maggot

Who acts: fly, that, worms, psalteries, rubbish bin, maggot · What happens: hatch, feed, rot, form, be, bring down · To what, where: fly, worm, maggot, pomp, nether world, noise

«maggot» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 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: maggot in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

The soft, pale, legless young form (larva) of a fly, which hatches from an egg and feeds on rotting food or dead animals.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 form	det
2	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 form	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 soft	punct
4	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 form	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pale	punct
6	legless	legless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 form	amod
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 form	amod
8	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 larva	punct
10	larva	larva	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 form	appos
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 larva	punct
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 fly	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 fly	det
14	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 form	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 hatches	punct
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 hatches	nsubj
17	hatches	hatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fly	acl:relcl
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 egg	case
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 egg	det
20	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hatches	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 feeds	cc
22	feeds	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 hatches	conj
23	on	on	ADP	_	25 food	case
24	rotting	rot	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	25 food	amod
25	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 feeds	obl
26	or	or	CCONJ	_	28 animals	cc
27	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 animals	amod
28	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 food	conj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 form	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hatch	present	a fly		from a egg	vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from egg=Patient
2	feed	present	a fly not said here		on rotting food or dead animals	vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on food=Patient
3	rot	gerund				vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	form			a fly		nom form «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.

Meaning 2

Usage: old-fashioned, insult — kept apart, not parsed.

A rude name for a worthless person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 name	det
2	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 name	amod
3	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 person	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
6	worthless	worthless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 name	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 name	punct

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

Example 1

How much less man, that is a worm! and the son of man, that is a maggot! (Writings JOB.25.6, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: How much less man, that is a worm! and the son of man, that is a maggot!

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 much	advmod
2	much	much	ADV	_	3 less	advmod
3	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 worm	punct
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 worm	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 worm	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 worm	det
9	worm	worm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 man	conj
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 worm	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 son	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 son	det
13	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 worm	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 man	case
15	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 son	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 maggot	punct
17	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 maggot	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 maggot	cop
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 maggot	det
20	maggot	maggot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 man	conj
21	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	a worm and the son of man					tree rules
2	is a	present	that	a maggot					tree rules

Sentence 2: (Writings JOB.25.6, 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	JOB.25.6	JOB.25.6	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOB.25.6	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOB.25.6	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 2

Thy pomp is brought down to the nether-world, and the noise of thy psalteries; the maggot is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.' (Prophets ISA.14.11, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Thy pomp is brought down to the nether-world, and the noise of thy psalteries; the maggot is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.'

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	2 pomp	nmod:poss
2	pomp	pomp	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 brought	aux:pass
4	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 brought	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 world	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 world	det
8	nether	nether	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 world	amod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 nether	punct
10	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 spread	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 spread	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 noise	det
14	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 spread	nsubj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 psalteries	case
16	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	17 psalteries	nmod:poss
17	psalteries	psaltery	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 noise	nmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 spread	punct
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 maggot	det
20	maggot	maggot	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 spread	nsubj:pass
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 spread	aux:pass
22	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 brought	conj
23	under	under	ADP	_	24 thee	case
24	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	22 spread	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 cover	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 cover	cc
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 worms	det
28	worms	worm	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 cover	nsubj
29	cover	cover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 brought	parataxis
30	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	29 cover	obj
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	29 cover	punct
32	'	'	PUNCT	_	29 cover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	bring down	present · passive		Thy pomp	the nether world	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to world=Destination
2	spread	present · passive		the noise of thy psalteries	thee	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme under thou=Destination
3	cover	present	the worms	thee		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent thou=Destination
4	noise		thy psalteries			nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent

Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.14.11, 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.14.11	ISA.14.11	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ISA.14.11	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 ISA.14.11	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 3

The rubbish bin was crawling with maggots in the hot weather.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bin	det
2	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bin	compound
3	bin	bin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crawling	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 crawling	aux
5	crawling	crawl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 maggots	case
7	maggots	maggot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 crawling	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 weather	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 weather	det
10	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 weather	amod
11	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 crawling	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 crawling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crawl	past · progressive	the rubbish bin			the hot weather		with maggots	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in weather=Trajectory

Example 4

A maggot turns into a pupa and then into a fly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 maggot	det
2	maggot	maggot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	nsubj
3	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 pupa	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupa	det
6	pupa	pupa	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fly	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 fly	advmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 fly	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fly	det
11	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pupa	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 turns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	a maggot			a pupa and a fly			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into pupa=Trajectory

Example 5

Grandad uses maggots as bait when he goes fishing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	maggots	maggot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 uses	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	5 bait	case
5	bait	bait	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obl
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 goes	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 goes	nsubj
8	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 uses	advcl
9	fishing	fish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 goes	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	present	Grandad	maggots	as bait	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent maggot=Duration as bait=Attribute
2	go	present	Grandad			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	fish	gerund	Grandad not said here			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Maggots help break down dead animals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maggots	maggot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	nsubj
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 help	xcomp
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 break	compound:prt
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 animals	amod
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 break	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Maggots						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	break down	infinitive	Maggots not said here	dead animals					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Patient

Example 7

Doctors sometimes use special clean maggots to clean wounds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
2	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 use	advmod
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 maggots	amod
5	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 maggots	amod
6	maggots	maggot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 clean	mark
8	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 use	advcl
9	wounds	wound	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 clean	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Doctors	special clean maggots				sometimes property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maggot=Patient
2	clean	to-infinitive	Doctors not said here	wounds					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wound=Patient

Example 8

We learnt about the life cycle of a fly: egg, maggot, pupa, fly.

The tree, 13 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 learnt	nsubj
2	learnt	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	6 cycle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cycle	det
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cycle	compound
6	cycle	cycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 learnt	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 fly	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fly	det
9	fly	fly	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cycle	nmod
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 egg	punct
11	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fly	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 maggot	punct
13	maggot	maggot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 egg	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 pupa	punct
15	pupa	pupa	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 egg	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 fly	punct
17	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 learnt	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 learnt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	We					about the life cycle of a fly and egg and maggot and pupa	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about cycle=Topic
2	fly	infinitive	We not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 9

The old apple had a maggot inside.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the old apple	a maggot				inside property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maggot=Patient

Example 10

The peasants knocked them down and flung them into the fire, not allowing so much as a single maggot to creep away!

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 peasants	det
2	peasants	peasant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 knocked	nsubj
3	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 knocked	obj
5	down	down	ADP	_	3 knocked	compound:prt
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 flung	cc
7	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knocked	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 flung	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 fire	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fire	det
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flung	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 allowing	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 allowing	advmod
14	allowing	allow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 flung	advcl
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 much	advmod
16	much	much	ADV	_	14 allowing	advmod
17	as	as	ADP	_	20 maggot	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 maggot	det
19	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 maggot	amod
20	maggot	maggot	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 allowing	obl
21	to	to	PART	_	22 creep	mark
22	creep	creep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 allowing	advcl
23	away	away	ADV	_	22 creep	advmod
24	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 knocked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	knock down	past	the peasants	them = they			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent they=Patient
2	fling	past	the peasants not said here	peasants = peasant	the fire		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme into fire=Destination
3	not allow	gerund	the peasants not said here			as a single maggot	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
4	creep away	to-infinitive	the peasants not said here			away property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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