em

Who acts: sound, people, em dash, this, peculiar, em mother · What happens: speak, write, form, make, pause, be · To what, where: 'em, them, long dash, peculiar, construct plural, אִמָּהוֹת immahot · Speech: someone speaks here

«em» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: em in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: slang, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A spoken short form of "them", often written 'em.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 form	det
2	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 form	amod
3	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 form	amod
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 them	case
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 them	punct
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 form	nmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 form	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 written	punct
10	often	often	ADV	_	11 written	advmod
11	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 form	parataxis
12	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 written	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 form	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	participle			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	write	participle	'em = they	often property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	form		them = they		nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: UK, Ireland — kept apart, not parsed.

A sound people make when they pause or are unsure, like "um" or "erm".

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 sound	det
2	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	nsubj
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	nsubj
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 pause	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 pause	nsubj
7	pause	pause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 make	advcl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 unsure	cc
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 unsure	cop
10	unsure	unsure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 make	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 um	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 um	case
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 um	punct
14	um	um	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	parataxis
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 um	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 erm	cc
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 erm	punct
18	erm	erm	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 um	conj
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 erm	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	make	present	a sound		tree rules
2	pause	present	people		vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	a sound not said here	unsure property	tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: printing — kept apart, not parsed.

A unit of width equal to the size of the type; an em dash is a long dash.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 unit	det
2	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 equal	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 width	case
4	width	width	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 unit	nmod
5	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 size	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 size	det
8	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 equal	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 type	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 type	det
11	type	type	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 size	nmod
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 dash	punct
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dash	det
14	em	em	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 dash	amod
15	dash	dash	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 dash	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 dash	cop
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 dash	det
18	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 dash	amod
19	dash	dash	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 equal	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 equal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a em dash	a long dash					tree rules

Example 1

However, this is grammatically peculiar, as immot is usually only the construct plural of אֵם em 'mother', whose absolute plural is rather אִמָּהוֹת immahot. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

Sentence 1: However, this is grammatically peculiar, as immot is usually only the construct plural of אֵם em 'mother', whose absolute plural is rather אִמָּהוֹת immahot.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	However	however	ADV	_	6 peculiar	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 However	punct
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 peculiar	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 peculiar	cop
5	grammatically	grammatically	ADV	_	6 peculiar	advmod
6	peculiar	peculiar	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 plural	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 peculiar	punct
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 immot	case
9	immot	immot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 peculiar	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 plural	cop
11	usually	usually	ADV	_	15 plural	advmod
12	only	only	ADV	_	15 plural	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 plural	det
14	construct	construct	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 plural	compound
15	plural	plural	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 em	case
17	אֵם	אֵם	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 em	compound
18	em	em	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 mother	compound
19	'	'	PUNCT	_	18 em	punct
20	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 immahot	nsubj
21	',	',	PUNCT	_	20 mother	punct
22	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	24 plural	nmod:poss
23	absolute	absolute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 plural	amod
24	plural	plural	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 immahot	nsubj
25	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 immahot	cop
26	rather	rather	ADV	_	28 immahot	advmod
27	אִמָּהוֹת	אִמָּהוֹת	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 immahot	amod
28	immahot	immahot	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 plural	parataxis
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 plural	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this	peculiar	as immot; grammatically, however property	tree rules
2	is a	present	peculiar	the construct plural	usually property	tree rules
3	is a	present	em mother	אִמָּהוֹת immahot		tree rules

Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 translation	punct
5	Sefaria	Sefaria	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 translation	compound
6	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 translation	compound
7	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	appos
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct

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

Example 2

Pick 'em up and put 'em away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pick	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Pick	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 put	cc
5	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Pick	conj
6	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 put	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	5 put	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Pick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	imperative	you not said here	'em = they					vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic
2	put away	infinitive	you not said here	'em = they				away property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal

Example 3

"What's the answer?" "Em... I think it's 24."

Sentence 1: "What's the answer?" "

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 answer	punct
2	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 answer	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 answer	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 answer	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 answer	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		the answer					tree rules

Sentence 2: Em...

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Em	em	INTJ	_	root	root
2	...	...	PUNCT	_	1 Em	punct

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

Sentence 3: I think it's 24."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 think	nsubj
2	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 24	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 24	cop
5	24	24	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 think	ccomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 think	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	I						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	answer	24					tree rules

Example 4

Let 'em play outside for a bit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	outside	outside	ADV	_	3 play	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 bit	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bit	det
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 play	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	'em = they					tree rules
2	play	infinitive	'em = they not said here					for a bit; outside property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for bit=Eventuality

Example 5

I've got two sweets left, do you want 'em?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
2	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 got	aux
3	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 sweets	nummod
5	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 got	obj
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sweets	acl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 want	punct
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 want	aux
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 want	nsubj
10	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 got	conj
11	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 want	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	present · perfect	I	two sweets	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sweet=Stimulus
2	leave	participle		two sweets not said here	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	want	present · do-support	you	'em = they	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme

Example 6

Em, sorry, I forgot my homework.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Em	em	INTJ	_	3 sorry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Em	punct
3	sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	6 forgot	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sorry	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 forgot	nsubj
6	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 homework	nmod:poss
8	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forgot	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 forgot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	I	my homework					tree rules

Example 7

Use an em dash — like this — to add an aside.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dash	det
3	em	em	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 dash	amod
4	dash	dash	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	7 this	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 this	case
7	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	1 Use	obl
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 add	punct
9	to	to	PART	_	10 add	mark
10	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Use	conj
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 aside	det
12	aside	aside	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 add	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a em dash				like this	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dash=Patient
2	add speech: assert	to-infinitive	you not said here	a aside					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aside=Patient

Example 8

“Not one of 'em,” says she.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
2	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 one	advmod
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 says	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 'em	case
5	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 one	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 one	punct
7	”	"	PUNCT	_	3 one	punct
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 says	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	one of 'em	she					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Topic

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