forestall
Who acts: Mine, night watches, Thy · What happens: act, get, stop, happen, forestall, meditate · To what, where: it, night watches, word
«forestall» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: forestall in the Judaism dictionary.
Meaning 1
To act ahead of someone or something and get there first, or to stop it from happening.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 act | mark |
| 2 | act | act | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ahead | ahead | ADV | _ | 2 act | advmod |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 someone | case |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 act | obl |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 something | cc |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 someone | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 get | cc |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 act | conj |
| 10 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 get | advmod |
| 11 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 get | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 stop | punct |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 stop | cc |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 stop | mark |
| 15 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 act | conj |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 stop | obj |
| 17 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 18 happening | mark |
| 18 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 stop | advcl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 act | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | to-infinitive | of someone; ahead property | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | there | first property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | stop | to-infinitive | it | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | happen | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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.
Example 1
Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, that I might meditate in Thy word. (Writings PSA.119.148, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, that I might meditate in Thy word.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 forestalled | nsubj |
| 2 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 forestalled | nsubj |
| 3 | forestalled | forestall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 watches | det |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 watches | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 night | punct |
| 7 | watches | watch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 forestalled | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 meditate | punct |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 meditate | nsubj |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 meditate | nsubj |
| 11 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 meditate | aux |
| 12 | meditate | meditate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 watches | acl:relcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 word | case |
| 14 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 15 word | nmod:poss |
| 15 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 meditate | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 forestalled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forestall | past | Mine | the night watches | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | meditate | might | the night watches | Thy word | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | word | Thy | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.119.148, 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.119.148 | PSA.119.148 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Writings | appos |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 JPS | punct |
| 5 | JPS | JPS | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 PSA.119.148 | flat |
| 6 | 1917 | 1917 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 PSA.119.148 | flat |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 Writings | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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