knotty

Who acts: he, true Messiah, old tree, camel, This, we · What happens: sort out, tangle, believe, be, come, decide · To what, where: It, knotty points, law, knotty roots, knotty legs, knotty question · Speech: someone speaks here

«knotty» 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: knotty in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Full of knots, or lumpy and twisted, like old wood or rough legs.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 knots	case
3	knots	knot	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Full	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lumpy	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 lumpy	cc
6	lumpy	lumpy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Full	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 twisted	cc
8	twisted	twisted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lumpy	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wood	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	12 wood	case
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wood	amod
12	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lumpy	conj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 legs	cc
14	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 legs	amod
15	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 wood	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Full	punct

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

Meaning 2

Usage: of a problem — kept apart, not parsed.

hard to sort out, tangled.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 sort	mark
3	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 hard	xcomp
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 sort	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 tangled	punct
6	tangled	tangle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 hard	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 hard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort out	to-infinitive							vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	tangle	participle							tree rules

Example 1

It is also believed that he is bound to come and decide all knotty points in the law, and to appear before the true Messiah arrives. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: It is also believed that he is bound to come and decide all knotty points in the law, and to appear before the true Messiah arrives.

The tree, 26 words

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 believed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 believed	aux:pass
3	also	also	ADV	_	4 believed	advmod
4	believed	believe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 bound	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bound	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bound	cop
8	bound	bound	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 believed	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 come	mark
10	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 bound	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 decide	cc
12	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 come	conj
13	all	all	ADV	_	15 points	advmod
14	knotty	knotty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 points	amod
15	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 decide	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 law	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 law	det
18	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 points	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 appear	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 appear	cc
21	to	to	PART	_	22 appear	mark
22	appear	appear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 believed	parataxis
23	before	before	SCONJ	_	27 arrives	mark
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 Messiah	det
25	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 Messiah	amod
26	Messiah	Messiah	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 arrives	nsubj
27	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 appear	advcl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 believed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	believe	present · passive		It			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
2	is	present	he			bound property	tree rules
3	come	to-infinitive	he not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	decide	infinitive	he not said here	knotty points	the law		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent point=Topic
5	appear	to-infinitive					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	arrive	present	the true Messiah				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The old tree had knotty roots.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tree	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tree	amod
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	knotty	knotty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 roots	amod
6	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the old tree	knotty roots					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent root=Patient

Example 3

The camel waved his knotty legs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 camel	det
2	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waved	nsubj
3	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 legs	nmod:poss
5	knotty	knotty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 legs	amod
6	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 waved	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 waved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past	the camel	camel's knotty legs					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient

Example 4

This is a knotty question; we must think hard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 question	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 question	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 question	det
4	knotty	knotty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 question	amod
5	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 question	punct
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 think	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 think	aux
9	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 question	acl:relcl
10	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 think	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 question	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	This	a knotty question					tree rules
2	think speech: other	must	we	a knotty question not said here				hard property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot question=Theme

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