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title: shouldst — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «shouldst» in the Early Modern English dictionary: You should or ought to; you would be expected to. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# shouldst

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**Who acts:** I, thou, Perish, that, It, wonder · **What happens:** expect, do, turn away, cry, wretch, perish · **To what, where:** you, that, wretch, wonder · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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You should or ought to; you would be expected to.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:shouldst:m1:1
# text = You should or ought to; you would be expected to.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	expected	expect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expect** | would · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What have I done that thou shouldst turn away?

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From Indian Fairy Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:shouldst:x1:1
# text = What have I done that thou shouldst turn away?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obj	_	_
6	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	8	nsubj	_	_
7	shouldst	should	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · perfect | I | that |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn away** | should | thou |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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"Perish!" cried he, "for 'tis but just that such a wretch as thou shouldst perish!"

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From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:shouldst:x2:1
# text = "Perish!" cried he, "for 'tis but just that such a wretch as thou shouldst perish!"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Perish	Perish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	tis	tis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	_
15	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	17	det:predet	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	wretch	wretch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
18	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
19	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	21	nsubj	_	_
20	shouldst	should	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	perish	perish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Perish |  |  |  |  | for tis but such wretch | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for tis=Recipient |
| 2 | **wretch** *in a quote* |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **perish** *in a quote* | should | thou | such wretch *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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‘It is a wonder that such a man as thou shouldst be without a companion.’

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From The Lilac Fairy Book.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:shouldst:x3:1
# text = ‘It is a wonder that such a man as thou shouldst be without a companion.’
1	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wonder	wonder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
7	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	9	det:predet	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nmod	_	_
12	shouldst	should	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
14	without	without	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a wonder |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | should | a wonder |  |  |  |  | without a companion | tree rules |

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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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