distaff

Who acts: stick, hand, She, hands, old wife · What happens: hold, spin, lay, sit, work · To what, where: wool, stick, thread, hands, spindle, distaff

«distaff» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: distaff in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A stick or stand that holds wool or flax while it is spun into thread by hand.

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 stick	det
2	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spun	nsubj:pass
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 stand	cc
4	stand	stand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stick	conj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 holds	nsubj
6	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 stick	acl:relcl
7	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 holds	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 flax	cc
9	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wool	conj
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 it	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 holds	advcl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 spun	aux:pass
13	spun	spin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	into	into	ADP	_	15 thread	case
15	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spun	obl
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 hand	case
17	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 spun	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 spun	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	a stick or stand	wool or flax					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Theme
2	spin	present · passive	hand	a stick or stand		thread			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into thread=Trajectory

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

She layeth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. (Writings PRO.31.19, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: She layeth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 layeth	nsubj
2	layeth	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hands	nmod:poss
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 layeth	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 distaff	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 distaff	det
7	distaff	distaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 layeth	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hold	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hold	cc
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hands	nmod:poss
11	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 hold	nsubj
12	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 layeth	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 spindle	det
14	spindle	spindle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hold	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 layeth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	present	She	her hands				to the distaff	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Result
2	hold	present	her hands	the spindle					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spindle=Theme

Sentence 2: (Writings PRO.31.19, 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	PRO.31.19	PRO.31.19	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PRO.31.19	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PRO.31.19	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 2

The old wife sat by the fire and worked at her distaff.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wife	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wife	amod
3	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 fire	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 worked	cc
9	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sat	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 distaff	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 distaff	nmod:poss
12	distaff	distaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 worked	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the old wife					by the fire	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location
2	work	past	the old wife not said here					at wife's distaff	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at distaff=Theme

Example 3

She spun the thread from the distaff all day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spun	nsubj
2	spun	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thread	det
4	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spun	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 distaff	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 distaff	det
7	distaff	distaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spun	obl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spun	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 spun	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	past	She	the thread		the distaff	day		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent thread=Theme from distaff=Trajectory

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