minstrel

Who acts: minstrel, singer, singers, minstrels, damsels, you · What happens: be, travel, sing, tell, go, follow · To what, where: singer, place, songs, tales, midst, minstrel · Speech: someone speaks here

«minstrel» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: minstrel in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

A minstrel was, long ago, a singer or musician who travelled from place to place singing songs and telling tales.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 minstrel	det
2	minstrel	minstrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 singer	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 singer	cop
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 singer	punct
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 ago	advmod
6	ago	ago	ADV	_	9 singer	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 singer	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 singer	det
9	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 musician	cc
11	musician	musician	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 singer	conj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 travelled	nsubj
13	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 singer	acl:relcl
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 place	case
15	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 travelled	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 place	case
17	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 travelled	obl
18	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 travelled	advcl
19	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 singing	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 telling	cc
21	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 singing	conj
22	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 telling	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 singer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	a minstrel	a singer or musician		ago property	tree rules
2	travel	past	a singer or musician		place	to place	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to place=Destination
3	sing speech: express	gerund	a singer or musician not said here	songs			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	gerund	a singer or musician not said here	tales			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tale=Recipient

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.

Example 1

The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels. (Writings PSA.68.26, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: The singers go before, the minstrels follow after, in the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 singers	det
2	singers	singer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 go	nsubj
3	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	before	before	ADV	_	3 go	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 follow	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 minstrels	det
7	minstrels	minstrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 follow	nsubj
8	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 go	advcl
9	after	after	ADV	_	8 follow	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 midst	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 midst	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 midst	det
13	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 follow	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 damsels	case
15	damsels	damsel	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 midst	nmod
16	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 damsels	acl
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 timbrels	case
18	timbrels	timbrel	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 playing	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	go	present	the singers		before property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	follow	present	the minstrels	the midst of damsels	after property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in midst=Location
3	play	gerund	damsels not said here		upon timbrels	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.68.26, 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	PSA.68.26	PSA.68.26	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.68.26	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.68.26	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 2

But now bring me a minstrel.' And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. (Prophets 2KI.3.15, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: But now bring me a minstrel.'

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	3 bring	cc
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 bring	advmod
3	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 bring	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 minstrel	det
6	minstrel	minstrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bring	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bring	punct
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 bring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	imperative	you not said here	a minstrel	me		now		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination minstrel=Theme

Sentence 2: And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

The tree, 18 words

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	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pass	mark
5	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 came	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 played	punct
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 played	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 minstrel	det
9	minstrel	minstrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 played	nsubj
10	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 came	punct
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 came	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hand	det
14	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 came	nsubj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 LORD	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 LORD	det
17	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 hand	nmod
18	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 played	conj
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 him	case
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 came	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	come	past	minstrel		tree rules
2	pass	to-infinitive	minstrel not said here		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	play	past	the minstrel		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	come	past	the hand of the LORD	upon him = he	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location

Sentence 3: (Prophets 2KI.3.15, 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	2KI.3.15	2KI.3.15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Prophets	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 1917	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 1917	nmod:unmarked
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 2KI.3.15	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 3

The minstrel played his harp in the great hall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 minstrel	det
2	minstrel	minstrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 played	nsubj
3	played	play	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	5 harp	nmod:poss
5	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 played	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 hall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hall	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hall	amod
9	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 played	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	the minstrel	minstrel's harp		the great hall			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harp=Theme

Example 4

A minstrel sang of brave knights and dragons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 minstrel	det
2	minstrel	minstrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sang	nsubj
3	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 knights	case
5	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 knights	amod
6	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sang	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dragons	cc
8	dragons	dragon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 knights	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	a minstrel					of brave knights and dragons	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

The children gathered to hear the minstrel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gathered	nsubj
3	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 hear	mark
5	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gathered	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 minstrel	det
7	minstrel	minstrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hear	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gathered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	past	the children						vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	hear	to-infinitive	the children not said here	the minstrel					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer minstrel=Stimulus

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