Who acts: command, someone, formal, you, we, Vashti · What happens: offer, do, mean, tell, bid, make · To what, where: money, bidding, you, offer, something, goodnight · Speech: someone speaks here
«bidding» in the Judaism dictionary: its 4 meanings 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: bidding in the Judaism dictionary.
Meaning 1
Offering money for something at an auction.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Offering
offer
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
root
root
2
money
money
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Offering
obj
3
for
for
ADP
_
4 something
case
4
something
something
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
1 Offering
obl
5
at
at
ADP
_
7 auction
case
6
an
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
7 auction
det
7
auction
auction
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 something
nmod
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Offering
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
offer
gerund
money
for something goal
vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent money=Theme for something=Goal
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: old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.
A command or request: «do someone's bidding» means to do what they tell you.
The tree, 15 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality
2
mean
present
a command or request
vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3
donot said to happen
to-infinitive
vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
4
tellspeech: assert
present
command
you
vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient
5
bidin a quote
someone
nom bidding «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Meaning 3
Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.
Making an offer, or (formal, old) saying something to someone, as in «bidding goodnight».
The tree, 14 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Making
make
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
root
root
2
an
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
3 offer
det
3
offer
offer
NOUN
Number=Sing
1 Making
obj
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
11 saying
punct
5
or
or
CCONJ
_
11 saying
cc
6
(
(
PUNCT
_
7 formal
punct
7
formal
formal
ADJ
Degree=Pos
11 saying
nsubj
8
,
,
PUNCT
_
9 old
punct
9
old
old
ADJ
Degree=Pos
7 formal
conj
10
)
)
PUNCT
_
7 formal
punct
11
saying
say
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
1 Making
conj
12
something
something
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
11 saying
obj
13
to
to
ADP
_
14 someone
case
14
someone
someone
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
11 saying
obl
15
,
,
PUNCT
_
19 bidding
punct
16
as
as
SCONJ
_
19 bidding
mark
17
in
in
SCONJ
_
19 bidding
mark
18
«
«
PUNCT
_
19 bidding
punct
19
bidding
bid
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
11 saying
parataxis
20
goodnight
goodnight
NOUN
Number=Sing
19 bidding
obj
21
»
»
PUNCT
_
19 bidding
punct
22
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Making
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
make
gerund
a offer
vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset offer=Product
2
sayspeech: assert
gerund
formal
something
to someone
tree rules
3
bidin a quote
gerund
goodnight
tree rules
Meaning 4
Usage: card games — kept apart, not parsed.
Saying how many tricks you think you can win.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Saying
say
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
6 think
csubj
2
how
how
ADV
PronType=Int
3 many
advmod
3
many
many
ADJ
Degree=Pos
4 tricks
amod
4
tricks
trick
NOUN
Number=Plur
1 Saying
obj
5
you
you
PRON
Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs
6 think
nsubj
6
think
think
VERB
Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin
root
root
7
you
you
PRON
Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs
9 win
nsubj
8
can
can
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
9 win
aux
9
win
win
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
6 think
ccomp
10
.
.
PUNCT
_
6 think
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
sayspeech: assert
gerund
many tricks
vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent trick=Topic
2
thinkspeech: other
present
you
vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3
win
can
you
vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1
'What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, forasmuch as she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?' (Writings EST.1.15, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: 'What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, forasmuch as she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?'
The tree, 26 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2
accord
gerund
vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3
notdo
present · perfect
Vashti
the bidding of the king
by the chamberlains
vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality
4
bid
the king
nom bidding «communication transitive»: of=patient
Sentence 2: (Writings EST.1.15, 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
EST.1.15
EST.1.15
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Writings
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 EST.1.15
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 EST.1.15
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Writings
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 2
Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said: 'And who among all thy servants is so trusted as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and giveth heed unto thy bidding, and is honourable in thy house? (Prophets 1SA.22.14, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said: 'And who among all thy servants is so trusted as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and giveth heed unto thy bidding, and is honourable in thy house?
The tree, 38 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Eventuality
2
bidin a quote
your
nom bidding «communication transitive»: poss=agent
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.