oppress

Who acts: thou, ye, stranger, I, Egyptians, children · What happens: oppress, be, keep, not oppress, know, see · To what, where: people, hard control, stranger, land, heart, strangers

«oppress» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning 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: oppress in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

To oppress people is to treat them cruelly and unfairly, keeping them under hard control.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 oppress	mark
2	oppress	oppress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 treat	advcl
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 oppress	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 treat	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 treat	mark
6	treat	treat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 treat	obj
8	cruelly	cruelly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 treat	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 unfairly	cc
10	unfairly	unfairly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cruelly	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 keeping	punct
12	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 treat	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 keeping	obj
14	under	under	ADP	_	16 control	case
15	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 control	amod
16	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 keeping	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 treat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	oppress	to-infinitive	people			tree rules
2	is	present			cruelly, treat property	tree rules
3	keep	gerund	people	hard control		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme under control=Location

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

And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Torah EXO.22.21, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	7 wrong	cc
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stranger	det
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wrong	nsubj
4	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	7 wrong	aux
5	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	7 wrong	nsubj
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 wrong	advmod
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 oppress	punct
9	neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	12 oppress	cc:preconj
10	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	12 oppress	aux
11	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	12 oppress	nsubj
12	oppress	oppress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wrong	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 oppress	obj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 strangers	punct
15	for	for	ADP	_	18 strangers	case
16	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	18 strangers	nsubj
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 strangers	cop
18	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 oppress	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 land	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 land	det
21	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 strangers	nmod
22	of	of	ADP	_	23 Egypt	case
23	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 land	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oppress	shall	thou	stranger					tree rules
2	is	past	ye			the land of Egypt		for strangers	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah EXO.22.21, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.22.21	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.22.21	compound
3	EXO.22.21	EXO.22.21	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.22.21	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.22.21	punct

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

Example 2

And a stranger shalt thou not oppress; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Torah EXO.23.9, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And a stranger shalt thou not oppress; for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	7 oppress	cc
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stranger	det
3	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 oppress	nsubj
4	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	7 oppress	aux
5	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	7 oppress	nsubj
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 oppress	advmod
7	oppress	oppress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 know	punct
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 know	mark
10	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	11 know	nsubj
11	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 oppress	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 heart	det
13	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 know	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 stranger	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 stranger	det
16	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 heart	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 seeing	punct
18	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 know	advcl
19	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	21 strangers	nsubj
20	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 strangers	cop
21	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 seeing	obj
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 land	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 land	det
24	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 strangers	nmod
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 Egypt	case
26	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 land	nmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 oppress	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not oppress	shall	a stranger			tree rules
2	know	infinitive	ye	the heart of a stranger		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer heart=Stimulus
3	see	gerund	ye not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is a	past	ye	strangers	the land of Egypt	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah EXO.23.9, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.23.9	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.23.9	compound
3	EXO.23.9	EXO.23.9	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.23.9	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.23.9	punct

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

Example 3

And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto Me; moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. (Torah EXO.3.9, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto Me; moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	7 cry	cc
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 cry	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 behold	punct
4	behold	behold	INTJ	_	7 cry	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cry	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cry	det
7	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 come	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 children	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 children	det
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cry	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Israel	case
12	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 children	nmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 come	aux:pass
14	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	unto	unto	ADP	_	16 Me	case
16	Me	Me	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 come	obl
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 seen	punct
18	moreover	moreover	ADV	_	21 seen	advmod
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 seen	nsubj
20	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 seen	aux
21	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 come	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 oppression	det
23	oppression	oppression	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 seen	obj
24	wherewith	wherewith	ADV	PronType=Int	27 oppress	advmod
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 Egyptians	det
26	Egyptians	Egyptian	PROPN	Number=Plur	27 oppress	nsubj
27	oppress	oppress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 seen	advcl
28	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 oppress	obj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	come	present · passive		the cry of the children of Israel	unto Me	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	see	present · perfect	I	the oppression	moreover property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oppression=Stimulus
3	oppress	infinitive	the Egyptians	children = child	wherewith property	tree rules
4	cry		the children of Israel			nom cry «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Sentence 2: (Torah EXO.3.9, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.3.9	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.3.9	compound
3	EXO.3.9	EXO.3.9	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.3.9	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.3.9	punct

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

Example 4

From the wicked that oppress, my deadly enemies, that compass me about. (Writings PSA.17.9, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: From the wicked that oppress, my deadly enemies, that compass me about.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	3 wicked	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wicked	det
3	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 oppress	nsubj
5	oppress	oppress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wicked	acl:relcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 enemies	punct
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 enemies	nmod:poss
8	deadly	deadly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 enemies	amod
9	enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wicked	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 compass	punct
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 compass	det
12	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 enemies	conj
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 compass	nmod
14	about	about	ADV	_	9 enemies	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oppress	infinitive							tree rules

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.17.9, 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.17.9	PSA.17.9	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.17.9	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.17.9	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 5

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! (Prophets ZEP.3.1, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Woe	woe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	6 filthy	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 filthy	nmod:poss
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 filthy	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 filthy	cop
6	filthy	filthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Woe	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 polluted	cc
8	polluted	pollute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 filthy	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 city	punct
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 city	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 city	det
12	oppressing	oppress	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 city	amod
13	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 polluted	obl
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Woe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	that	filthy property	tree rules
2	pollute	participle	that not said here	to the oppressing city	tree rules
3	oppress	gerund			tree rules

Sentence 2: (Prophets ZEP.3.1, 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	ZEP.3.1	ZEP.3.1	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ZEP.3.1	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 ZEP.3.1	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 6

Be surety for Thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me. (Writings PSA.119.122, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Be surety for Thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 surety	cop
2	surety	surety	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 servant	case
4	Thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 servant	nmod:poss
5	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 surety	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 good	case
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 servant	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 let	punct
9	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 surety	appos
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 proud	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 proud	det
12	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 let	xcomp
13	oppress	oppress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 let	xcomp
14	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 oppress	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 surety	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	imperative	you not said here	surety	for Thy servant for good	tree rules
2	let	infinitive			proud property	tree rules
3	oppress	infinitive		me		tree rules

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.119.122, 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.119.122	PSA.119.122	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.119.122	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.119.122	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 7

The wicked king oppressed the poor villagers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 king	amod
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oppressed	nsubj
4	oppressed	oppress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 villagers	det
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 villagers	amod
7	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 oppressed	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 oppressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oppress	past	the wicked king	the poor villagers					tree rules

Example 8

No one should oppress another person.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oppress	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 oppress	aux
4	oppress	oppress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oppress	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 oppress	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oppress	should	no one	another person					tree rules

Example 9

The people rose up against the soldiers who oppressed them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rose	nsubj
3	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 rose	compound:prt
5	against	against	ADP	_	7 soldiers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 soldiers	det
7	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rose	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 oppressed	nsubj
9	oppressed	oppress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 soldiers	acl:relcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 oppressed	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise up	past	the people			the soldiers			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against soldier=Location
2	oppress	past	the soldiers	people					tree rules

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