backbite

Who acts: they, mockeries, north wind, backbiting tongue · What happens: speak, not be, profane, gnash, mock, bring · To what, where: mockeries, backbiting, rain · Speech: someone speaks here

«backbite» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: backbite in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

to speak badly of someone when they are not there.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 speak	mark
2	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 speak	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 someone	case
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 speak	obl
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 there	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 there	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 there	cop
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 there	advmod
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 speak	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 speak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	to-infinitive						of someone; badly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	present	they					there property	tree rules

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

With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth. (Writings PSA.35.16, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: With the profanest mockeries of backbiting they gnash at me with their teeth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	SCONJ	_	3 profanest	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 profanest	det
3	profanest	profane	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 gnash	advcl
4	mockeries	mockery	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 profanest	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 backbiting	case
6	backbiting	backbiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mockeries	nmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gnash	nsubj
8	gnash	gnash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 me	case
10	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 gnash	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 teeth	case
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 teeth	nmod:poss
13	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gnash	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 gnash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	profane	present	mockeries = mockery not said here	mockeries of backbiting		tree rules
2	gnash	present	mockeries = mockery		at me; with mockeries's teeth	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	mock			backbiting		nom mockery «communication transitive»: of=patient

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.35.16, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	PSA.35.16	PSA.35.16	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.35.16	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.35.16	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 2

The north wind bringeth forth rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry countenance. (Writings PRO.25.23, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: The north wind bringeth forth rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wind	det
2	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wind	compound
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bringeth	nsubj
4	bringeth	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	forth	forth	ADV	_	6 rain	advmod
6	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bringeth	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 countenance	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 countenance	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tongue	det
10	backbiting	backbiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tongue	compound
11	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 countenance	nsubj
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 countenance	det
13	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 countenance	amod
14	countenance	countenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bringeth	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bringeth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	the north wind	rain					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent rain=Theme
2	countenance		a backbiting tongue						tree rules

Sentence 2: (Writings PRO.25.23, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	PRO.25.23	PRO.25.23	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PRO.25.23	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PRO.25.23	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the Judaism dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. 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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