nod

Who acts: you, Cain, I, she, teacher, we · What happens: move, say, agree, greet, show, point · To what, where: head, someone, something, nod, permission, presence · Speech: someone speaks here

«nod» in the Judaism dictionary: its 5 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: nod in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

To move your head down and up, usually to say «yes», to agree, or to greet someone.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 move	mark
2	move	move	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 say	advcl
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 head	nmod:poss
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 move	obj
5	down	down	ADV	_	2 move	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 up	cc
7	up	up	ADV	_	5 down	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct
9	usually	usually	ADV	_	11 say	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 say	mark
11	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 yes	punct
13	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	11 say	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 yes	punct
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 agree	punct
16	to	to	PART	_	17 agree	mark
17	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	11 say	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 greet	punct
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 greet	cc
20	to	to	PART	_	21 greet	mark
21	greet	greet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 agree	conj
22	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	21 greet	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	move	to-infinitive	your head	down property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		usually property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic
3	agree speech: agree	to-infinitive			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	greet speech: greet	to-infinitive	someone		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=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

A nod: that movement of the head.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 nod	det
2	nod	nod	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 movement	punct
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 movement	det
5	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nod	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 head	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 head	det
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 movement	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nod	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move			the head					nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

Meaning 3

To show or point to something with a small head movement.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 show	mark
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 point	cc
4	point	point	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 show	conj
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 point	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 movement	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 movement	det
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 movement	amod
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 movement	compound
11	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 something	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	to-infinitive							vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	point	infinitive			something				vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to something=Recipient

Meaning 4

Nod off: to fall asleep, usually without meaning to, especially sitting up.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nod	nod	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Nod	compound:prt
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 fall	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fall	mark
5	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Nod	conj
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fall	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 meaning	punct
8	usually	usually	ADV	_	10 meaning	advmod
9	without	without	SCONJ	_	10 meaning	mark
10	meaning	mean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 fall	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	10 meaning	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sitting	punct
13	especially	especially	ADV	_	14 sitting	advmod
14	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 meaning	conj
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 sitting	compound:prt
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Nod	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	nod off	imperative	you not said here		vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	fall	to-infinitive	you not said here	asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	mean	gerund	you not said here	usually property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	sit up	gerund	you not said here	especially property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 5

Give the nod: to give permission or approval.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nod	det
3	nod	nod	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	6 give	mark
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	conj
7	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 approval	cc
9	approval	approval	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 permission	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	the nod					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nod=Theme
2	give	to-infinitive	you not said here	permission or approval					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Theme

Example 1

And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. (Torah GEN.4.16, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 went	cc
2	Cain	Cain	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 presence	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 presence	det
7	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 LORD	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 LORD	det
10	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 presence	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dwelt	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 dwelt	cc
13	dwelt	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 land	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 land	det
16	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dwelt	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Nod	case
18	Nod	Nod	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 land	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 east	punct
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 east	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 east	det
22	east	east	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dwelt	obl
23	of	of	ADP	_	24 Eden	case
24	Eden	Eden	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 east	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	past	Cain			the presence of the LORD		out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	dwell	past	Cain not said here			the land of Nod		on the east of Eden	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.4.16, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.4.16	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.4.16	compound
3	GEN.4.16	GEN.4.16	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.4.16	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.4.16	punct

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

Example 2

When I asked if she wanted ice cream, she nodded.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 asked	advmod
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 nodded	advcl
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 wanted	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wanted	nsubj
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asked	ccomp
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cream	compound
8	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wanted	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 nodded	nsubj
11	nodded	nod	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 nodded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	I		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	want a condition, not said to happen	past	she	ice cream	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cream=Theme
3	nod	past	she		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Nod if you can hear me.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nod	nod	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 hear	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 hear	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hear	aux
5	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Nod	acl
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 hear	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Nod	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	can	you	me					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus

Example 4

The teacher nodded to show we could start.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nodded	nsubj
3	nodded	nod	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 show	mark
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 nodded	xcomp
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 start	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 start	aux
8	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 show	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 nodded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	nod	past	the teacher	tree rules
2	show	to-infinitive	the teacher not said here	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	start	could	we	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 5

Grandpa nodded off in his chair after lunch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 nodded	nsubj
2	nodded	nod	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 nodded	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 chair	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 chair	nmod:poss
6	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nodded	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 lunch	case
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nodded	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nodded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nod off	past	Grandpa			Grandpa's chair	after lunch		vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Example 6

He gave me a friendly nod in the corridor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 nod	det
5	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nod	amod
6	nod	nod	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 corridor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 corridor	det
9	corridor	corridor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nod	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	He	a friendly nod	me	the corridor			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient nod=Theme

Example 7

She nodded towards the door to show where the bathroom was.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 nodded	nsubj
2	nodded	nod	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	towards	towards	ADP	_	5 door	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 door	det
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nodded	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 show	mark
7	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 nodded	advcl
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 show	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bathroom	det
10	bathroom	bathroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 where	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 where	cop
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 nodded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	nod	past	She	towards the door	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent towards door=Recipient
2	show	to-infinitive	She not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	the bathroom	where property	tree rules

Example 8

Nodding while someone talks shows you are listening.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nodding	nod	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 shows	csubj
2	while	while	SCONJ	_	4 talks	mark
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 talks	nsubj
4	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nodding	advcl
5	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 listening	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 listening	aux
8	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 shows	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	nod	gerund		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	talk	present	someone	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	show	present	Nodding	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	listen	present · progressive	you	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Example 9

The wise woman nodded her head.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nodded	nsubj
4	nodded	nod	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 head	nmod:poss
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nodded	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 nodded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nod	past	the wise woman	woman's head					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient

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