dearth

Who acts: dearth, Some, We, us, summer, town · What happens: be, not be, say, mortgage, let, get · To what, where: shortage, fields, us, corn, dearth · Speech: someone speaks here

«dearth» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: dearth in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

A dearth is a shortage, a time when there is not enough of something, such as food.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dearth	det
2	dearth	dearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shortage	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 shortage	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 shortage	det
5	shortage	shortage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 time	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shortage	appos
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 enough	advmod
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	13 enough	expl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 enough	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 enough	advmod
13	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	acl:relcl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 something	case
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 enough	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 food	punct
17	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	19 food	case
18	as	as	ADP	_	17 such	fixed
19	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 something	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 shortage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a dearth	a shortage					tree rules
2	not is	present				there		of something; enough property	tree rules

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

Some also there were that said: 'We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses; let us get corn, because of the dearth.' (Writings NEH.5.3, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Some also there were that said: 'We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses; let us get corn, because of the dearth.'

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 were	nsubj
2	also	also	ADV	_	4 were	advmod
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 were	expl
4	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	ccomp
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 said	mark
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 mortgaging	punct
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	11 mortgaging	punct
9	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 mortgaging	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 mortgaging	aux
11	mortgaging	mortgage	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 said	ccomp
12	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 fields	nmod:poss
13	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 mortgaging	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 vineyards	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 vineyards	cc
16	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 vineyards	nmod:poss
17	vineyards	vineyard	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 mortgaging	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 houses	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 houses	cc
20	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 houses	nmod:poss
21	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 mortgaging	obl
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 let	punct
23	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 said	ccomp
24	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 let	obj
25	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 let	xcomp
26	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 get	obj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 dearth	punct
28	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	31 dearth	case
29	of	of	ADP	_	28 because	fixed
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 dearth	det
31	dearth	dearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 get	obl
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 let	punct
33	'	'	PUNCT	_	23 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	past	Some		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	mortgage	present · progressive	We	our fields		our vineyards obl; our houses obl	tree rules
4	let	infinitive		us			tree rules
5	get	infinitive	us not said here	corn		because the dearth	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer corn=Stimulus

Sentence 2: (Writings NEH.5.3, 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	NEH.5.3	NEH.5.3	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 NEH.5.3	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 NEH.5.3	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 2

There was a dearth of rain that summer and the crops failed.

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 dearth	det
4	dearth	dearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 was	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 rain	case
6	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dearth	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 failed	obj
8	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 failed	nsubj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 crops	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 crops	det
11	crops	crop	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 summer	conj
12	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dearth	acl:relcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	a dearth of rain			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fail	past	summer and the crops	a dearth of rain					vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality

Example 3

Our town had a dearth of doctors.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 town	nmod:poss
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dearth	det
5	dearth	dearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 doctors	case
7	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dearth	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Our town	a dearth of doctors					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dearth=Patient

Example 4

In the dearth of bread, the family grew hungry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 dearth	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dearth	det
3	dearth	dearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grew	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 bread	case
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dearth	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 dearth	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 family	det
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grew	nsubj
9	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 grew	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the family			the dearth of bread		hungry property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dearth=Location

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