harken
Who acts: spelling, enigmatic expression, expression · What happens: listen, spell, mean, go back, appear, harken back · To what, where: old spelling, hearken, Tanakh, Genesis
«harken» 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: harken in the Judaism dictionary.
Meaning 1
To listen carefully, an old spelling of "hearken." It can also mean to go back to something earlier.
Sentence 1: To listen carefully, an old spelling of "hearken."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 listen | mark |
| 2 | listen | listen | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 2 listen | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 spelling | punct |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 spelling | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 spelling | amod |
| 7 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 listen | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 hearken | case |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 hearken | punct |
| 10 | hearken | hearken | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spelling | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 listen | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 listen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | to-infinitive | a old spelling of hearken | carefully property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | spell | hearken | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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.
Sentence 2: It can also mean to go back to something earlier.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 mean | aux |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 4 mean | advmod |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 mean | xcomp |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 something | case |
| 9 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 go | obl |
| 10 | earlier | early | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 go | advmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | can | spelling | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go back not said to happen | to-infinitive | spelling not said here | to something result; early property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to something=Result |
Example 1
This enigmatic expression appears only once in the Tanakh, in [Job 26:7], where in a harkening back to [Genesis 1:2] it serves as a parallelism of primarial tohu. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
Sentence 1: This enigmatic expression appears only once in the Tanakh, in [Job 26:7], where in a harkening back to [Genesis 1:2] it serves as a parallelism of primarial tohu.
The tree, 28 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 expression | det |
| 2 | enigmatic | enigmatic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 expression | amod |
| 3 | expression | expression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 appears | nsubj |
| 4 | appears | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 once | advmod |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 appears | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Tanakh | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Tanakh | det |
| 9 | Tanakh | Tanakh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 appears | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Job | punct |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 Job | case |
| 12 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 13 Job | punct |
| 13 | Job | Job | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Tanakh | appos |
| 14 | 26:7 | 26:7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 Job | flat |
| 15 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 13 Job | punct |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 Genesis | punct |
| 17 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 24 Genesis | advmod |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 Genesis | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 Genesis | det |
| 20 | harkening | harken | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 24 Genesis | csubj |
| 21 | back | back | ADV | _ | 20 harkening | advmod |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 Genesis | case |
| 23 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 24 Genesis | punct |
| 24 | Genesis | Genesis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Tanakh | conj |
| 25 | 1:2 | 1:2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 24 Genesis | flat |
| 26 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 24 Genesis | punct |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 serves | nsubj |
| 28 | serves | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 Genesis | acl:relcl |
| 29 | as | as | ADP | _ | 31 parallelism | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 parallelism | det |
| 31 | parallelism | parallelism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 serves | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 primarial | case |
| 33 | primarial | primarial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 parallelism | amod |
| 34 | tohu | tohu | X | Foreign=Yes | 33 primarial | dep |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 appears | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | present | this enigmatic expression | the Tanakh and a Genesis | once property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tanakh=Location | |||
| 2 | harken back | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | serve | present | expression | a Genesis not said here | as a parallelism | vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent genesis=Duration as parallelism=Attribute |
Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sefer | punct |
| 2 | Sefer | Sefer | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | Yetzirah | Yetzirah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Sefer | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 translation | punct |
| 5 | Sefaria | Sefaria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 translation | compound |
| 6 | community | community | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 translation | compound |
| 7 | translation | translation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Sefer | appos |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sefer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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