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title: mayest — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mayest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: May; be allowed to; might. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mayest

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**Who acts:** she, thou, that, LORD God · **What happens:** allow, say, give, come in, cast out, command · **To what, where:** me, that, pack, man, garden · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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May; be allowed to; might.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:mayest:m1:1
# text = May; be allowed to; might.
1	May	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
7	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | may · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING» |

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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 she said: 'What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'

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From Torah GEN.38.16, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:mayest:x1:1
# text = And she said: 'What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
7	wilt	will	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nsubj	_	_
9	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
10	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	_
13	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	15	nsubj	_	_
14	mayest	may	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
16	in	in	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | future | thou |  | me |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient what=Theme |
| 3 | **come in** | may | that |  |  |  |  | unto me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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“And that thou mayest be cast out of another pack.

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From The Jungle Book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:mayest:x2:1
# text = “And that thou mayest be cast out of another pack.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
4	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	mayest	may	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	cast	cast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast out** *in a quote* | may · passive |  | that |  | another pack |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary pack=Product |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: 'Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat;

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From Torah GEN.2.16, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:mayest:x3:1
# text = And the LORD God commanded the man, saying: 'Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat;
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	commanded	command	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	21	nsubj	_	_
19	mayest	may	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **command** | past | the LORD God | the man |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent man=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the LORD God *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **eat** | may | thou | the garden *not said here* |  |  |  | freely *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garden=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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