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title: wouldst — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «wouldst» in the Early Modern English dictionary: You would; a form of "will" used with "thou" in the past or in wishing. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# wouldst

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**Who acts:** Methought, me, thou · **What happens:** use, not let, go, read, write, tear · **To what, where:** You, past, me, everything, pieces

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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You would; a form of "will" used with "thou" in the past or in wishing.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wouldst:m1:1
# text = You would; a form of "will" used with "thou" in the past or in wishing.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	wishing	wishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | would · future · passive |  | You |  | the past or wishing |  | with thou | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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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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Methought thou wouldst not let me go alive.

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From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wouldst:x1:1
# text = Methought thou wouldst not let me go alive.
1	Methought	Methought	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nsubj	_	_
3	wouldst	would	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let** | would | Methought | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | me *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alive *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And wouldst thou then read everything that is written?

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From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wouldst:x2:1
# text = And wouldst thou then read everything that is written?
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	wouldst	would	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nsubj	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | would | thou | everything |  |  | then |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic |
| 2 | **write** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Methought thou wouldst tear me in pieces with thy dogs.

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From Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:wouldst:x3:1
# text = Methought thou wouldst tear me in pieces with thy dogs.
1	Methought	Methought	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
3	wouldst	would	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	tear	tear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | would | Methought | me |  | pieces with thy dogs |  |  | 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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