famished

Who acts: people, Pharaoh, thirst, famished puppy, He, famished travellers · What happens: famish, mean, starve, lack, cry, say · To what, where: lack, food, land, Pharaoh, you, captivity · Speech: someone speaks here

«famished» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: famished in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Famished means very, very hungry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Famished	famish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	6 hungry	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hungry	punct
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 hungry	advmod
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	ccomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	famish	participle							tree rules
2	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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: literary — kept apart, not parsed.

Famished can mean starving from lack of food over a long time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Famished	famish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	starving	starve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 mean	xcomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 lack	case
6	lack	lack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 starving	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 food	case
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lack	nmod
9	over	over	ADP	_	12 time	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 time	det
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 time	amod
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 starving	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	famish	participle				tree rules
2	mean	can				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	starve not said to happen	gerund		lack of food	time	tree rules
4	lack		food			nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians: 'Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.' (Torah GEN.41.55, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians: 'Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.'

The tree, 32 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	13 cried	cc
2	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 famished	mark
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 land	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 land	det
5	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 famished	nsubj:pass
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Egypt	case
7	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 land	nmod
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 famished	aux:pass
9	famished	famish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 cried	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 famished	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 people	det
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cried	nsubj
13	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 Pharaoh	case
15	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 cried	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 bread	case
17	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cried	obl
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 said	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 said	cc
20	Pharaoh	Pharaoh	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 said	nsubj
21	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 cried	conj
22	unto	unto	ADP	_	25 Egyptians	case
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	25 Egyptians	det:predet
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Egyptians	det
25	Egyptians	Egyptian	PROPN	Number=Plur	21 said	obl
26	:	:	PUNCT	_	28 Go	punct
27	'	'	PUNCT	_	28 Go	punct
28	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	21 said	ccomp
29	unto	unto	ADP	_	30 Joseph	case
30	Joseph	Joseph	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 Go	obl
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	34 saith	punct
32	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	34 saith	obj
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 saith	nsubj
34	saith	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 do	advcl
35	to	to	ADP	_	36 you	case
36	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	34 saith	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 do	punct
38	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 cried	conj
39	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 cried	punct
40	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	famish	past · passive		all land of Egypt			tree rules
2	cry speech: express	past	the people		Pharaoh	for bread	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to pharaoh=Recipient
3	say speech: assert	past	Pharaoh			unto all Egyptians	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	go	infinitive				unto Joseph	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	say speech: assert	present	Pharaoh		you		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to you=Recipient
6	do	present	the people not said here				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.41.55, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.41.55	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.41.55	compound
3	GEN.41.55	GEN.41.55	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.41.55	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.41.55	punct

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

Example 2

Therefore My people are gone into captivity, for want of knowledge; and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst. (Prophets ISA.5.13, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Therefore My people are gone into captivity, for want of knowledge; and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude are parched with thirst.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Therefore	therefore	ADV	_	5 gone	advmod
2	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 people	nmod:poss
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gone	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gone	cop
5	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 captivity	case
7	captivity	captivity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gone	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 want	punct
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 want	case
10	want	want	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gone	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 knowledge	case
12	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 want	nmod
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 famished	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 famished	cc
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 men	nmod:poss
16	honourable	honourable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 men	amod
17	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 famished	nsubj
18	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 famished	aux:pass
19	famished	famish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 gone	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 parched	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 parched	cc
22	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 multitude	nmod:poss
23	multitude	multitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 parched	nsubj:pass
24	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 parched	aux:pass
25	parched	parch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 famished	conj
26	with	with	ADP	_	27 thirst	case
27	thirst	thirst	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 parched	obl:agent
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 gone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	My people		captivity	for want of knowledge; go, therefore property	tree rules
2	famish	present · passive		people's honourable men			tree rules
3	parch	present · passive	thirst	people's multitude			vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
4	want			knowledge			nom want «state transitive»: of=patient

Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.5.13, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	ISA.5.13	ISA.5.13	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ISA.5.13	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 ISA.5.13	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 3

I'm famished! What's for tea?

Sentence 1: I'm famished!

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 famished	nsubj
2	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 famished	aux:pass
3	famished	famish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 famished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	famish	present · passive		I					tree rules

Sentence 2: What's for tea?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 tea	case
4	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

Example 4

After the long hike, we were all famished.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	4 hike	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hike	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hike	amod
4	hike	hike	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 famished	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hike	punct
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 famished	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 famished	aux:pass
8	all	all	ADV	_	9 famished	advmod
9	famished	famish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 famished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	famish	past · passive		we			after the long hike	all property	tree rules

Example 5

The famished puppy gobbled its food in seconds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 puppy	det
2	famished	famish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 puppy	amod
3	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gobbled	nsubj
4	gobbled	gobble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 food	nmod:poss
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gobbled	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 seconds	case
8	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 gobbled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gobbled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	famish	participle							tree rules
2	gobble	past	the famished puppy	puppy's food			second		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Example 6

He came home from rugby practice absolutely famished.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 practice	case
5	rugby	rugby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 practice	compound
6	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 famished	obl
7	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	_	8 famished	advmod
8	famished	famish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	parataxis
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	He					home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	famish	past				rugby practice		absolutely property	tree rules

Example 7

The famished travellers shared their last bread.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 travellers	det
2	famished	famished	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 travellers	amod
3	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 shared	nsubj
4	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 bread	nmod:poss
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bread	amod
7	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shared	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	past	the famished travellers	travellers's last bread					tree rules

Example 8

Don't go swimming famished; have a snack first.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 go	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 go	advmod
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	swimming	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 go	xcomp
5	famished	famish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 swimming	xcomp
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 go	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 snack	det
9	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 have	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 have	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not go	imperative · do-support	you not said here			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	swim	gerund	you not said here			tree rules
3	famish	participle	you not said here			tree rules
4	have	infinitive	you not said here	a snack	first property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snack=Patient

Example 9

This gave them new life; for the poor people were almost famished.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 life	amod
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 famished	punct
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 famished	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 people	det
9	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 people	amod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 famished	nsubj:pass
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 famished	aux:pass
12	almost	almost	ADV	_	13 famished	advmod
13	famished	famish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gave	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	This	new life	them = they				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient life=Theme
2	famish	past · passive		the poor people				almost property	tree rules

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