behold

Who acts: you, Pharaoh, it, I, they, dreamer · What happens: behold, be, look, pay, come, awake · To what, where: attention, dream, son, thy, one, another · Speech: someone speaks here

«behold» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 10 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: behold in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

To behold is to see or look at something, especially something wonderful.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 behold	mark
2	behold	behold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 see	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 see	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 see	mark
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 look	cc
7	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 see	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 something	case
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 look	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 something	punct
11	especially	especially	ADV	_	12 something	advmod
12	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 something	appos
13	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 something	amod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	behold	to-infinitive		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	see property	tree rules
3	look	infinitive	at something	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at something=Theme

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: «Behold!» — kept apart, not parsed.

Look! Pay attention to what comes next.

Sentence 1: Look!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Sentence 2: Pay attention to what comes next.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pay	obj
3	to	to	SCONJ	_	5 comes	mark
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 comes	nsubj
5	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pay	advcl
6	next	next	ADV	_	5 comes	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Pay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	imperative	you not said here	attention					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset
2	come	present						next property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. (Torah GEN.41.7, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 awoke	cc
2	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 awoke	nsubj
3	awoke	awake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 dream	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dream	cc
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 and	punct
7	behold	behold	INTJ	_	12 dream	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 behold	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 dream	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 dream	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dream	det
12	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 awoke	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 awoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	awake	past	Pharaoh						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	it	a dream					tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.41.7, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.41.7	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.41.7	compound
3	GEN.41.7	GEN.41.7	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.41.7	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.41.7	punct

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

Example 2

Behold, I will slay thy son, thy first-born.' — (Torah EXO.4.23, JPS 1917)

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behold	behold	INTJ	_	5 slay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Behold	punct
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 slay	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 slay	aux
5	slay	slay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	7 son	nmod:poss
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slay	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 born	punct
9	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	12 born	nsubj:pass
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 born	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 first	punct
12	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 slay	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 born	punct
14	'	'	PUNCT	_	12 born	punct
15	—	-	PUNCT	_	17 Torah	punct
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	17 Torah	punct
17	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 slay	parataxis
18	EXO.4.23	EXO.4.23	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Torah	flat
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 JPS	punct
20	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Torah	flat
21	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	20 JPS	flat
22	)	)	PUNCT	_	20 JPS	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slay	future	I	thy son					vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
2	bear	participle · passive		thy					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 3

And they said one to another: 'Behold, this dreamer cometh. (Torah GEN.37.19, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And they said one to another: 'Behold, this dreamer cometh.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 said	cc
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 said	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 another	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 one	nmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 cometh	punct
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 cometh	punct
9	Behold	behold	INTJ	_	13 cometh	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cometh	punct
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 dreamer	det
12	dreamer	dreamer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cometh	nsubj
13	cometh	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they	one	another				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Topic to another=Recipient
2	come	present	this dreamer						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.37.19, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.37.19	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.37.19	compound
3	GEN.37.19	GEN.37.19	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.37.19	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.37.19	punct

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

Example 4

Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? (Prophets EZK.17.10, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yea	yea	INTJ	_	6 planted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yea	punct
3	behold	behold	INTJ	_	1 Yea	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yea	punct
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 planted	aux:pass
6	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 prosper	punct
8	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 prosper	aux
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 prosper	nsubj
10	prosper	prosper	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 planted	parataxis
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 planted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	gerund · passive							vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»
2	prosper	shall	it						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 2: (Prophets EZK.17.10, 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	EZK.17.10	EZK.17.10	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EZK.17.10	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 EZK.17.10	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 5

Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor. (Writings RUT.3.2, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behold	behold	INTJ	_	4 winnoweth	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Behold	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 winnoweth	nsubj
4	winnoweth	winnow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 winnoweth	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 night	case
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 to	punct
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 winnoweth	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	13 floor	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 floor	det
11	threshing	threshing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 floor	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 threshing	punct
13	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 winnoweth	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 winnoweth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	winnow	present	he	barley		the threshing floor	night		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent barley=Source

Sentence 2: (Writings RUT.3.2, 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	RUT.3.2	RUT.3.2	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 RUT.3.2	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 RUT.3.2	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 6

Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him? (Writings JOB.9.12, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Behold, He snatcheth away, who can hinder Him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behold	behold	INTJ	_	9 hinder	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 snatcheth	punct
3	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 snatcheth	nsubj
4	snatcheth	snatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hinder	advcl
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 snatcheth	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hinder	punct
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 hinder	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hinder	aux
9	hinder	hinder	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	Him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hinder	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 hinder	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snatch away	present	He					away property	vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	hinder	can		Him = he					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Eventuality

Sentence 2: (Writings JOB.9.12, 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	JOB.9.12	JOB.9.12	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOB.9.12	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOB.9.12	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 7

Behold, the king is coming!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behold	behold	INTJ	_	6 coming	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Behold	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coming	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 coming	aux
6	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 coming	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present · progressive	the king						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 8

The children beheld a castle on the hill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 beheld	nsubj
3	beheld	behold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 castle	det
5	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beheld	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 hill	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hill	det
8	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beheld	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 beheld	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	behold	past	the children	a castle		the hill			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer castle=Stimulus

Example 9

It was a sight to behold.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sight	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sight	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sight	det
4	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 behold	case
6	behold	behold	INTJ	_	4 sight	discourse
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sight	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a sight					tree rules

Example 10

Behold, her mother's words were true!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behold	behold	INTJ	_	8 true	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Behold	punct
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mother	nmod:poss
4	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 words	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 mother	case
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 true	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 true	cop
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	her mother's words					true property	tree rules
2	word		her mother						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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