betrothed

Who acts: person, he, betrothed damsel, none, damsel, that · What happens: betroth, mean, promise, engage, marry, be · To what, where: marriage, person, they, her, field, damsel · Speech: someone speaks here

«betrothed» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: betrothed in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Betrothed means promised in marriage, engaged to be married.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 marriage	case
5	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promised	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 engaged	punct
7	engaged	engage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	10 married	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 married	aux:pass
10	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 engaged	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	roles by
1	betroth	participle		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	promise speech: promise	participle	marriage	vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	engage	past		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
5	marry	to-infinitive · passive		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»

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

A person's betrothed is the person they are engaged to marry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 person	nsubj
3	's	's	PART	_	2 person	case
4	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 person	acl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 person	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 engaged	nsubj:pass
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 engaged	aux:pass
10	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 person	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 marry	mark
12	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 engaged	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	betroth	participle		a person not said here	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	a person	the person	tree rules
3	engage	present · passive	the person not said here	they	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute
4	marry	to-infinitive	the person not said here		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Example 1

For he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. (Torah DEU.22.27, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: For he found her in the field; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	SCONJ	_	3 found	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	nsubj
3	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 cried	advcl
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 field	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 field	det
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 found	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 damsel	det
10	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 damsel	amod
11	damsel	damsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cried	nsubj
12	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 was	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 was	cc
15	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	16 was	expl
16	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 cried	ccomp
17	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	16 was	nsubj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 save	mark
19	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 none	acl
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 save	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	find	past	he	her = she	the field	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic
2	betroth	participle				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	cry speech: express	past	the betrothed damsel			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	be	past	none		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	save	to-infinitive	none not said here	damsel		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Sentence 2: (Torah DEU.22.27, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 DEU.22.27	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DEU.22.27	compound
3	DEU.22.27	DEU.22.27	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DEU.22.27	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 DEU.22.27	punct

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

Example 2

If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto a man, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; (Torah DEU.22.23, JPS 1917)

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 be	mark
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 be	expl
3	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 damsel	det
5	damsel	damsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 be	nsubj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 virgin	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 virgin	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 virgin	det
9	virgin	virgin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 damsel	appos
10	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 virgin	acl
11	unto	unto	ADP	_	13 man	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 man	det
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 betrothed	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 find	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 find	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 man	det
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 find	nsubj
18	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 virgin	parataxis
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 find	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 city	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 city	det
22	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 find	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 lie	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 lie	cc
25	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 find	conj
26	with	with	ADP	_	27 her	case
27	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 lie	obl
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 DEU.22.23	punct
29	(	(	PUNCT	_	31 DEU.22.23	punct
30	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 DEU.22.23	compound
31	DEU.22.23	DEU.22.23	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 damsel	appos
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 JPS	punct
33	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 DEU.22.23	conj
34	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	31 DEU.22.23	flat
35	)	)	PUNCT	_	31 DEU.22.23	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	infinitive	a damsel		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	that	a virgin			tree rules
3	betroth	participle		a virgin not said here		unto a man	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	find	infinitive	a man	damsel	the city		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic
5	lie	infinitive	a man not said here			with damsel	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. (Torah EXO.22.16, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 entice	cc
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 entice	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 entice	nsubj
5	entice	entice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 virgin	det
7	virgin	virgin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 entice	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 betrothed	obj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 betrothed	aux:pass
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 betrothed	advmod
11	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 virgin	acl:relcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lie	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 lie	cc
14	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 entice	conj
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 her	case
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lie	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 pay	punct
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 pay	nsubj
19	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 pay	aux
20	surely	surely	ADV	_	21 pay	advmod
21	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 entice	conj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 dowry	det
23	dowry	dowry	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 pay	obj
24	for	for	ADP	_	25 her	case
25	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 pay	obl
26	to	to	PART	_	29 wife	mark
27	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	29 wife	cop
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 wife	nmod:poss
29	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 pay	advcl
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 entice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	entice	infinitive	a man	a virgin		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus virgin=Experiencer
2	not betroth	present · passive		a virgin		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: that=Theme
3	lie	infinitive	a man not said here		with her = she	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	pay	shall	man	a dowry	for her = she; surely property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent dowry=Asset for she=Theme
5	is a	to-infinitive	man not said here	man's wife		tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah EXO.22.16, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.22.16	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.22.16	compound
3	EXO.22.16	EXO.22.16	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.22.16	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.22.16	punct

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

Example 4

And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying: 'Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.' (Prophets 2SA.3.14, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying: 'Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.'

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 sent	cc
2	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	messengers	messenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sent	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 bosheth	case
6	Ish	ish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bosheth	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Ish	punct
8	bosheth	bosheth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
9	Saul	Saul	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 son	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Saul	case
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	iobj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 saying	punct
13	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 sent	advcl
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 Deliver	punct
15	'	'	PUNCT	_	16 Deliver	punct
16	Deliver	deliver	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 saying	ccomp
17	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 Deliver	obj
18	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 wife	nmod:poss
19	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Deliver	obj
20	Michal	Michal	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 wife	appos
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 betrothed	punct
22	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 betrothed	obj
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 betrothed	nsubj
24	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 wife	conj
25	to	to	ADP	_	26 me	case
26	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	24 betrothed	obl
27	for	for	ADP	_	30 foreskins	case
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 hundred	det
29	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	30 foreskins	nummod
30	foreskins	foreskin	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 betrothed	obl
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 Philistines	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 Philistines	det
33	Philistines	Philistine	PROPN	Number=Plur	30 foreskins	nmod
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 Deliver	punct
35	'	'	PUNCT	_	16 Deliver	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	send	past	David	messengers	Saul's son	to Ish bosheth	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent son=Destination messenger=Theme
2	say speech: assert	gerund	David not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	deliver	infinitive		my wife	me		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary wife=Patient
4	betroth	past	I	my wife	me	for hundred foreskins of the Philistines	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent whom=Theme to i=Recipient

Sentence 2: (Prophets 2SA.3.14, 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	2SA.3.14	2SA.3.14	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Prophets	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 1917	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 1917	nmod:unmarked
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 2SA.3.14	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 5

Soon after came the Princess and her betrothed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 came	advmod
2	after	after	SCONJ	_	3 came	mark
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Princess	det
5	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 betrothed	cc
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 betrothed	nmod:poss
8	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 Princess	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the Princess					soon property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	betroth	participle	the Princess not said here						vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Example 6

The man she is betrothed to is one of my servants.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 one	nsubj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 betrothed	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 betrothed	aux:pass
5	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 man	acl:relcl
6	to	to	PART	_	5 betrothed	xcomp
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 one	cop
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 servants	case
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 servants	nmod:poss
11	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 one	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betroth	present · passive	the man not said here	she					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
2	is a	present	the man	one				of my servants	tree rules

Example 7

The betrothed pair were very happy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pair	det
2	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pair	amod
3	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 happy	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 happy	cop
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 happy	advmod
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 happy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betroth	participle							vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the betrothed pair					happy property	tree rules

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