confound

Who acts: they, old way, something, you, us, name · What happens: confound, be, not think, spoil, say, blast · To what, where: someone, plan, it, old way, way, us · Speech: someone speaks here

«confound» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: confound in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

To confound someone is to confuse them so badly that they cannot think clearly.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 confound	mark
2	confound	confound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 confuse	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 confound	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 confuse	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 confuse	mark
6	confuse	confuse	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 confuse	obj
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 badly	advmod
9	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 confuse	advmod
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 think	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 think	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 think	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 think	advmod
14	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 confuse	advcl
15	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	14 think	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 confuse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	confound	to-infinitive		someone		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer
2	is	present			badly, confuse property	tree rules
3	not think speech: other	can	they		clearly property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

To confound a plan is to defeat it or spoil it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 confound	mark
2	confound	confound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 defeat	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 plan	det
4	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confound	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 defeat	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 defeat	mark
7	defeat	defeat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 defeat	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 spoil	cc
10	spoil	spoil	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 defeat	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 spoil	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 defeat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	confound	to-infinitive	a plan		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus plan=Experiencer
2	is	present		defeat property	tree rules
3	spoil	infinitive	plan		tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: exclamation — kept apart, not parsed.

«Confound it!» is an old way of saying «Blast it!» when something goes wrong.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Confound	punct
2	Confound	confound	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 way	nsubj
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 Confound	obj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Confound	punct
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Confound	punct
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 way	cop
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 way	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 saying	mark
11	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 way	acl
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 Blast	punct
13	Blast	blast	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 saying	ccomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 Blast	obj
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 Blast	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 Blast	punct
17	when	when	SCONJ	_	19 goes	mark
18	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	19 goes	nsubj
19	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 saying	advcl
20	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 goes	xcomp
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	confound in a quote	infinitive		it		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
2	is a	present		a old way		tree rules
3	say speech: express	gerund	a old way not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	blast in a quote	infinitive		way		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
5	go	present	something		wrong property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.' (Torah GEN.11.7, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Come, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.'

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 let	punct
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Come	conj
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 let	obj
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 let	xcomp
6	down	down	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 confound	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 confound	cc
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 confound	advmod
10	confound	confound	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Come	parataxis
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 language	nmod:poss
12	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 confound	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 understand	punct
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 understand	mark
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 understand	nsubj
16	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 understand	aux
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 understand	advmod
18	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 confound	advcl
19	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 understand	obj
20	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	22 speech	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 another	case
22	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 understand	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Come	punct
24	'	'	PUNCT	_	1 Come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	imperative	you not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	us			tree rules
3	go down	infinitive	us not said here			down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
4	confound	infinitive		their language	there		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus language=Experiencer
5	not understand	may	they	one			tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.11.7, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.11.7	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.11.7	compound
3	GEN.11.7	GEN.11.7	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.11.7	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.11.7	punct

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

Example 2

Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth; and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. (Torah GEN.11.9, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Therefore was the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth; and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

The tree, 36 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Therefore	therefore	ADV	_	4 name	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 name	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 name	det
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 name	nmod
7	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Babel	Babel	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 called	obj
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 confound	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 confound	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 LORD	det
12	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 confound	nsubj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 confound	aux
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 confound	advmod
15	confound	confound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 called	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 language	det
17	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 confound	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 earth	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 earth	det:predet
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 earth	det
21	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 language	nmod
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 scatter	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 scatter	cc
24	from	from	SCONJ	_	26 did	mark
25	thence	thence	ADV	_	26 did	advmod
26	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 scatter	aux
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 LORD	det
28	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 scatter	nsubj
29	scatter	scatter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 called	advcl
30	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 scatter	obj
31	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	29 scatter	advmod
32	upon	upon	ADP	_	34 face	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 face	det
34	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 scatter	obl
35	of	of	ADP	_	38 earth	case
36	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	38 earth	det:predet
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 earth	det
38	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 face	nmod
39	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the name			of name; therefore property	tree rules
2	call	past	the name		Babel			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent babel=Recipient
3	confound	past · do-support	the LORD	the language of all earth		there		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus language=Experiencer
4	scatter	past · do-support	the LORD	them = they		the face of all earth	abroad property	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme upon face=Destination

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.11.9, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.11.9	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.11.9	compound
3	GEN.11.9	GEN.11.9	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.11.9	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.11.9	punct

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

Example 3

The puzzle began to confound me.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 puzzle	det
2	puzzle	puzzle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 confound	mark
5	confound	confound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 began	xcomp
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 confound	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the puzzle						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	confound	to-infinitive	the puzzle not said here	me					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer

Example 4

The magician's fog was meant to confound the soldiers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magician	det
2	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fog	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 magician	case
4	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 meant	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 meant	aux:pass
6	meant	mean	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 confound	mark
8	confound	confound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 meant	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 soldiers	det
10	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 confound	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 meant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	past · passive		the magician's fog	tree rules
2	confound not said to happen	to-infinitive		the soldiers	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus soldier=Experiencer
3	fog		the magician		nom fog «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

Do not confound the innocent with the guilty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 confound	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 confound	advmod
3	confound	confound	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 innocent	det
5	innocent	innocent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 confound	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 guilty	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 guilty	det
8	guilty	guilty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 innocent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 confound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not confound	imperative · do-support	you not said here	the innocent					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus innocent=Experiencer

Example 6

«Confound it!» cried the farmer when his cart stuck in the mud.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Confound	punct
2	Confound	confound	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 cried	parataxis
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 Confound	obj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Confound	punct
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Confound	punct
6	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 farmer	det
8	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cried	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 stuck	advmod
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 cart	nmod:poss
11	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stuck	nsubj
12	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cried	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 mud	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mud	det
15	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stuck	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confound in a quote	infinitive		it					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer
2	cry speech: express	past	the farmer						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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