midwife Who acts: health worker, women, person, something, midwives, Hebrew women · What happens: train, help, be, give, come, say · To what, where: women, birth, something, one, hand, scarlet thread · Speech: someone speaks here
«midwife» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 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: midwife in the Judaism dictionary .
Meaning 1 A trained nurse or health worker who helps women while they are pregnant, while they give birth and just afterwards.
The tree, 20 words det amod nsubj cc compound nsubj acl:relcl obj mark nsubj cop advcl punct mark nsubj parataxis obj cc advmod conj punct root A DET trained VERB nurse NOUN or CCONJ health NOUN worker NOUN who PRON helps VERB women NOUN while SCONJ they PRON are AUX pregnant ADJ , PUNCT while SCONJ they PRON give VERB birth NOUN and CCONJ just ADV afterwards ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 nurse det 2 trained train VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 nurse amod 3 nurse nurse NOUN Number=Sing 6 worker nsubj 4 or or CCONJ _ 6 worker cc 5 health health NOUN Number=Sing 6 worker compound 6 worker worker NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 who who PRON PronType=Rel 8 helps nsubj 8 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 worker acl:relcl 9 women woman NOUN Number=Plur 8 helps obj 10 while while SCONJ _ 13 pregnant mark 11 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 pregnant nsubj 12 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 pregnant cop 13 pregnant pregnant ADJ Degree=Pos 8 helps advcl 14 , , PUNCT _ 17 give punct 15 while while SCONJ _ 17 give mark 16 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 give nsubj 17 give give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 helps parataxis 18 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 17 give obj 19 and and CCONJ _ 21 afterwards cc 20 just just ADV _ 21 afterwards advmod 21 afterwards afterwards ADV _ 17 give conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 6 worker punct
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1 train participle vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 help present health worker women vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Beneficiary 3 is present women = woman pregnant property tree rules 4 give present women = woman birth vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=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: figurative — kept apart, not parsed.
A person who helps something new to come into being.
det nsubj nsubj obj amod mark xcomp mark advcl punct root A DET person NOUN who PRON helps VERB something PRON new ADJ to PART come VERB into SCONJ being AUX . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 person det 2 person person NOUN Number=Sing 4 helps nsubj 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 4 helps nsubj 4 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 helps obj 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 5 something amod 7 to to PART _ 8 come mark 8 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 helps xcomp 9 into into SCONJ _ 10 being mark 10 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 come advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 helps punct
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1 help present a person something vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent something=Beneficiary clause=Theme 2 come to-infinitive something not said here vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.' (Torah EXO.1.19, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.'
The tree, 29 words cc det nsubj case obl punct punct mark det amod nsubj cop advmod case det amod obl punct case nsubj cop conj punct cc aux:pass parataxis case det obl conj case obl punct punct root And CCONJ the DET midwives NOUN said VERB unto ADP Pharaoh PROPN : PUNCT ' PUNCT Because SCONJ the DET Hebrew ADJ women NOUN are AUX not PART as ADP the DET Egyptian ADJ women NOUN ; PUNCT for ADP they PRON are AUX lively ADJ , PUNCT and CCONJ are AUX delivered VERB ere ADP the DET midwife NOUN come VERB unto ADP them PRON . PUNCT ' PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 And and CCONJ _ 4 said cc 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 midwives det 3 midwives midwife NOUN Number=Plur 4 said nsubj 4 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 unto unto ADP _ 6 Pharaoh case 6 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN Number=Sing 4 said obl 7 : : PUNCT _ 18 women punct 8 ' ' PUNCT _ 18 women punct 9 Because because SCONJ _ 18 women mark 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 women det 11 Hebrew hebrew ADJ Degree=Pos 12 women amod 12 women woman NOUN Number=Plur 18 women nsubj 13 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 18 women cop 14 not not PART Polarity=Neg 18 women advmod 15 as as ADP _ 18 women case 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 women det 17 Egyptian Egyptian ADJ Degree=Pos 18 women amod 18 women woman NOUN Number=Plur 4 said obl 19 ; ; PUNCT _ 23 lively punct 20 for for ADP _ 23 lively case 21 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 23 lively nsubj 22 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 23 lively cop 23 lively lively ADJ Degree=Pos 4 said conj 24 , , PUNCT _ 27 delivered punct 25 and and CCONJ _ 27 delivered cc 26 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 27 delivered aux:pass 27 delivered deliver VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 said parataxis 28 ere ere ADP _ 30 midwife case 29 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 30 midwife det 30 midwife midwife NOUN Number=Sing 27 delivered obl 31 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 27 delivered conj 32 unto unto ADP _ 33 them case 33 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 31 come obl 34 . . PUNCT _ 4 said punct 35 ' ' PUNCT _ 4 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past the midwives unto Pharaoh vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 not is present the Hebrew women as the Egyptian women tree rules 3 is present midwives = midwife lively property tree rules 4 deliver present · passive ere the midwife vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP» 5 come infinitive unto midwives = midwife vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 2: (Torah EXO.1.19, JPS 1917)
punct compound punct conj flat punct root ( PUNCT Torah PROPN EXO.1.19 PROPN , PUNCT JPS PROPN 1917 NUM ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 EXO.1.19 punct 2 Torah Torah PROPN Number=Sing 3 EXO.1.19 compound 3 EXO.1.19 EXO.1.19 PROPN Number=Sing root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 JPS punct 5 JPS JPS PROPN Number=Sing 3 EXO.1.19 conj 6 1917 1917 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 JPS flat 7 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 EXO.1.19 punct
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Example 2 And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand; and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying: 'This came out first.' (Torah GEN.38.28, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand; and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying: 'This came out first.'
The tree, 31 words cc nsubj advcl mark xcomp punct advmod nsubj conj punct det obj acl compound:prt det obj punct cc det nsubj advcl cc conj case nmod:poss obl det compound obj punct punct punct nsubj ccomp advmod advmod punct punct root And CCONJ it PRON came VERB to PART pass VERB , PUNCT when ADV she PRON travailed VERB , PUNCT that DET one NOUN put VERB out ADP a DET hand NOUN ; PUNCT and CCONJ the DET midwife NOUN took VERB and CCONJ bound VERB upon ADP his PRON hand NOUN a DET scarlet NOUN thread NOUN , PUNCT saying VERB : PUNCT ' PUNCT This PRON came VERB out ADV first ADV . PUNCT ' PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 And and CCONJ _ 3 came cc 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 31 saying advcl 4 to to PART _ 5 pass mark 5 pass pass VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 came xcomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 travailed punct 7 when when ADV PronType=Int 9 travailed advmod 8 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 travailed nsubj 9 travailed travail VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 came conj 10 , , PUNCT _ 12 one punct 11 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 12 one det 12 one one NOUN Number=Sing 9 travailed obj 13 put put VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 12 one acl 14 out out ADP _ 13 put compound:prt 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 hand det 16 hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 13 put obj 17 ; ; PUNCT _ 21 took punct 18 and and CCONJ _ 21 took cc 19 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 20 midwife det 20 midwife midwife NOUN Number=Sing 21 took nsubj 21 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 31 saying advcl 22 and and CCONJ _ 23 bound cc 23 bound bind VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 21 took conj 24 upon upon ADP _ 26 hand case 25 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 26 hand nmod:poss 26 hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 23 bound obl 27 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 29 thread det 28 scarlet scarlet NOUN Number=Sing 29 thread compound 29 thread thread NOUN Number=Sing 23 bound obj 30 , , PUNCT _ 31 saying punct 31 saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 32 : : PUNCT _ 35 came punct 33 ' ' PUNCT _ 35 came punct 34 This this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 35 came nsubj 35 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 31 saying ccomp 36 out out ADV _ 35 came advmod 37 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 35 came advmod 38 . . PUNCT _ 31 saying punct 39 ' ' PUNCT _ 31 saying punct
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1 come past it tree rules 2 pass to-infinitive vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 3 travail past she that one tree rules 4 put out participle that one not said here a hand vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal 5 take past the midwife vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 6 bind past the midwife not said here a scarlet thread upon midwife's hand vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thread=Patient 7 say speech: assert gerund vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 8 come out past This first, out property vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.38.28, JPS 1917)
punct compound punct conj flat punct root ( PUNCT Torah PROPN GEN.38.28 PROPN , PUNCT JPS PROPN 1917 NUM ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 3 GEN.38.28 punct 2 Torah Torah PROPN Number=Sing 3 GEN.38.28 compound 3 GEN.38.28 GEN.38.28 PROPN Number=Sing root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 JPS punct 5 JPS JPS PROPN Number=Sing 3 GEN.38.28 conj 6 1917 1917 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 JPS flat 7 ) ) PUNCT _ 3 GEN.38.28 punct
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Example 3 The midwife helped my baby brother be born.
det nsubj nmod:poss compound obj aux:pass conj punct root The DET midwife NOUN helped VERB my PRON baby NOUN brother NOUN be AUX born VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 midwife det 2 midwife midwife NOUN Number=Sing 3 helped nsubj 3 helped help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 brother nmod:poss 5 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 6 brother compound 6 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 helped obj 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 born aux:pass 8 born bear VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 helped conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 helped punct
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1 help past the midwife my baby brother vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Beneficiary 2 bear infinitive · passive the midwife not said here vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»
Example 4 Mum saw the midwife every few weeks before the birth.
nsubj det obj det amod obl:unmarked case det obl punct root Mum NOUN saw VERB the DET midwife NOUN every DET few ADJ weeks NOUN before ADP the DET birth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw nsubj 2 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 midwife det 4 midwife midwife NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw obj 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 7 weeks det 6 few few ADJ Degree=Pos 7 weeks amod 7 weeks week NOUN Number=Plur 2 saw obl:unmarked 8 before before ADP _ 10 birth case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 birth det 10 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 saw punct
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1 see past Mum the midwife before the birth; week vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer midwife=Stimulus
Example 5 The midwife weighed the newborn baby.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET midwife NOUN weighed VERB the DET newborn ADJ baby NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 midwife det 2 midwife midwife NOUN Number=Sing 3 weighed nsubj 3 weighed weigh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 baby det 5 newborn newborn ADJ Degree=Pos 6 baby amod 6 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 3 weighed obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 weighed punct
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1 weigh past the midwife the newborn baby vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme baby=Value
Example 6 My aunt is a midwife at the hospital.
nmod:poss nsubj cop det case det nmod punct root My PRON aunt NOUN is AUX a DET midwife NOUN at ADP the DET hospital NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 aunt nmod:poss 2 aunt aunt NOUN Number=Sing 5 midwife nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 midwife cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 midwife det 5 midwife midwife NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 at at ADP _ 8 hospital case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 hospital det 8 hospital hospital NOUN Number=Sing 5 midwife nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 midwife punct
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1 is a present My aunt a midwife the hospital tree rules
Example 7 In the old village, the midwife came to people's homes.
case det amod obl punct det nsubj case nmod:poss case obl punct root In ADP the DET old ADJ village NOUN , PUNCT the DET midwife NOUN came VERB to ADP people NOUN 's PART homes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 village case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 village det 3 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 4 village amod 4 village village NOUN Number=Sing 8 came obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 village punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 midwife det 7 midwife midwife NOUN Number=Sing 8 came nsubj 8 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 to to ADP _ 12 homes case 10 people people NOUN Number=Plur 12 homes nmod:poss 11 's 's PART _ 10 people case 12 homes home NOUN Number=Plur 8 came obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 8 came punct
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1 come past the midwife the old village to people's homes vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to home=Initial_Location
Example 8 The midwife listened to the baby's heartbeat.
det nsubj case det nmod:poss case obl punct root The DET midwife NOUN listened VERB to ADP the DET baby NOUN 's PART heartbeat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 midwife det 2 midwife midwife NOUN Number=Sing 3 listened nsubj 3 listened listen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 8 heartbeat case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 baby det 6 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 8 heartbeat nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 baby case 8 heartbeat heartbeat NOUN Number=Sing 3 listened obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 listened punct
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1 listen past the midwife to the baby's heartbeat vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to heartbeat=Theme
Example 9 Men can be midwives too.
nsubj aux cop advmod punct root Men NOUN can AUX be AUX midwives NOUN too ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Men man NOUN Number=Plur 4 midwives nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 midwives aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 midwives cop 4 midwives midwife NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 too too ADV _ 4 midwives advmod 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 midwives punct
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1 is a can Men midwives tree rules
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