forefather

Who acts: you, forefathers, king · What happens: not remember, let, come, meet, bring, build · To what, where: iniquities, compassions, us, we, Scotland, village

«forefather» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: forefather in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

A man from an earlier generation of your family; an ancestor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 generation	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 generation	det
5	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 generation	amod
6	generation	generation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 family	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 family	nmod:poss
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 generation	nmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 ancestor	punct
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ancestor	det
12	ancestor	ancestor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 man	punct

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

Example 1

Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let Thy compassions speedily come to meet us; for we are brought very low. (Writings PSA.79.8, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers; let Thy compassions speedily come to meet us; for we are brought very low.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Remember	remember	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	1 Remember	advmod
3	against	against	ADP	_	4 us	case
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Remember	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 iniquities	det
6	iniquities	iniquity	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Remember	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 forefathers	case
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 forefathers	nmod:poss
9	forefathers	forefather	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 iniquities	nmod
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 let	punct
11	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Remember	parataxis
12	Thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	13 compassions	nmod:poss
13	compassions	compassion	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 let	obj
14	speedily	speedily	ADV	_	15 come	advmod
15	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 let	advcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 meet	mark
17	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 come	xcomp
18	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 meet	obj
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 brought	punct
20	for	for	SCONJ	_	23 brought	mark
21	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 brought	nsubj
22	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 brought	aux:pass
23	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 let	conj
24	very	very	ADV	_	25 low	advmod
25	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 brought	xcomp
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Remember	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not remember	imperative	you not said here	the iniquities of our forefathers	against us	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent iniquity=Theme
2	let	infinitive		Thy compassions		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compassion=Theme
3	come	present			speedily property	tree rules
4	meet	to-infinitive		us		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Co-Agent
5	bring	present · passive		we	low property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.79.8, 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	PSA.79.8	PSA.79.8	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.79.8	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.79.8	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 2

My forefathers came from Scotland.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 forefathers	nmod:poss
2	forefathers	forefather	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Scotland	case
5	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	My forefathers			Scotland			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from scotland=Initial_Location

Example 3

Our forefathers built this village.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 forefathers	nmod:poss
2	forefathers	forefather	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 built	nsubj
3	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 village	det
5	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 built	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 built	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past	Our forefathers	this village					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset village=Product

Example 4

The king cursed the pride of his forefathers.

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 cursed	nsubj
3	cursed	curse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pride	det
5	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cursed	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 forefathers	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 forefathers	nmod:poss
8	forefathers	forefather	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pride	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cursed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	past	the king	the pride of king's forefathers					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pride=Theme
2	pride			king's forefathers					nom pride «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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