grief

Who acts: someone, Good grief, I, moving, wise son, foolish son · What happens: die, lose, give, mean, annoy, bother · To what, where: someone grief, them, surprise, you, grief, glad father · Speech: someone speaks here

«grief» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 10 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: grief in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

A deep, strong sadness, especially when someone or a pet dies or is lost.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sadness	det
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sadness	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 deep	punct
4	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sadness	amod
5	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dies	punct
7	especially	especially	ADV	_	13 dies	advmod
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 dies	mark
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 dies	nsubj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 pet	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pet	det
12	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 someone	conj
13	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sadness	parataxis
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 lost	cc
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 lost	aux:pass
16	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 dies	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sadness	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	present	someone					especially property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	lose	present · passive	someone not said here						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»

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

"Give someone grief" means annoy, bother or criticise them (informal).

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Give	punct
2	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 means	csubj
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 grief	compound
4	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Give	obj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Give	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	annoy	annoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 means	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bother	punct
9	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 annoy	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 criticise	cc
11	criticise	criticise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 annoy	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 criticise	obj
13	(	(	PUNCT	_	14 informal	punct
14	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 criticise	parataxis
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	14 informal	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	give in a quote	infinitive	someone grief	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grief=Theme
2	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	annoy	infinitive		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	bother	infinitive		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	criticise	infinitive	them = they	tree rules

Meaning 3

"Good grief!" shows surprise or annoyance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 grief	punct
2	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 grief	amod
3	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	nsubj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 grief	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 grief	punct
6	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 annoyance	cc
9	annoyance	annoyance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 surprise	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	Good grief	surprise or annoyance					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent surprise=Recipient

Example 1

I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would assuage your grief. (Writings JOB.16.5, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would assuage your grief.

The tree, 17 words

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 strengthen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 strengthen	aux
3	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 strengthen	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 mouth	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mouth	nmod:poss
7	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strengthen	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 assuage	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 assuage	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 moving	det
11	moving	moving	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 assuage	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 lips	case
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 lips	nmod:poss
14	lips	lip	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 moving	nmod
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 assuage	aux
16	assuage	assuage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 strengthen	conj
17	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 grief	nmod:poss
18	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 assuage	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 strengthen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strengthen	would	I	you				with my mouth	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent you=Patient with mouth=Instrument
2	assuage	would	the moving of my lips	your grief					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus grief=Experiencer

Sentence 2: (Writings JOB.16.5, 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.16.5	JOB.16.5	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOB.16.5	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOB.16.5	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 2

A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother. (Writings PRO.10.1, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 son	det
2	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 son	amod
3	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 maketh	nsubj
4	maketh	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 father	det
6	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 father	amod
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 maketh	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 grief	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 grief	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 son	det
11	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 son	amod
12	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 grief	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 grief	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 grief	det
15	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 maketh	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 mother	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 mother	nmod:poss
18	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 grief	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 maketh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	a wise son	a glad father					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Product
2	is a	present	a foolish son	the grief				of son's mother	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Writings PRO.10.1, 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.10.1	PRO.10.1	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PRO.10.1	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PRO.10.1	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 3

For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. (Writings LAM.3.32, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	SCONJ	_	4 cause	mark
2	though	though	SCONJ	_	4 cause	mark
3	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cause	nsubj
4	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 have	punct
7	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	10 have	cc
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 have	aux
9	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 have	nsubj
10	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 cause	conj
11	compassion	compassion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 have	obj
12	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 multitude	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	12 according	fixed
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 multitude	det
15	multitude	multitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 have	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 mercies	case
17	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 mercies	nmod:poss
18	mercies	mercy	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 multitude	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	past	He	grief		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition grief=Patient
2	have	future	He	compassion	accord the multitude of His mercies	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compassion=Patient
3	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (Writings LAM.3.32, 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	LAM.3.32	LAM.3.32	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 LAM.3.32	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 LAM.3.32	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 4

She was full of grief when her dog died.

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	3 full	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 full	cop
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 grief	case
5	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 full	obl
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 died	mark
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dog	nmod:poss
8	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 died	nsubj
9	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 full	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					of grief; full property	tree rules
2	die	past	her dog						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 5

Grief can make you feel tired and sad.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 make	obj
5	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 make	xcomp
6	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 feel	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sad	cc
8	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tired	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	can	Grief	you					tree rules
2	feel	infinitive	you not said here					tired property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 6

Talking helps with grief.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 grief	case
4	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	gerund							vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	help	present						with grief	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with grief=Theme

Example 7

Good grief, what a mess!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grief	amod
2	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mess	punct
4	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	6 mess	det
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mess	det
6	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grief	conj
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 grief	punct

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

Example 8

My brother gave me grief about my haircut.

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 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 haircut	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 haircut	nmod:poss
8	haircut	haircut	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grief	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	My brother	grief	me			about my haircut	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient grief=Theme

Example 9

The ship came to grief on the rocks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ship	det
2	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 grief	case
5	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 rocks	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rocks	det
8	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the ship			the rocks		to grief	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to grief=Initial_Location

Example 10

‘What secret grief is troubling you?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	‘	'	PUNCT	_	6 troubling	punct
2	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	4 grief	det
3	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grief	amod
4	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 troubling	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 troubling	aux
6	troubling	trouble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 troubling	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 troubling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trouble	present · progressive	what secret grief	you					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer

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