soothsaying
Who acts: act, Ye, you, old woman, Fortune telling, kind · What happens: foretell, happen, not eat, practise, soothsaie, earn · To what, where: future, divination, need, money, kind
«soothsaying» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: soothsaying in the Judaism dictionary.
Meaning 1
The act of foretelling what will happen in the future.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 act | det |
| 2 | act | act | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 4 foretelling | mark |
| 4 | foretelling | foretell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 act | acl |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 happen | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 happen | aux |
| 7 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 foretelling | ccomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 future | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 future | det |
| 10 | future | future | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 happen | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 act | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | foretell | gerund | the act not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | happen | future | the future | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in future=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
Ye shall not eat with the blood; neither shall ye practise divination nor soothsaying. (Torah LEV.19.26, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: Ye shall not eat with the blood; neither shall ye practise divination nor soothsaying.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 eat | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 eat | advmod |
| 4 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 blood | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 blood | det |
| 7 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 eat | obl |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 practise | punct |
| 9 | neither | neither | ADV | _ | 12 practise | advmod |
| 10 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 practise | aux |
| 11 | ye | ye | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 12 practise | nsubj |
| 12 | practise | practise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 eat | conj |
| 13 | divination | divination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 practise | obj |
| 14 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 15 soothsaying | cc |
| 15 | soothsaying | soothsaie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 practise | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 eat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not eat | shall | Ye | with the blood | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | practise | shall | ye | divination | neither property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | soothsaie | gerund | ye not said here | tree rules |
Sentence 2: (Torah LEV.19.26, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 LEV.19.26 | punct |
| 2 | Torah | Torah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 LEV.19.26 | compound |
| 3 | LEV.19.26 | LEV.19.26 | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 JPS | punct |
| 5 | JPS | JPS | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 LEV.19.26 | conj |
| 6 | 1917 | 1917 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 JPS | flat |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 LEV.19.26 | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 2
Are you in need of soothsaying?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 soothsaying | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 soothsaying | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 need | case |
| 4 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 soothsaying | obl |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 6 soothsaying | mark |
| 6 | soothsaying | soothsaie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 soothsaying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soothsaie | present · progressive | you | need | tree rules |
Example 3
The old woman earned money by soothsaying.
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 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 woman | amod |
| 3 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 earned | nsubj |
| 4 | earned | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 earned | obj |
| 6 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 7 soothsaying | mark |
| 7 | soothsaying | soothsaie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 earned | advcl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 earned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | earn | past | the old woman | money | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ||||
| 2 | soothsaie | gerund | the old woman not said here | tree rules |
Example 4
Fortune-telling is a kind of soothsaying.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 telling | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fortune | punct |
| 3 | telling | telling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kind | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 kind | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kind | det |
| 6 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 8 soothsaying | mark |
| 8 | soothsaying | soothsaie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 kind | acl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 kind | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Fortune telling | a kind | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | soothsaie | gerund | a kind not said here | tree rules |
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