desist

Who acts: he, Egypt, gods, judge, formal, company · What happens: stop, do, tell, desist, bring, image · To what, where: something, it, captivity, him, corridors, letter · Speech: someone speaks here

«desist» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 8 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: desist in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To stop doing something, especially when told to: «desist from doing it».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 stop	mark
2	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 stop	xcomp
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 doing	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 told	punct
6	especially	especially	ADV	_	8 told	advmod
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 told	advmod
8	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 something	acl:relcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 told	obl
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 desist	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 desist	punct
12	desist	desist	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 stop	conj
13	from	from	SCONJ	_	14 doing	mark
14	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 desist	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 doing	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 desist	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop	to-infinitive			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	do	gerund	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	tell speech: assert	participle		especially property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	desist in a quote	infinitive			vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	do in a quote	gerund	it		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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

and also their gods, with their molten images, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold, shall he bring into captivity into Egypt; and he shall desist some years from the king of the north. (Writings DAN.11.8, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: and also their gods, with their molten images, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold, shall he bring into captivity into Egypt; and he shall desist some years from the king of the north.

The tree, 37 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 gods	cc
2	also	also	ADV	_	4 gods	advmod
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 gods	nmod:poss
4	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 images	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 images	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 images	nmod:poss
8	molten	molten	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 images	amod
9	images	image	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gods	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 bring	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 bring	cc
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 vessels	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 vessels	nmod:poss
14	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 vessels	amod
15	vessels	vessel	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 bring	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 silver	case
17	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 vessels	nmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 gold	cc
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 gold	case
20	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 silver	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 vessels	punct
22	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 bring	aux
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 bring	nsubj
24	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 gods	parataxis
25	into	into	ADP	_	26 captivity	case
26	captivity	captivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 bring	obl
27	into	into	ADP	_	28 Egypt	case
28	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 bring	obl
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 desist	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 desist	cc
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 desist	nsubj
32	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	33 desist	aux
33	desist	desist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 bring	conj
34	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	35 years	det
35	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 desist	obl:unmarked
36	from	from	ADP	_	38 king	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 king	det
38	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 desist	obl
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 north	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 north	det
41	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 king	nmod
42	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gods	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	shall	he	captivity		with images's precious vessels of silver and gold; into Egypt	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into captivity=Destination
2	desist	shall	Egypt		year	from the king of the north	vn refrain-69 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent from king=Eventuality
3	image		gods = god				nom image «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 2: (Writings DAN.11.8, 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	DAN.11.8	DAN.11.8	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DAN.11.8	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 DAN.11.8	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 2

The judge told him to desist from shouting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 desist	mark
6	desist	desist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 told	xcomp
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 shouting	case
8	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 desist	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the judge	him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	desist not said to happen	to-infinitive	the judge not said here		vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	shout speech: express	gerund			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

(formal) Please desist from running in the corridors.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 desist	nsubj
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
4	Please	please	INTJ	_	5 desist	discourse
5	desist	desist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	from	from	SCONJ	_	7 running	mark
7	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 desist	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 corridors	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 corridors	det
10	corridors	corridor	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 running	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 desist	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	desist	infinitive	formal						vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	run	gerund	formal not said here			the corridors			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in corridor=Trajectory

Example 4

The company received a letter telling it to cease and desist.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 company	det
2	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 received	nsubj
3	received	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 letter	det
5	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 received	obj
6	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 letter	acl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 telling	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 cease	mark
9	cease	cease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 telling	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 desist	cc
11	desist	desist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 cease	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 received	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	receive	past	the company	a letter		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	gerund	a letter not said here		letter	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic
3	cease not said to happen	to-infinitive	a letter not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	desist	infinitive	a letter not said here			vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The guard ordered the boys to desist at once.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guard	det
2	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ordered	nsubj
3	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boys	det
5	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ordered	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 desist	mark
7	desist	desist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ordered	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 desist	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ordered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	the guard		the boys				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient clause=Topic
2	desist not said to happen	to-infinitive	the guard not said here						vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

(formal) Pupils must desist from talking once the exam begins.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Pupils	amod
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
4	Pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 desist	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 desist	aux
6	desist	desist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 talking	mark
8	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 desist	advcl
9	once	once	SCONJ	_	12 begins	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 exam	det
11	exam	exam	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 begins	nsubj
12	begins	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 talking	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 desist	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	desist	must	formal Pupils	vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	talk	gerund	formal Pupils not said here	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	begin	present	the exam	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 7

The rain finally desisted in the evening.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rain	det
2	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 desisted	nsubj
3	finally	finally	ADV	_	4 desisted	advmod
4	desisted	deceased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 evening	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 evening	det
7	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 desisted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 desisted	punct

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

Example 8

The Grasshopper refused to desist, and chirped louder and louder the more the Owl entreated.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Grasshopper	det
2	Grasshopper	Grasshopper	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 refused	nsubj
3	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 desist	mark
5	desist	desist	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 refused	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 chirped	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 chirped	cc
8	chirped	chirp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 refused	conj
9	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 chirped	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 louder	cc
11	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 louder	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 more	det
13	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 entreated	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Owl	det
15	Owl	Owl	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 entreated	nsubj
16	entreated	entreat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 louder	advcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 refused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	the Grasshopper		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not desist	to-infinitive	the Grasshopper not said here		vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	chirp	past	the Grasshopper not said here	loud property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	entreat	past	the Owl		vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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