shred

Who acts: one, gourds, Mum, dog, shred, Dad · What happens: tear, cut, destroy, play, skate, surf · To what, where: small thin piece, something, small thin pieces, papers, guitar, field · Speech: someone speaks here

«shred» in the Judaism dictionary: its 5 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: shred in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

A small, thin piece torn or cut from something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 piece	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 piece	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 small	punct
4	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 piece	amod
5	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 piece	acl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 cut	cc
8	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 torn	conj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 something	case
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 cut	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 piece	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	participle		a small thin piece not said here					vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cut	participle				something			vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from something=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

A very small amount.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 amount	det
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 small	advmod
3	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 amount	amod
4	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 amount	punct

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

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"not a shred of evidence".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 shred	punct
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 shred	advmod
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 shred	det
4	shred	shred	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 evidence	case
6	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shred	nmod
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 shred	punct
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 shred	punct

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

Meaning 3

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To tear or cut something into small thin pieces.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 tear	mark
2	tear	tear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 cut	cc
4	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 tear	conj
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 cut	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 pieces	case
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pieces	amod
8	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pieces	amod
9	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cut	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	to-infinitive							vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cut	infinitive		something		small thin pieces			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent something=Material into piece=Product

Meaning 4

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To destroy papers with a shredding machine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 destroy	mark
2	destroy	destroy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	papers	paper	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 destroy	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 machine	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 machine	det
6	shredding	shredding	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 machine	compound
7	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 destroy	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 destroy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy	to-infinitive		papers				with a shredding machine	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent paper=Patient with machine=Instrument

Meaning 5

Usage: slang — kept apart, not parsed.

To play guitar very fast and well, or to skate or surf very well; "shredded" also means very muscly.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 play	mark
2	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 means	advcl
3	guitar	guitar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 play	obj
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 fast	advmod
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 play	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 well	cc
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 fast	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 skate	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 skate	cc
10	to	to	PART	_	11 skate	mark
11	skate	skate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 play	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 surf	cc
13	surf	surf	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 skate	conj
14	very	very	ADV	_	15 well	advmod
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 surf	advmod
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 shredded	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 shredded	punct
18	shredded	shred	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 means	csubj
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 shredded	punct
20	also	also	ADV	_	21 means	advmod
21	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
22	very	very	ADV	_	23 muscly	advmod
23	muscly	muscly	ADV	_	21 means	advmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	play	to-infinitive	guitar	fast property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guitar=Theme
2	skate	to-infinitive			vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	surf	infinitive		well property	tree rules
4	shred in a quote	past			vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
5	mean	present		muscly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Example 1

And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not. (Prophets 2KI.4.39, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not.

The tree, 38 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 went	cc
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 field	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 field	det
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 gather	mark
9	gather	gather	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 went	advcl
10	herbs	herb	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 gather	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 found	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 found	cc
13	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	parataxis
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 vine	det
15	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 vine	amod
16	vine	vine	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 found	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 gathered	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 gathered	cc
19	gathered	gather	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 found	conj
20	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	22 gourds	advmod
21	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 gourds	amod
22	gourds	gourd	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 gathered	obj
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 lap	nmod:poss
24	lap	lap	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gourds	conj
25	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 lap	amod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 came	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 came	cc
28	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 gathered	conj
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 shred	cc
30	shred	shr	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 came	conj
31	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 shred	obj
32	into	into	ADP	_	34 pot	case
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 pot	det
34	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 shred	obl
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 pottage	case
36	pottage	pottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 pot	nmod
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 knew	punct
38	for	for	SCONJ	_	40 knew	mark
39	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 knew	nsubj
40	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	parataxis
41	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 knew	obj
42	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	40 knew	advmod
43	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go out	past	one		the field	out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	gather	to-infinitive	one not said here	herbs			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herb=Theme
3	find	past		a wild vine			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vine=Topic
4	gather	past		wild gourds and his lap			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gourd=Theme
5	come	past					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	shr	past		gourds = gourd	the pot of pottage		tree rules
7	not know	past	gourds = gourd	herbs = herb			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Sentence 2: (Prophets 2KI.4.39, 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.4.39	2KI.4.39	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.4.39	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 2

Mum shredded the cheese for the pizza.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shredded	nsubj
2	shredded	shred	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cheese	det
4	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shredded	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 pizza	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pizza	det
7	pizza	pizza	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shredded	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shredded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shred	past	Mum	the cheese				for the pizza	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheese=Patient

Example 3

The dog tore my homework to shreds!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tore	nsubj
3	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 homework	nmod:poss
5	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tore	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 shreds	case
7	shreds	shred	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tore	obl
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 tore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore	past	the dog	my homework				to shreds	tree rules

Example 4

There is not a shred of evidence that he did it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 is	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 shred	det
5	shred	shred	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 evidence	case
7	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shred	nmod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 did	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 did	nsubj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 evidence	acl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 did	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 is	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not be	present	a shred of evidence			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

Dad shredded the old bank letters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shredded	nsubj
2	shredded	shred	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 letters	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 letters	amod
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 letters	compound
6	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shredded	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shredded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shred	past	Dad	the old bank letters					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient

Example 6

Her dress was in shreds after the storm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dress	nmod:poss
2	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shreds	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 shreds	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 shreds	case
5	shreds	shred	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 storm	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 storm	det
8	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shreds	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 shreds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her dress			shreds	after the storm		tree rules

Example 7

That guitarist can really shred! (slang)

Sentence 1: That guitarist can really shred!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 guitarist	det
2	guitarist	guitarist	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shred	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 shred	aux
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 shred	advmod
5	shred	shred	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 shred	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shred	can	that guitarist						vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Sentence 2: (slang)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct
2	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 slang	punct

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

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