outwit

Who acts: they, clever little hero, Jacob, Laban, thou, I · What happens: outwit, be, not tell, flee, say, have · To what, where: someone, giant, Laban, Jacob, thou, that · Speech: someone speaks here

«outwit» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: outwit in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

To outwit someone is to beat them by being cleverer than they are, often by a trick.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 outwit	mark
2	outwit	outwit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 beat	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 outwit	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 beat	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 beat	mark
6	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 beat	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 cleverer	case
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 cleverer	cop
10	cleverer	clever	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 beat	xcomp
11	than	than	SCONJ	_	13 are	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 are	nsubj
13	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 cleverer	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 trick	punct
15	often	often	ADV	_	18 trick	advmod
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 trick	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 trick	det
18	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beat	parataxis
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 beat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	outwit	to-infinitive		someone		vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme
2	is	present			beat property	tree rules
3	is	gerund			clever property	tree rules
4	does	present	they			vn exist-47.1 «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: in tales — kept apart, not parsed.

A clever little hero outwits a giant or a fox.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hero	det
2	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hero	amod
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hero	amod
4	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 outwits	nsubj
5	outwits	outwit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 giant	det
7	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 outwits	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 fox	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fox	det
10	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 giant	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 outwits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	outwit	present	a clever little hero	a giant or a fox					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot giant=Theme

Example 1

And Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not that he fled. (Torah GEN.31.20, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, in that he told him not that he fled.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 outwitted	cc
2	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 outwitted	nsubj
3	outwitted	outwit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Laban	Laban	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 outwitted	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Aramean	det
6	Aramean	Aramean	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 outwitted	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 told	punct
8	in	in	SCONJ	_	11 told	mark
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 told	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 told	nsubj
11	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 outwitted	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 told	iobj
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 told	advmod
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 fled	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 fled	nsubj
16	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 told	ccomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 outwitted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	outwit	past	Jacob	Laban		tree rules
2	not tell speech: assert	past	Jacob		Laban	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	flee	past	Jacob			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.31.20, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.31.20	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.31.20	compound
3	GEN.31.20	GEN.31.20	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.31.20	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.31.20	punct

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

Example 2

And Laban said to Jacob: 'What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and carried away my daughters as though captives of the sword? (Torah GEN.31.26, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And Laban said to Jacob: 'What hast thou done, that thou hast outwitted me, and carried away my daughters as though captives of the sword?

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 said	cc
2	Laban	Laban	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Jacob	case
5	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 hast	punct
7	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 hast	punct
8	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 hast	obj
9	hast	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
10	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	9 hast	obj
11	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 hast	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 outwitted	punct
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 outwitted	nsubj:pass
14	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	16 outwitted	nsubj:pass
15	hast	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 outwitted	aux
16	outwitted	outwit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 said	conj
17	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 outwitted	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 carried	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 carried	cc
20	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
21	away	away	ADV	_	20 carried	advmod
22	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 daughters	nmod:poss
23	daughters	daughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 carried	obj
24	as	as	ADV	_	20 carried	advmod
25	though	though	ADP	_	26 captives	case
26	captives	captive	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 carried	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 sword	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 sword	det
29	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 captives	nmod
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Laban		Jacob		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to jacob=Recipient
2	have	present	Laban not said here	thou			tree rules
3	do	participle	thou not said here				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	outwit	present · perfect · passive		that			tree rules
5	carry away	past	Laban not said here	my daughters		though captives of the sword; away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.31.26, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.31.26	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.31.26	compound
3	GEN.31.26	GEN.31.26	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.31.26	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.31.26	punct

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

Example 3

Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and outwit me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp; (Torah GEN.31.27, JPS 1917)

The tree, 34 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wherefore	wherefore	ADV	PronType=Int	2 didst	advmod
2	didst	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	2 didst	obj
4	flee	flee	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 didst	xcomp
5	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	4 flee	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 outwit	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 outwit	cc
8	outwit	outwit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 flee	conj
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 outwit	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 tell	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tell	cc
12	didst	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 tell	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 tell	advmod
14	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 didst	conj
15	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 tell	iobj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 sent	punct
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 sent	mark
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 sent	nsubj
19	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 sent	aux
20	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 sent	aux
21	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 tell	ccomp
22	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	21 sent	obj
23	away	away	ADV	_	21 sent	advmod
24	with	with	ADP	_	25 mirth	case
25	mirth	mirth	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 sent	obl
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 songs	cc
27	with	with	ADP	_	28 songs	case
28	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 mirth	conj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 tabret	punct
30	with	with	ADP	_	31 tabret	case
31	tabret	tabret	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 songs	conj
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 harp	cc
33	with	with	ADP	_	34 harp	case
34	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 tabret	conj
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 GEN.31.27	punct
36	(	(	PUNCT	_	38 GEN.31.27	punct
37	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 GEN.31.27	compound
38	GEN.31.27	GEN.31.27	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 didst	parataxis
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 JPS	punct
40	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	38 GEN.31.27	flat
41	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	38 GEN.31.27	flat
42	)	)	PUNCT	_	38 GEN.31.27	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	do	past		thou		wherefore property	tree rules
2	flee	infinitive				secretly property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	outwit	infinitive		me			vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=Theme
4	not tell speech: assert	past · do-support			me		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic
5	send away	might · perfect	I	thee		with mirth and songs and tabret and harp; away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme

Example 4

I did not see that you were outwitting me.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 see	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 see	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 see	advmod
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 outwitting	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 outwitting	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 outwitting	aux
8	outwitting	outwit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 see	advcl
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 outwitting	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	past · do-support	I						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	outwit	past · progressive	you	me					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot i=Theme

Example 5

The little dwarf outwitted the great useless creatures.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dwarf	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dwarf	amod
3	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 outwitted	nsubj
4	outwitted	outwit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 creatures	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 creatures	amod
7	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 creatures	amod
8	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 outwitted	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 outwitted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	outwit	past	the little dwarf	the great useless creatures					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot creature=Theme

Example 6

I must outwit these fish somehow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 outwit	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 outwit	aux
3	outwit	outwit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 fish	det
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outwit	obj
6	somehow	somehow	ADV	_	3 outwit	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 outwit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	outwit	must	I	this fish				somehow property	vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fish=Theme

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