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title: proposeth — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «proposeth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «proposeth» means «proposes», a form of «propose»: To suggest a plan or idea for others to think about. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# proposeth

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**Who acts:** form, plan, others, I, we · **What happens:** propose, mean, suggest, think about, have · **To what, where:** picnic · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«proposeth» means «proposes», a form of «propose»: To suggest a plan or idea for others to think about.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:proposeth:m1:1
# text = «proposeth» means «proposes», a form of «propose»: To suggest a plan or idea for others to think about.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	proposeth	propose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|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	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	proposes	propose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	propose	propose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	To	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	suggest	suggest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
22	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
26	about	about	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **propose** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **propose** *in a quote* | infinitive | a form *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | to-infinitive | a plan or idea |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **think about** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | others |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: 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:

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I propose we have a picnic.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:proposeth:m1e:1
# text = I propose we have a picnic.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	propose	propose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | we | a picnic |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picnic=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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