forbear

Who acts: thou, it, ass, soft tongue, I, my · What happens: forbear, be, do, refrain, punish, vow · To what, where: something, them, sin, thee, ass, burden · Speech: someone speaks here

«forbear» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 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: forbear in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use, in fairy tales — kept apart, not parsed.

To forbear is to hold back from doing something; to refrain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 forbear	mark
2	forbear	forbear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 hold	conj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hold	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hold	mark
5	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 hold	advmod
7	from	from	SCONJ	_	8 doing	mark
8	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 hold	advcl
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 doing	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 refrain	punct
11	to	to	PART	_	12 refrain	mark
12	refrain	refrain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 hold	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	forbear	to-infinitive			vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		hold property	tree rules
3	do	gerund	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
4	refrain	to-infinitive			vn refrain-69 «NP V»: 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

To forbear is to be patient and gentle with someone instead of punishing them.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 forbear	mark
2	forbear	forbear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 patient	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 patient	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	6 patient	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 patient	cop
6	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gentle	cc
8	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 patient	conj
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 someone	case
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 patient	obl
11	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 punishing	mark
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 instead	fixed
13	punishing	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 someone	acl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 punishing	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 patient	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	forbear	to-infinitive			vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		with someone; patient property	tree rules
3	be				tree rules
4	punish	gerund	them = they		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Example 1

But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. (Torah DEU.23.22, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	5 forbear	cc
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 forbear	mark
3	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 forbear	nsubj
4	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	5 forbear	aux
5	forbear	forbear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 vow	mark
7	vow	vow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 forbear	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sin	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sin	nsubj
10	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 sin	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 sin	cop
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 sin	det
13	sin	sin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forbear	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 thee	case
15	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	13 sin	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 forbear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	forbear	shall	thou			tree rules
2	vow	to-infinitive	thou not said here			tree rules
3	is a	shall	it	no sin	thee	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah DEU.23.22, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 DEU.23.22	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DEU.23.22	compound
3	DEU.23.22	DEU.23.22	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DEU.23.22	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 DEU.23.22	punct

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

Example 2

If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, thou shalt forbear to pass by him; thou shalt surely release it with him. (Torah EXO.23.5, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, thou shalt forbear to pass by him; thou shalt surely release it with him.

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 see	mark
2	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	3 see	nsubj
3	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 forbear	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ass	det
5	ass	ass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ass	nmod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 hateth	mark
9	hateth	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 see	advcl
10	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	9 hateth	obj
11	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 hateth	advcl
12	under	under	ADP	_	14 burden	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 burden	nmod:poss
14	burden	burden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lying	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 see	punct
16	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	18 forbear	nsubj
17	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	18 forbear	aux
18	forbear	forbear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
19	to	to	PART	_	20 pass	mark
20	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 forbear	xcomp
21	by	by	ADP	_	22 him	case
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 pass	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 release	punct
24	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	27 release	nsubj
25	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	27 release	aux
26	surely	surely	ADV	_	27 release	advmod
27	release	release	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 forbear	conj
28	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 release	obj
29	with	with	ADP	_	30 him	case
30	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 release	obl
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 forbear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	see a condition, not said to happen	present	thou	the ass of him			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ass=Stimulus
2	hate	present	thou not said here	thee			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus
3	lie	gerund	thou not said here		ass's burden		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under burden=Location
4	forbear	shall	thou				tree rules
5	pass	to-infinitive	thou not said here			by him = he	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by he=Location
6	release	shall	thou	ass		with him = he; surely property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer it=Source
7	burden		ass				nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 2: (Torah EXO.23.5, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.23.5	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.23.5	compound
3	EXO.23.5	EXO.23.5	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.23.5	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.23.5	punct

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

Example 3

By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. (Writings PRO.25.15, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	3 forbearing	case
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 forbearing	amod
3	forbearing	forbearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ruler	obl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ruler	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ruler	det
6	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 ruler	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 breaketh	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 breaketh	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tongue	det
11	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tongue	amod
12	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 breaketh	nsubj
13	breaketh	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ruler	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bone	det
15	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 breaketh	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ruler	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a ruler	by long forbearing	tree rules
2	persuade	participle		a ruler not said here		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	break	present	a soft tongue	the bone		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient

Sentence 2: (Writings PRO.25.15, 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.25.15	PRO.25.15	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PRO.25.15	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PRO.25.15	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 4

Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased? (Writings JOB.16.6, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Though I speak, my pain is not assuaged; and though I forbear, what am I eased?

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Though	though	SCONJ	_	3 speak	mark
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 speak	nsubj
3	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 assuaged	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 speak	punct
5	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 pain	nmod:poss
6	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 assuaged	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 assuaged	aux:pass
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 assuaged	advmod
9	assuaged	assuage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 eased	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 eased	cc
12	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 forbear	mark
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 forbear	nsubj
14	forbear	forbear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 eased	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 forbear	punct
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 eased	obj
17	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 eased	aux:pass
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	19 eased	nsubj
19	eased	ease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 assuaged	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 assuaged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	I		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not assuage	present · passive		my pain	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
3	forbear	present	I		vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	ease	present · passive		I	tree rules
5	pain		my		nom pain «state transitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 2: (Writings JOB.16.6, 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	JOB.16.6	JOB.16.6	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOB.16.6	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOB.16.6	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 5

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to forbear offering unto other gods. (Prophets JER.44.5, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to forbear offering unto other gods.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	3 hearkened	cc
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hearkened	nsubj
3	hearkened	hearken	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 hearkened	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 inclined	punct
6	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	7 inclined	cc
7	inclined	incline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hearkened	conj
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 ear	nmod:poss
9	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 inclined	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 turn	mark
11	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 inclined	xcomp
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 wickedness	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wickedness	nmod:poss
14	wickedness	wickedness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 turn	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 forbear	punct
16	to	to	PART	_	17 forbear	mark
17	forbear	forbear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 turn	conj
18	offering	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	17 forbear	xcomp
19	unto	unto	ADP	_	21 gods	case
20	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 gods	amod
21	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 offering	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hearkened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not hearken	past	they				tree rules
2	incline	past	they not said here	their ear			tree rules
3	turn	to-infinitive	they not said here		their wickedness		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from wickedness=Trajectory
4	forbear	to-infinitive	they not said here				tree rules
5	offer	gerund	they not said here			unto other gods	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (Prophets JER.44.5, 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	JER.44.5	JER.44.5	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JER.44.5	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JER.44.5	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 6

Forbear to open the golden door.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forbear	forbear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 open	mark
3	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Forbear	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 door	amod
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 open	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Forbear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	to-infinitive		the golden door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme

Example 7

I must forbear from eating the last cake.

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 forbear	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 forbear	aux
3	forbear	forbear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 eating	mark
5	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 forbear	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cake	det
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cake	amod
8	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eating	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 forbear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbear	must	I						vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	gerund	I not said here	the last cake					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient

Example 8

The king forbore to punish the boy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbore	nsubj
3	forbore	forbear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 punish	mark
5	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forbore	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 punish	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 forbore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbear	past	the king						tree rules
2	punish	to-infinitive	the king not said here	the boy					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient

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