flank

Who acts: Zebulun, flank, I, cities, horse, army · What happens: be, flank, go, attack, dwell, open · To what, where: side, shore, flank, frontiers, scratch, left flank

«flank» in the Judaism dictionary: its 4 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: flank in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

The side of an animal's or person's body between the ribs and the hip.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 side	det
2	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	10 body	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 body	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 animal	case
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 person	cc
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 body	compound
9	's	's	PART	_	8 person	case
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 side	nmod
11	between	between	ADP	_	13 ribs	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ribs	det
13	ribs	rib	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 body	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 hip	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hip	det
16	hip	hip	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ribs	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 side	punct

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

Meaning 2

The side of an army, a team formation or a building.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 side	det
2	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 army	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 army	det
5	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 side	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 formation	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 formation	det
8	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 formation	compound
9	formation	formation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 army	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 building	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 building	det
12	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 formation	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 side	punct

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

Meaning 3

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To be at the side of someone or something: «flanked by guards».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	5 side	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 side	cop
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 side	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 side	det
5	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 someone	case
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 side	nmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 something	cc
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 someone	conj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 flanked	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 flanked	punct
12	flanked	flank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 something	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 guards	case
14	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 flanked	obl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 flanked	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 side	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	to-infinitive				the side		of someone	tree rules
2	flank in a quote	participle						by guards	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Meaning 4

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To go round the side of an enemy to attack.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 go	mark
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	round	round	ADP	_	5 side	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 side	det
5	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 enemy	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 enemy	det
8	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 side	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 attack	mark
10	attack	attack	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 enemy	acl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	to-infinitive				the side of a enemy			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round side=Initial_Location
2	attack	to-infinitive							vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea, and he shall be a shore for ships, and his flank shall be upon Zidon. (Torah GEN.49.13, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of the sea, and he shall be a shore for ships, and his flank shall be upon Zidon.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zebulun	Zebulun	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dwell	nsubj
2	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 dwell	aux
3	dwell	dwell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 shore	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shore	det
6	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dwell	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shore	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 shore	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 shore	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 shore	nsubj
13	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 shore	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 shore	cop
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 shore	det
16	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dwell	obl
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 ships	case
18	ships	ship	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 shore	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 Zidon	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 Zidon	cc
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 flank	nmod:poss
22	flank	flank	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 Zidon	nsubj
23	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 Zidon	aux
24	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	26 Zidon	cop
25	upon	upon	ADP	_	26 Zidon	case
26	Zidon	Zidon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dwell	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dwell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	dwell	shall	Zebulun		the shore of the sea		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at shore=Location
2	is a	shall	Zebulun	a shore		for ships	tree rules
3	is	shall	Zebulun's flank			upon Zidon	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.49.13, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.49.13	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.49.13	compound
3	GEN.49.13	GEN.49.13	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.49.13	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.49.13	punct

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

Example 2

therefore, behold, I will open the flank of Moab on the side of the cities, on the side of his cities which are on his frontiers, the beauteous country of Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, (Prophets EZK.25.9, JPS 1917)

The tree, 40 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	7 open	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 therefore	punct
3	behold	behold	INTJ	_	7 open	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 behold	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 open	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 open	aux
7	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 flank	det
9	flank	flank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 open	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Moab	case
11	Moab	Moab	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 flank	nmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 side	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 side	det
14	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 open	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 cities	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cities	det
17	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 side	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 side	punct
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 side	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 side	det
21	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 open	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 cities	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 cities	nmod:poss
24	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 side	nmod
25	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	29 frontiers	nsubj
26	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 frontiers	cop
27	on	on	ADP	_	29 frontiers	case
28	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 frontiers	nmod:poss
29	frontiers	frontier	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 cities	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 country	punct
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 country	det
32	beauteous	beauteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 country	amod
33	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 frontiers	appos
34	of	of	ADP	_	37 jeshimoth	case
35	Beth	Beth	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 jeshimoth	compound
36	-	-	PUNCT	_	35 Beth	punct
37	jeshimoth	jeshimoth	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 country	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 Baal	punct
39	Baal	Baal	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 frontiers	nmod
40	-	-	PUNCT	_	41 meon	punct
41	meon	meon	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 Baal	conj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 Kiriathaim	punct
43	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 Kiriathaim	cc
44	Kiriathaim	Kiriathaim	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 Baal	conj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 Prophets	punct
46	(	(	PUNCT	_	47 Prophets	punct
47	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 Baal	conj
48	EZK.25.9	EZK.25.9	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 Prophets	appos
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 JPS	punct
50	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 EZK.25.9	flat
51	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	48 EZK.25.9	flat
52	)	)	PUNCT	_	29 frontiers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	future	I	the flank of Moab		the side of the cities		on the side of Moab's cities; therefore property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent flank=Theme on side=Location
2	is	present	Moab's cities			Moab's frontiers		Baal and meon and Kiriathaim and Prophets nmod	tree rules

Example 3

The horse had a scratch on its flank.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 scratch	det
5	scratch	scratch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 flank	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 flank	nmod:poss
8	flank	flank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the horse	a scratch		horse's flank			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scratch=Patient

Example 4

The army attacked the enemy's left flank.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 army	det
2	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attacked	nsubj
3	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 enemy	det
5	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flank	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 enemy	case
7	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 flank	amod
8	flank	flank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attacked	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 attacked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	past	the army	the enemy's left flank					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flank=Patient

Example 5

The winger ran down the right flank and crossed the ball.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 winger	det
2	winger	winger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 ran	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 flank	det
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 flank	amod
7	flank	flank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 crossed	cc
9	crossed	cross	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ran	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ball	det
11	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 crossed	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run down	past	the winger	the right flank					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme flank=Trajectory
2	cross	past	the winger not said here	the ball					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Patient

Example 6

The headteacher walked in, flanked by two teachers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 headteacher	det
2	headteacher	headteacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walked	nsubj
3	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADV	_	3 walked	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 flanked	punct
6	flanked	flank	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 walked	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 teachers	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 teachers	nummod
9	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 flanked	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk in	past	the headteacher						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	flank	participle	the headteacher not said here					by two teachers	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Example 7

Tall trees flanked the path.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 trees	amod
2	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flanked	nsubj
3	flanked	flank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 path	det
5	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flanked	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flanked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flank	past	Tall trees	the path					vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme path=Co-Theme

Example 8

The soldiers tried to flank the castle from the hill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldiers	det
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tried	nsubj
3	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 flank	mark
5	flank	flank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tried	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 castle	det
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flank	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 hill	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hill	det
10	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flank	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	the soldiers						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	flank not said to happen	to-infinitive	the soldiers not said here	the castle		the hill			vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme castle=Co-Theme

Example 9

The Mouse peeped out, crept furtively up his flank, and again biting him, retreated to his hole.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mouse	det
2	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 peeped	nsubj
3	peeped	peep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 peeped	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 crept	punct
6	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 peeped	conj
7	furtively	furtively	ADV	_	6 crept	advmod
8	up	up	ADP	_	10 flank	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 flank	nmod:poss
10	flank	flank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crept	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 biting	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 biting	cc
13	again	again	ADV	_	14 biting	advmod
14	biting	bite	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 peeped	advcl
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 biting	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 retreated	punct
17	retreated	retreat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 peeped	conj
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 hole	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 hole	nmod:poss
20	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 retreated	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 peeped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peep out	past	the Mouse					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	creep	past	the Mouse not said here		Mouse's flank		furtively property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up flank=Trajectory
3	bite	gerund	the Mouse not said here	Mouse		again		vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	retreat	past	the Mouse not said here		Mouse's hole			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hole=Initial_Location

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