controversy

Who acts: controversy, people, you, men, judges, both · What happens: be, disagree, come, judge, justify, condemn · To what, where: long heated argument, controversy, men, righteous, wicked, Jacob

«controversy» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning 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: controversy in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

A controversy is a long, heated argument in which people strongly disagree about something.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 controversy	det
2	controversy	controversy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 argument	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 argument	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 argument	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 argument	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 long	punct
7	heated	heated	ADJ	_	8 argument	amod
8	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 disagree	obl
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 disagree	nsubj
12	strongly	strongly	ADV	_	13 disagree	advmod
13	disagree	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 argument	parataxis
14	about	about	ADP	_	15 something	case
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 disagree	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 argument	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a controversy	a long heated argument					tree rules
2	disagree	present	people			a long heated argument		about something; strongly property	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about something=Topic

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

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them, by justifying the righteous, and condemning the wicked, (Torah DEU.25.1, 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	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 controversy	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 controversy	det
5	controversy	controversy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 men	case
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 controversy	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 come	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 come	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 come	nsubj
11	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 controversy	parataxis
12	unto	unto	ADP	_	13 judgment	case
13	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 come	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 judge	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 judge	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 judges	det
17	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 judge	nsubj
18	judge	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 come	conj
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 judge	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 justifying	punct
21	by	by	SCONJ	_	22 justifying	mark
22	justifying	justify	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 judge	advcl
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 righteous	det
24	righteous	righteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 justifying	obj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 condemning	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 condemning	cc
27	condemning	condemn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 justifying	conj
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 wicked	det
29	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 condemning	obj
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 DEU.25.1	punct
31	(	(	PUNCT	_	33 DEU.25.1	punct
32	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 DEU.25.1	compound
33	DEU.25.1	DEU.25.1	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 condemning	obj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 JPS	punct
35	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 DEU.25.1	flat
36	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	33 DEU.25.1	flat
37	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 controversy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	imperative	you not said here	a controversy	between men	tree rules
2	come	present	men = man		unto judgment	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	judge	present	the judges	men = man		vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent they=Value
4	justify speech: other	gerund	the judges not said here	the righteous		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent righteous=Topic
5	condemn	gerund	the judges not said here	the wicked		tree rules

Example 2

then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days. (Torah DEU.19.17, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 men	advmod
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 men	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 men	det
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 stand	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 whom	punct
6	between	between	ADP	_	7 whom	case
7	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 men	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 controversy	det
9	controversy	controversy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 whom	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 whom	cop
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 men	punct
12	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 stand	aux
13	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	before	before	ADP	_	16 LORD	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 LORD	det
16	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 stand	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 priests	punct
18	before	before	ADP	_	20 priests	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 priests	det
20	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 stand	parataxis
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 judges	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 judges	det
23	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 priests	conj
24	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 days	nsubj
25	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 days	aux
26	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	29 days	cop
27	in	in	ADP	_	29 days	case
28	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	29 days	det
29	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 priests	parataxis
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 stand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	man		both		then	tree rules
2	is	present	the controversy	the men not said here		tree rules
3	stand	shall	the men		before the LORD	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before lord=Location
4	is	shall	that		in that days	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah DEU.19.17, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 DEU.19.17	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DEU.19.17	compound
3	DEU.19.17	DEU.19.17	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DEU.19.17	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 DEU.19.17	punct

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

Example 3

For the LORD hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the controversy of Zion. (Prophets ISA.34.8, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: For the LORD hath a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the controversy of Zion.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 LORD	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 LORD	det
3	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hath	obl
4	hath	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hath	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 vengeance	case
8	vengeance	vengeance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 day	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 year	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 year	det
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hath	obl:unmarked
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 recompense	case
13	recompense	recompense	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 year	nmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 controversy	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 controversy	det
16	controversy	controversy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 recompense	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Zion	case
18	Zion	Zion	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 controversy	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hath	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present					day; year	for the LORD	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.34.8, 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	ISA.34.8	ISA.34.8	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ISA.34.8	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 ISA.34.8	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 4

The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, according to his doings will He recompense him. (Prophets HOS.12.3, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways, according to his doings will He recompense him.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 LORD	det
2	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hath	nsubj
3	hath	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	also	also	ADV	_	6 controversy	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 controversy	det
6	controversy	controversy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hath	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 Judah	case
8	Judah	Judah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 controversy	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 punish	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 punish	cc
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 punish	aux
12	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hath	conj
13	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 punish	obj
14	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 ways	case
15	to	to	ADP	_	14 according	fixed
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 ways	nmod:poss
17	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 punish	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 recompense	punct
19	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 doings	case
20	to	to	ADP	_	19 according	fixed
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 doings	nmod:poss
22	doings	doing	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 recompense	obl
23	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 recompense	aux
24	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 recompense	nsubj
25	recompense	recompense	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 ways	acl:relcl
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 recompense	obj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hath	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	the LORD	a controversy		with Judah	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent controversy=Patient
2	punish	future	the LORD not said here	Jacob		accord LORD's ways	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jacob=Patient
3	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
4	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
5	recompense	future	LORD	LORD's ways not said here	Jacob	accord LORD's doings	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Sentence 2: (Prophets HOS.12.3, 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	HOS.12.3	HOS.12.3	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 HOS.12.3	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 HOS.12.3	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 5

Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies. (Writings 2CH.19.8, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies.

The tree, 32 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moreover	moreover	ADV	_	4 did	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Jerusalem	case
3	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Jehoshaphat	Jehoshaphat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 set	compound
6	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Levites	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Levites	det
9	Levites	Levite	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 set	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 priests	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 priests	det
12	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 set	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 heads	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 heads	cc
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 heads	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 heads	det
17	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	parataxis
18	of	of	ADP	_	22 houses	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 fathers	det
20	fathers	father	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 houses	nmod:poss
21	'	's	PART	_	20 fathers	case
22	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 heads	nmod
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 Israel	case
24	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 houses	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 judgment	punct
26	for	for	ADP	_	28 judgment	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 judgment	det
28	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 Israel	appos
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 LORD	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 LORD	det
31	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 judgment	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 controversies	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 controversies	cc
34	for	for	ADP	_	35 controversies	case
35	controversies	controversy	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 heads	conj
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests		Jerusalem		moreover property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent set=Eventuality
2	judge			the LORD					nom judgment «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Sentence 2: (Writings 2CH.19.8, 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	2CH.19.8	2CH.19.8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Writings	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 2CH.19.8	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 6

There was a controversy in the class about who won the race.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 controversy	det
4	controversy	controversy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 class	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 class	det
7	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 controversy	nmod
8	about	about	SCONJ	_	10 won	mark
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 won	nsubj
10	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 class	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 race	det
12	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 won	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a controversy in the class			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	win	past	the class	the race					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality

Example 7

The animals had a controversy over who was the bravest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 animals	det
2	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 controversy	det
5	controversy	controversy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	10 bravest	case
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 bravest	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 bravest	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bravest	det
10	bravest	brave	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 had	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the animals	a controversy					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent controversy=Patient
2	is	past						brave property	tree rules

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/controversy/