grope

Who acts: you, thou, blind, none, They, He · What happens: feel, not see, search, grope, not make, oppress · To what, where: noonday, darkness, ways, thou, alway, thee

«grope» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: grope in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

To feel about with the hands because you cannot see, searching for something.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 feel	mark
2	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADV	_	2 feel	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hands	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hands	det
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feel	obl
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 see	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 see	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 see	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 see	advmod
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feel	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 searching	punct
13	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 see	advcl
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 something	case
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 searching	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 feel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	feel	to-infinitive		with the hands; about property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	not see	can	you		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	search	gerund	you not said here	for something	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for something=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

And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not make thy ways prosperous; and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee. (Torah DEU.28.29, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not make thy ways prosperous; and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.

The tree, 37 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 grope	cc
2	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	4 grope	nsubj
3	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	4 grope	aux
4	grope	grope	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 noonday	case
6	noonday	noonday	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grope	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gropeth	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 gropeth	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 blind	det
10	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 gropeth	nsubj
11	gropeth	grope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grope	parataxis
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 darkness	case
13	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gropeth	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 make	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 make	cc
16	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	19 make	nsubj
17	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	19 make	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 make	advmod
19	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 gropeth	conj
20	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	21 ways	nmod:poss
21	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 make	obj
22	prosperous	prosperous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 make	xcomp
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 oppressed	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 oppressed	cc
25	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	29 oppressed	nsubj:pass
26	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	29 oppressed	aux
27	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	29 oppressed	aux:pass
28	only	only	ADV	_	29 oppressed	advmod
29	oppressed	oppress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 grope	parataxis
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 robbed	cc
31	robbed	rob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	29 oppressed	conj
32	alway	alway	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 robbed	obj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 be	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 be	cc
35	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	37 be	expl
36	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 be	aux
37	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 grope	conj
38	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	37 be	nsubj
39	to	to	PART	_	40 save	mark
40	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 none	acl
41	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	40 save	obj
42	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 grope	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grope	shall	thou		noonday		vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent at noonday=Location
2	grope	present	the blind		darkness		vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in darkness=Location
3	not make	shall	thou	thy ways		prosperous property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset way=Product
4	oppress	shall · passive		thou			tree rules
5	rob	participle		alway			vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alway=Source
6	be	shall	none		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	save	to-infinitive	none not said here	thee			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme

Sentence 2: (Torah DEU.28.29, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 DEU.28.29	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DEU.28.29	compound
3	DEU.28.29	DEU.28.29	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DEU.28.29	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 DEU.28.29	punct

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

Example 2

They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night. (Writings JOB.5.14, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 meet	nsubj
2	meet	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 darkness	case
4	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 meet	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 time	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 time	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 day	punct
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 meet	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grope	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 grope	cc
12	grope	grope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 meet	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 noonday	case
14	noonday	noonday	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 grope	nmod
15	as	as	ADP	_	18 night	case
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 night	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 meet	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 meet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	present	They	grope at noonday			night; time	with darkness	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with darkness=Co-Agent

Sentence 2: (Writings JOB.5.14, 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.5.14	JOB.5.14	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOB.5.14	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOB.5.14	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 3

They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. (Writings JOB.12.25, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: They grope in the dark without light, and He maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grope	nsubj
2	grope	grope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 dark	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dark	det
5	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grope	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 light	case
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grope	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 maketh	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 maketh	cc
10	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 maketh	nsubj
11	maketh	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grope	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 maketh	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 stagger	mark
14	stagger	stagger	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 maketh	xcomp
15	like	like	ADP	_	18 man	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 man	det
17	drunken	drunken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 man	amod
18	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 stagger	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grope	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grope	present	They		the dark	without light	vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dark=Location
2	make	present	He	them = they			tree rules
3	stagger	to-infinitive	them = they not said here			like a drunken man	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Sentence 2: (Writings JOB.12.25, 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.12.25	JOB.12.25	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOB.12.25	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOB.12.25	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 4

We grope for the wall like the blind, yea, as they that have no eyes do we grope; we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; we are in dark places like the dead. (Prophets ISA.59.10, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: We grope for the wall like the blind, yea, as they that have no eyes do we grope; we stumble at noonday as in the twilight; we are in dark places like the dead.

The tree, 34 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 grope	nsubj
2	grope	grope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 wall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wall	det
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grope	obl
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 blind	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blind	det
8	blind	blind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 grope	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 yea	punct
10	yea	yea	INTJ	_	2 grope	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 have	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 have	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 have	nsubj
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 have	nsubj
15	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grope	conj
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 eyes	det
17	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 grope	nsubj
18	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 grope	aux
19	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 grope	nsubj
20	grope	grope	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 have	ccomp
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	23 stumble	punct
22	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 stumble	nsubj
23	stumble	stumble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grope	conj
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 noonday	case
25	noonday	noonday	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 stumble	obl
26	as	as	ADP	_	29 twilight	case
27	in	in	ADP	_	29 twilight	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 twilight	det
29	twilight	twilight	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 stumble	obl
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 places	punct
31	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 places	nsubj
32	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 places	cop
33	in	in	ADP	_	35 places	case
34	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 places	amod
35	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grope	obl
36	like	like	ADP	_	38 dead	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 dead	det
38	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 places	nmod
39	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grope	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	grope	present	We		for the wall; like the blind	vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for wall=Theme
2	have	present	they			tree rules
3	grope	present · do-support	no eyes			vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
4	stumble	present	we	noonday	as the twilight	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at noonday=Trajectory
5	is	present	we	dark places	like the dead	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.59.10, 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.59.10	ISA.59.10	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ISA.59.10	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 ISA.59.10	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 5

I groped for the light switch.

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	2 groped	nsubj
2	groped	grope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 switch	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 switch	det
5	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 switch	compound
6	switch	switch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 groped	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 groped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grope	past	I					for the light switch	vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for switch=Theme

Example 6

He groped about in the dark for his shoes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 groped	nsubj
2	groped	grope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADV	_	2 groped	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 dark	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dark	det
6	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 groped	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 shoes	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 shoes	nmod:poss
9	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 groped	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 groped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grope	past	He			the dark		for his shoes; about property	vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dark=Location for shoe=Theme

Example 7

She groped her way down the stairs.

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 groped	nsubj
2	groped	grope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 way	nmod:poss
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 groped	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	7 stairs	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stairs	det
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 groped	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 groped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grope	past	She	her way				down the stairs	vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Experiencer

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