philistine

Who acts: Philistines, ancient people, Goliath, philistine, person, Abishai · What happens: be, live, not care, understand, mean, draw · To what, where: ancient people, coast, war, Philistine, person, art · Speech: someone speaks here

«philistine» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 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: philistine in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: Bible — kept apart, not parsed.

The Philistines were an ancient people who lived along the coast of Canaan and were often at war with the Israelites; Goliath was a Philistine.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Philistines	det
2	Philistines	Philistine	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 people	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 people	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 people	det
5	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 lived	nsubj
8	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 people	acl:relcl
9	along	along	ADP	_	11 coast	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 coast	det
11	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lived	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 Canaan	case
13	Canaan	Canaan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 coast	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 war	cc
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 war	cop
16	often	often	ADV	_	18 war	advmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 war	case
18	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lived	conj
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 Israelites	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Israelites	det
21	Israelites	Israelite	PROPN	Number=Plur	18 war	nmod
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 Philistine	punct
23	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 Philistine	nsubj
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 Philistine	cop
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 Philistine	det
26	Philistine	philistine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 people	conj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 people	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the Philistines	a ancient people and a Philistine			tree rules
2	live	past	a ancient people and a Philistine		the coast of Canaan		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along coast=Location
3	is	past	a ancient people and a Philistine not said here		war	with the Israelites; often property	tree rules
4	is a	past	Goliath	a Philistine			tree rules

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 philistine is a person who does not care about or understand art, music, books or culture.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 philistine	det
2	philistine	philistine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 care	nsubj
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 care	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 care	advmod
9	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 person	acl:relcl
10	about	about	ADP	_	9 care	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 understand	cc
12	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 care	conj
13	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 understand	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 music	punct
15	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 books	punct
17	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 person	appos
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 culture	cc
19	culture	culture	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 books	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a philistine	a person and music	tree rules
2	not care	present · do-support	a person and music		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	understand	infinitive	a person and music not said here	art	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer art=Stimulus

Meaning 3

As an adjective, philistine means not caring about art and culture.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADP	_	3 adjective	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adjective	det
3	adjective	adjective	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 adjective	punct
5	philistine	philistine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 caring	advmod
8	caring	care	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 means	xcomp
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 art	case
10	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caring	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 culture	cc
12	culture	culture	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 art	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	philistine					as a adjective	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not care not said to happen	gerund	philistine not said here					about art and culture	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about art=Stimulus

Example 1

And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. (Prophets 1SA.17.16, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 drew	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Philistine	det
3	Philistine	Philistine	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 drew	nsubj
4	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	near	near	ADP	_	6 morning	case
6	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drew	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 evening	cc
8	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 morning	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 presented	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 presented	cc
11	presented	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 drew	conj
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 presented	obj
13	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 days	nummod
14	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 presented	obl:unmarked
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 drew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	the Philistine				morning		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	present	past	the Philistine not said here	Philistine			day		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme

Sentence 2: (Prophets 1SA.17.16, 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	1SA.17.16	1SA.17.16	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 1SA.17.16	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 2

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. (Prophets 2SA.21.17, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	7 succoured	cc
2	Abishai	Abishai	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 succoured	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 son	det
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Abishai	appos
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 Zeruiah	case
6	Zeruiah	Zeruiah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 son	nmod
7	succoured	succour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 succoured	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 smote	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 smote	cc
11	smote	smite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 succoured	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Philistine	det
13	Philistine	Philistine	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 smote	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 killed	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 killed	cc
16	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 succoured	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 killed	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 succoured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	succour	past	Abishai	Zeruiah	tree rules
2	smite	past	Abishai not said here	the Philistine	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus philistine=Experiencer
3	kill	past	Abishai not said here	Zeruiah	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Sentence 2: (Prophets 2SA.21.17, 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	2SA.21.17	2SA.21.17	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 2SA.21.17	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 3

And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. (Prophets 1SA.17.11, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	16 dismayed	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 heard	advmod
3	Saul	Saul	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 heard	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Israel	cc
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 Israel	det
6	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Saul	conj
7	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 dismayed	advcl
8	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	9 words	det
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 heard	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Philistine	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Philistine	det
12	Philistine	Philistine	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 words	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 heard	punct
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 dismayed	nsubj
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 dismayed	aux:pass
16	dismayed	dismay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 afraid	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 afraid	cc
19	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	20 afraid	advmod
20	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 dismayed	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 dismayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hear	past	Saul and all Israel	that words of the Philistine	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	dismay	past · passive		Saul	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
3	word			the Philistine	nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

Sentence 2: (Prophets 1SA.17.11, 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	1SA.17.11	1SA.17.11	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 1SA.17.11	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 4

(Bible) David killed Goliath, the Philistine giant, with a sling and a stone.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Bible	punct
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 killed	obl
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Bible	punct
4	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 killed	nsubj
5	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Goliath	Goliath	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 killed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 giant	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 giant	det
9	Philistine	Philistine	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 giant	compound
10	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Goliath	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sling	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 sling	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 sling	det
14	sling	sling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 killed	parataxis
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 stone	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 stone	det
17	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sling	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 killed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	past	David	Bible					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goliath=Theme

Example 5

(Bible) Samson fought against the Philistines.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Bible	punct
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fought	nsubj
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Bible	punct
4	Samson	Samson	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Bible	flat
5	fought	fight	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	against	against	ADP	_	8 Philistines	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Philistines	det
8	Philistines	Philistine	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 fought	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 fought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fight	past	Bible					against the Philistines	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

The Philistines lived on the coast near Gaza.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Philistines	det
2	Philistines	Philistine	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 coast	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coast	det
6	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
7	near	near	ADP	_	8 Gaza	case
8	Gaza	Gaza	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the Philistines			the coast		near Gaza	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on coast=Location

Example 7

My uncle calls anyone who doesn't like opera a philistine.

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 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calls	nsubj
3	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 calls	obj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 like	nsubj
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 like	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 like	advmod
8	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 anyone	acl:relcl
9	opera	opera	ADP	_	11 philistine	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 philistine	det
11	philistine	philistine	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 like	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 calls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	My uncle		anyone				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient
2	not like	present · do-support						opera a philistine	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Example 8

Only a philistine would paint over that beautiful old mural.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 philistine	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 philistine	det
3	philistine	philistine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paint	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 paint	aux
5	paint	paint	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	10 mural	case
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 mural	nsubj
8	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 mural	amod
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 mural	amod
10	mural	mural	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paint	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 paint	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	would	a philistine			beautiful old mural			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent over mural=Destination

Example 9

"Museums are boring," said Ben. "You philistine!" laughed his sister.

Sentence 1: "Museums are boring," said Ben. "

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 boring	punct
2	Museums	museum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 boring	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 boring	cop
4	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 boring	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 boring	punct
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 boring	conj
8	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 boring	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 boring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Museums					boring property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	Ben						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: You philistine!" laughed his sister.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 philistine	nsubj
2	philistine	philistine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laughed	parataxis
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 philistine	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 philistine	punct
5	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sister	nmod:poss
7	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laughed	iobj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	philistine		You						tree rules
2	laugh in a quote	past			Ben's sister				tree rules

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