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

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**Who acts:** thou, need, his · **What happens:** want, mean, wish, have, do, open · **To what, where:** something, hand, him, that · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«wanteth» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: [wanteth in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/wanteth.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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«wanteth» means «wants», a form of «want».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wanteth:m1:1
# text = «wanteth» means «wants», a form of «want».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	wanteth	want	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	wants	want	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	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **want** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **want** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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 want means to wish to have or do something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wanteth:m1e:1
# text = To want means to wish to have or do something.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wish	wish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **wish** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **do** | infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.

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From Torah DEU.15.8, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wanteth:x1:1
# text = but thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.
1	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nsubj	_	_
3	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	lend	lend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	nmod	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	wanteth	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | shall | thou | thy hand |  |  |  | unto him *= he*; surely *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme |
| 2 | **lend** | shall | thou *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | sufficient, surely *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **want** | present | his need in that |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **need** |  | his *= he* |  |  | that |  |  | nom need «state transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

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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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