importunate

Who acts: other people, importunate person, Faithful wounds, importunate suitor, princess, little dog · What happens: importunate, mean, ask, push, grow, not take · To what, where: Faithful wounds, enemy, palace, table · Speech: someone speaks here

«importunate» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: importunate in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Importunate means asking again and again, pushing for something so hard that other people grow tired of it.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Importunate	importunate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	csubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	again	again	ADV	_	3 asking	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 again	cc
6	again	again	ADV	_	4 again	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pushing	punct
8	pushing	push	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 asking	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 something	case
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 pushing	obl
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 hard	advmod
12	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 pushing	advmod
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 grow	mark
14	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 people	amod
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 grow	nsubj
16	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pushing	advcl
17	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 grow	xcomp
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 tired	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	importunate	infinitive				tree rules
2	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	ask speech: ask not said to happen	gerund		again		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	push	gerund			for something; hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
5	grow	present	other people		tired property	vn appear-48.1.1 «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.

Meaning 2

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

An importunate person will not take «no» for an answer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 person	det
2	importunate	importunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 person	amod
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 take	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 take	advmod
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 no	punct
8	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 take	discourse
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 no	punct
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 answer	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 answer	det
12	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not take	future	a importunate person					for a answer	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for answer=Beneficiary

Example 1

Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are importunate. (Writings PRO.27.6, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are importunate.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wounds	amod
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wounds	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wounds	det
4	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 importunate	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 friend	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 friend	det
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wounds	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 importunate	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 importunate	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kisses	det
11	kisses	kiss	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 importunate	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 enemy	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 enemy	det
14	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kisses	nmod
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 importunate	cop
16	importunate	importunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 importunate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the Faithful wounds	of a friend	tree rules
2	is	present	the Faithful wounds		importunate property	tree rules
3	kiss			a enemy		nom kiss «act transitive»: of=patient

Sentence 2: (Writings PRO.27.6, 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.27.6	PRO.27.6	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PRO.27.6	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PRO.27.6	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 2

The importunate suitor would not leave the palace.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 suitor	det
2	importunate	importunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 suitor	amod
3	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 leave	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 leave	advmod
6	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 palace	det
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not leave	would	the importunate suitor	the palace					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme

Example 3

The princess was tired of one more importunate suitor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tired	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tired	cop
4	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 suitor	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 suitor	nummod
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 suitor	amod
8	importunate	importunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 suitor	amod
9	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tired	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tired	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the princess					of one more importunate suitor; tired property	tree rules

Example 4

The little dog was importunate, begging at every table.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dog	amod
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 importunate	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 importunate	cop
5	importunate	importunate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 begging	punct
7	begging	beg	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 importunate	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 table	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 table	det
10	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 begging	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 importunate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the little dog					importunate property	tree rules
2	beg speech: request	gerund	the little dog not said here			every table			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent

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