | you |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

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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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