befall

Who acts: you, Benjamin, Jacob, ye, I, evil · What happens: happen, do, befall, not send, say, take · To what, where: ill, you, Jacob, one, harm, gray hairs · Speech: someone speaks here

«befall» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 9 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: befall in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

To happen to someone, often something bad: «If you do ill, ill will befall you.».

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 happen	mark
2	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 someone	case
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 happen	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 something	punct
6	often	often	ADV	_	7 something	advmod
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 someone	appos
8	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 something	amod
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 befall	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 befall	punct
11	If	if	SCONJ	_	13 do	mark
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 do	nsubj
13	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 befall	advcl
14	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 do	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 ill	punct
16	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 ill	conj
17	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 befall	aux
18	befall	befall	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 happen	conj
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 befall	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 befall	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 befall	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	to-infinitive			to someone	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	you	ill		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ill=Eventuality
3	befall in a quote	future		you		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

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said: 'Lest peradventure harm befall him.' (Torah GEN.42.4, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said: 'Lest peradventure harm befall him.'

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	9 sent	cc
2	Benjamin	Benjamin	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 sent	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 brother	punct
4	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 brother	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Joseph	case
6	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Benjamin	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Jacob	punct
8	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Benjamin	conj
9	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 sent	advmod
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 brethren	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 brethren	nmod:poss
13	brethren	brethren	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sent	obl
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	17 said	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 said	nsubj
17	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 sent	conj
18	:	:	PUNCT	_	23 befall	punct
19	'	'	PUNCT	_	23 befall	punct
20	Lest	lest	SCONJ	_	22 harm	case
21	peradventure	peradventure	ADV	_	22 harm	advmod
22	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 befall	obl
23	befall	befall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 said	ccomp
24	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 befall	obj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 befall	punct
26	'	'	PUNCT	_	23 befall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not send	past	Benjamin and Jacob		with Jacob's brethren	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	Jacob			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	befall	infinitive		Jacob	lest harm	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.42.4, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.42.4	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.42.4	compound
3	GEN.42.4	GEN.42.4	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.42.4	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.42.4	punct

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

Example 2

and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. (Torah GEN.44.29, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 bring	cc
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 take	mark
3	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	4 take	nsubj
4	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 bring	advcl
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 one	det
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obj
7	also	also	ADV	_	9 me	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 me	case
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 take	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 harm	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 harm	cc
12	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 befall	obl
13	befall	befall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 take	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 befall	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 take	punct
16	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	18 bring	nsubj
17	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 bring	aux
18	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
19	down	down	ADP	_	18 bring	compound:prt
20	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 hairs	nmod:poss
21	gray	gray	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 hairs	compound
22	hairs	hair	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 bring	obj
23	with	with	ADP	_	24 sorrow	case
24	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bring	obl
25	to	to	ADP	_	27 grave	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 grave	det
27	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bring	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 bring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take a condition, not said to happen	present	ye	this one		from me	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent one=Theme from i=Initial_Location
2	befall	present	ye not said here	harm			tree rules
3	bring down	future	ye	my gray hairs	the grave	with sorrow	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hair=Theme to grave=Destination

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.44.29, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.44.29	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.44.29	compound
3	GEN.44.29	GEN.44.29	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.44.29	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.44.29	punct

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

Example 3

And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: 'Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the end of days. (Torah GEN.49.1, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And Jacob called unto his sons, and said: 'Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the end of days.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 called	cc
2	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	unto	unto	ADP	_	6 sons	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sons	nmod:poss
6	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	conj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 Gather	punct
11	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 Gather	punct
12	Gather	gather	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp
13	yourselves	yourselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 Gather	obj
14	together	together	ADV	_	12 Gather	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 tell	punct
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 tell	mark
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 tell	nsubj
18	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 tell	aux
19	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 Gather	conj
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 tell	iobj
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 befall	mark
22	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 befall	nsubj
23	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 befall	aux
24	befall	befall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 tell	ccomp
25	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	24 befall	obj
26	in	in	ADP	_	28 end	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 end	det
28	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 befall	obl
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 days	case
30	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 end	nmod
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	Jacob				unto Jacob's sons	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	Jacob not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	gather	infinitive		yourselves			together property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourselves=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	may	I		you			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
5	befall	shall		you		in the end of days		tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.49.1, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.49.1	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.49.1	compound
3	GEN.49.1	GEN.49.1	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.49.1	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.49.1	punct

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

Example 4

Shall evil befall a city, and the LORD hath not done it? (Prophets AMO.3.6, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Shall evil befall a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shall	shall	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 evil	det
2	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 befall	nsubj
3	befall	befall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 city	det
5	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 befall	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 done	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 done	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 LORD	det
9	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 done	nsubj
10	hath	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 done	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 done	advmod
12	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 befall	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 done	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 befall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	befall	infinitive	shall evil	a city					tree rules
2	not do	present · perfect	the LORD	city					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Sentence 2: (Prophets AMO.3.6, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	AMO.3.6	AMO.3.6	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 AMO.3.6	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 AMO.3.6	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 5

There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. (Writings PSA.91.10, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 befall	expl
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 befall	aux
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 evil	det
4	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 befall	nsubj
5	befall	befall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 befall	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 come	punct
8	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	12 come	cc:preconj
9	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 come	aux
10	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 plague	det
11	plague	plague	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 come	nsubj
12	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 befall	conj
13	nigh	nigh	ADV	_	12 come	advmod
14	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	15 tent	nmod:poss
15	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 come	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 befall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	befall	shall	no evil	thee		there			tree rules
2	come	shall	any plague	thy tent				nigh property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tent=Theme

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.91.10, 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.91.10	PSA.91.10	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.91.10	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.91.10	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 6

There shall no mischief befall the righteous; but the wicked are filled with evil. (Writings PRO.12.21, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: There shall no mischief befall the righteous; but the wicked are filled with evil.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 befall	expl
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 befall	aux
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 mischief	det
4	mischief	mischief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 befall	nsubj
5	befall	befall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 righteous	det
7	righteous	righteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 befall	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 filled	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 filled	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wicked	det
11	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 filled	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 filled	aux:pass
13	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 befall	conj
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 evil	case
15	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 filled	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 befall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	befall	shall	no mischief	the righteous		there			tree rules
2	fill	present · passive		the wicked				with evil	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with evil=Instrument

Sentence 2: (Writings PRO.12.21, 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.12.21	PRO.12.21	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PRO.12.21	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PRO.12.21	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 7

Bad luck befell the farmer's sheep.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 luck	amod
2	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 befell	nsubj
3	befell	befall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 farmer	det
5	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sheep	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 farmer	case
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 befell	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 befell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	befall	past	Bad luck	the farmer's sheep					tree rules

Example 8

Be careful, or harm may befall you.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 careful	cop
2	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 befall	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 befall	cc
5	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 befall	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 befall	aux
7	befall	befall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 careful	conj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 befall	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 careful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here					careful property	tree rules
2	befall	may	harm	you					tree rules

Example 9

What will befall us if we stay here?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 befall	obj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 befall	aux
3	befall	befall	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 befall	obj
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 stay	mark
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 stay	nsubj
7	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 befall	advcl
8	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 stay	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 befall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	befall	future		us					tree rules
2	stay a condition, not said to happen	present	we			here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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