distrain
Who acts: you, creditor, he, strangers · What happens: seize, let, distrain, have, make, spoil · To what, where: property, creditor, strangers, spoil, labour
«distrain» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: distrain in the Judaism dictionary.
Meaning 1
To seize a person's property as payment for a debt.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 seize | mark |
| 2 | seize | seize | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 person | det |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 property | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 person | case |
| 6 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 seize | obj |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 payment | case |
| 8 | payment | payment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 seize | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 debt | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 debt | det |
| 11 | debt | debt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 payment | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 seize | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seize | to-infinitive | a person's property | as payment for a debt | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=Theme |
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
Let the creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour. (Writings PSA.109.11, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: Let the creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 creditor | det |
| 3 | creditor | creditor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Let | obj |
| 4 | distrain | distrain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 hath | det:predet |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 hath | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hath | nsubj |
| 8 | hath | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 distrain | ccomp |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 let | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 let | cc |
| 11 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | conj |
| 12 | strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 let | obj |
| 13 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 let | xcomp |
| 14 | spoil | spoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 make | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 labour | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 labour | nmod:poss |
| 17 | labour | labour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 spoil | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Let | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | the creditor | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | distrain | infinitive | the creditor not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | have | present | he | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | let | infinitive | you not said here | strangers | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | make | infinitive | strangers not said here | spoil of his labour | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset spoil=Product | ||||
| 6 | spoil | his labour | nom spoil «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.109.11, 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 | PSA.109.11 | PSA.109.11 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Writings | appos |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 JPS | punct |
| 5 | JPS | JPS | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 PSA.109.11 | flat |
| 6 | 1917 | 1917 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 PSA.109.11 | flat |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 Writings | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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