--- title: tastest — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics description: «tastest» in the Early Modern English dictionary: «tastest» means «you taste», a form of «taste»: The flavour of food or drink in your mouth. 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The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [tastest in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/tastest.md). ## Meaning 1 {#m1} «tastest» means «you taste», a form of «taste»: The flavour of food or drink in your mouth. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:emode:tastest:m1:1 # text = «tastest» means «you taste», a form of «taste»: The flavour of food or drink in your mouth. 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 tastest taste 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 taste taste 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 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 flavour flavour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **taste** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **taste** *in a quote* | present | you | a form of taste | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **form** | | | taste | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **flavour** | | | food or drink in your mouth | | | | | nom flavour «state transitive»: of=patient | 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: "a sweet taste". ```conllu # sent_id = dict:emode:tastest:m1e:1 # text = "a sweet taste". 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## Example 1 {#x1} Wherefore this shall befall thee on thy way home: thou shalt come upon an apple-tree covered with apples by the wayside, and straightway thou shalt long to eat of them, and the moment thou tastest thereof thou shalt burst. From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:emode:tastest:x1:1 # text = Wherefore this shall befall thee on thy way home: thou shalt come upon an apple-tree covered with apples by the wayside, and straightway thou shalt long to eat of them, and the moment thou tastest thereof thou shalt burst. 1 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 befall befall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 home home ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 12 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 14 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 apple apple NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 covered cover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wayside wayside NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 straightway straightway NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 28 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 29 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 40 tastest taste VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj _ _ 43 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 burst burst VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **befall** | shall | this | thee | | thy way | | wherefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | shall | thou | straightway | | a apple tree | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon tree=Location | | 3 | **cover** | participle | | a apple tree *not said here* | | | | with apples; by the wayside | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with apple=Theme | | 4 | **eat** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | of apples *= apple* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of they=Source | | 5 | **taste** | present | thou | the moment *not said here* | | | | thereof *property* | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme moment=Attribute | | 6 | **burst** | shall | the moment | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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