flax

Who acts: Flax, She, they, cotton, thou · What happens: be, spin, make, mean, smite, seek · To what, where: plant, stems, thread, linen cloth, Flax, ear

«flax» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: flax in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Flax is a plant whose stems are spun into thread for making linen cloth.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plant	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 plant	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 plant	det
4	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	6 stems	nmod:poss
6	stems	stem	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 spun	nsubj:pass
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 spun	aux:pass
8	spun	spin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 plant	acl:relcl
9	into	into	ADP	_	10 thread	case
10	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spun	obl
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	12 making	mark
12	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 spun	advcl
13	linen	linen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cloth	amod
14	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 making	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 plant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	Flax	a plant		tree rules
2	spin	present · passive		stems	thread	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into thread=Trajectory
3	make	gerund		linen cloth		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cloth=Product

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

Flax can also mean the thread spun from it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	also	also	ADV	_	4 mean	advmod
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thread	det
6	thread	thread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	obj
7	spun	spin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 thread	acl
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 spun	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Flax	the thread					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Topic
2	spin	participle		the thread not said here		Flax			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from it=Trajectory

Example 1

And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. (Torah EXO.9.31, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	8 smitten	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 flax	det
3	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 smitten	nsubj:pass
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 barley	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 barley	det
6	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flax	conj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 smitten	aux:pass
8	smitten	smite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 ear	punct
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 barley	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 barley	det
12	barley	barley	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ear	obl
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 ear	cop
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 ear	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ear	det
16	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 smitten	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 bloom	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 bloom	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 flax	det
20	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 bloom	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 bloom	cop
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 bloom	case
23	bloom	bloom	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ear	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 smitten	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	smite	past · passive		the flax and the barley			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	is	past			the ear and bloom	for the barley	tree rules
3	is	past	the flax		bloom		tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah EXO.9.31, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.9.31	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.9.31	compound
3	EXO.9.31	EXO.9.31	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.9.31	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.9.31	punct

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

Example 2

She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. (Writings PRO.31.13, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

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 seeketh	nsubj
2	seeketh	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wool	wool	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seeketh	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 flax	cc
5	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wool	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 worketh	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 worketh	cc
8	worketh	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seeketh	conj
9	willingly	willingly	ADV	_	8 worketh	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 hands	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hands	nmod:poss
12	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 worketh	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 seeketh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	present	She	wool and flax					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wool=Theme
2	work	present	She not said here					with her hands; willingly property	vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with hand=Co-Agent

Sentence 2: (Writings PRO.31.13, 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.31.13	PRO.31.13	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PRO.31.13	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PRO.31.13	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 3

Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed. (Prophets ISA.19.9, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moreover	moreover	ADV	_	4 work	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 work	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 work	nsubj
4	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 flax	case
6	combed	comb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 flax	amod
7	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 work	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 weave	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 weave	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 weave	nsubj
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 weave	nsubj
12	weave	weave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 work	conj
13	cotton	cotton	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 weave	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 ashamed	punct
15	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 ashamed	aux
16	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 ashamed	cop
17	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cotton	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	work	present	they		in combed flax; moreover property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in flax=Theme
2	comb	participle				vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	weave	present	they	cotton		vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cotton=Product
4	is	shall	cotton not said here		ashamed property	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.19.9, 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.19.9	ISA.19.9	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ISA.19.9	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 ISA.19.9	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 4

But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had spread out upon the roof. (Prophets JOS.2.6, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had spread out upon the roof.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	4 brought	cc
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 brought	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 brought	aux
4	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 brought	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 brought	compound:prt
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 roof	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 roof	det
9	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hid	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hid	cc
12	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 brought	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hid	obj
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 stalks	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 stalks	det
16	stalks	stalk	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 hid	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 flax	case
18	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stalks	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 spread	punct
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 spread	nsubj:pass
21	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 spread	nsubj
22	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 spread	aux
23	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 flax	acl:relcl
24	out	out	ADP	_	23 spread	compound:prt
25	upon	upon	ADP	_	27 roof	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 roof	det
27	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 spread	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	bring up	past · perfect	she	them = they		to the roof	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	hide	past	she not said here	them = they		with the stalks of flax	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	spread out	past · perfect · passive		flax	the roof		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon roof=Destination

Sentence 2: (Prophets JOS.2.6, 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	JOS.2.6	JOS.2.6	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOS.2.6	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOS.2.6	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 5

Here thou hast two bundles of flax.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 hast	advmod
2	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	3 hast	nsubj
3	hast	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 bundles	nummod
5	bundles	bundle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hast	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 flax	case
7	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bundles	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hast	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	thou	two bundles of flax		here			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bundle=Patient

Example 6

Must they spin gold flax for ever?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Must	must	CCONJ	_	3 spin	cc
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spin	nsubj
3	spin	spin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flax	compound
5	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spin	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 ever	case
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 spin	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 spin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	present	they	gold flax					vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent flax=Result for ever=Beneficiary

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