methuselah

Who acts: Methuselah, large wine bottle, Enoch, days, Bible, Grandad · What happens: be, say, live, hold, beget, die · To what, where: man, Book, old person, large wine bottle, six litres, Methuselah · Speech: someone speaks here

«methuselah» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: methuselah in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: Bible — kept apart, not parsed.

Methuselah is a man in the Book of Genesis who is said to have lived 969 years, the oldest person in the Bible.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Methuselah	Methuselah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 man	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 man	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Book	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Book	det
7	Book	Book	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 man	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Genesis	case
9	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Book	nmod
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 said	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 said	aux:pass
12	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 man	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	15 lived	mark
14	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 lived	aux
15	lived	live	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 said	xcomp
16	969	969	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 years	nummod
17	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 lived	obl:unmarked
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 person	punct
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 person	det
20	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	21 person	amod
21	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 man	conj
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 Bible	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Bible	det
24	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 person	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is a	present	Methuselah	a man and the oldest person in the Bible	the Book of Genesis		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present · passive		a man and the oldest person in the Bible			tree rules
3	live	to-infinitive · perfect				year	vn exist-47.1-1 «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: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A methuselah is a very old person or thing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 methuselah	det
2	methuselah	methuselah	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 old	advmod
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 person	amod
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 thing	cc
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 person	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a methuselah	a old person or thing					tree rules

Meaning 3

A methuselah is also a very large wine bottle holding six litres.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 methuselah	det
2	methuselah	methuselah	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bottle	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 bottle	cop
4	also	also	ADV	_	9 bottle	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bottle	det
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 large	advmod
7	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bottle	amod
8	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bottle	compound
9	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 bottle	acl
11	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 litres	nummod
12	litres	litre	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 holding	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 bottle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a methuselah	a large wine bottle					tree rules
2	hold	gerund	a large wine bottle not said here	six litres					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litre=Theme

Example 1

And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah. (Torah GEN.5.21, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begot Methuselah.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 lived	cc
2	Enoch	Enoch	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 years	nummod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 five	cc
6	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 sixty	conj
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lived	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 begot	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 begot	cc
10	begot	beget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lived	conj
11	Methuselah	Methuselah	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 begot	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	Enoch				year		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	beget	past	Enoch not said here	Methuselah					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent methuselah=Patient

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.5.21, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.5.21	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.5.21	compound
3	GEN.5.21	GEN.5.21	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.5.21	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.5.21	punct

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

Example 2

And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech. (Torah GEN.5.25, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And Methuselah lived a hundred eighty and seven years, and begot Lamech.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 lived	cc
2	Methuselah	Methuselah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 eighty	det
5	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 eighty	nummod
6	eighty	eighty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 years	cc
8	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eighty	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 begot	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 begot	cc
12	begot	beget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lived	conj
13	Lamech	Lamech	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 begot	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	Methuselah	a hundred eighty and seven years					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme eighty=Location
2	beget	past	Methuselah not said here	Lamech					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamech=Patient

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.5.25, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.5.25	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.5.25	compound
3	GEN.5.25	GEN.5.25	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.5.25	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.5.25	punct

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

Example 3

And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died. (Torah GEN.5.27, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years; and he died.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	10 sixty	cc
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 days	det:predet
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 days	det
4	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sixty	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Methuselah	case
6	Methuselah	Methuselah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 days	nmod
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sixty	cop
8	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hundred	compound
9	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 sixty	compound
10	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 died	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 years	cc
12	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 years	nummod
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sixty	conj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 died	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 died	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 died	nsubj
17	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 died	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	all days of Methuselah	hundred sixty and nine years					tree rules
2	die	past	Methuselah						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.5.27, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.5.27	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.5.27	compound
3	GEN.5.27	GEN.5.27	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.5.27	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.5.27	punct

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

Example 4

The Bible says Methuselah lived to be 969 years old.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Bible	det
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Methuselah	Methuselah	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 lived	nsubj
5	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	10 old	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 old	cop
8	969	969	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 old	obl:unmarked
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lived	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Bible			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	live	past	Methuselah			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	to-infinitive	Methuselah not said here	year	old property	tree rules

Example 5

Grandad jokes that he is as old as Methuselah.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 jokes	nsubj
2	jokes	joke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 old	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 old	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 old	cop
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 old	advmod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 jokes	ccomp
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 Methuselah	case
9	Methuselah	Methuselah	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 old	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 jokes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	joke speech: other	present	Grandad						vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Grandad					as Methuselah; old property	tree rules

Example 6

Methuselah was the grandfather of Noah.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Methuselah	Methuselah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 grandfather	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 grandfather	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grandfather	det
4	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Noah	case
6	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 grandfather	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 grandfather	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Methuselah	the grandfather				of Noah	tree rules

Example 7

A pine tree called Methuselah is nearly 5,000 years old.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tree	det
2	pine	pine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tree	compound
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 old	nsubj
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tree	acl
5	Methuselah	Methuselah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 called	xcomp
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 old	cop
7	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	8 5,000	advmod
8	5,000	5000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 old	obl:unmarked
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 old	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	participle		a pine tree not said here					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	a pine tree				year	old property	tree rules

Example 8

That old car is a real methuselah.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 car	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 car	amod
3	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 methuselah	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 methuselah	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 methuselah	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 methuselah	amod
7	methuselah	methuselah	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 methuselah	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that old car	a real methuselah					tree rules

Example 9

A methuselah holds as much as eight normal bottles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 methuselah	det
2	methuselah	methuselah	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holds	nsubj
3	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 holds	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 bottles	case
7	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 bottles	nummod
8	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bottles	amod
9	bottles	bottle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 much	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 holds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	a methuselah	much					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme

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