Who acts: Phinehas, quiver, thou, he, shields, hunters · What happens: use, throw, stab, push, point, spear · To what, where: long weapon, hunting, something, food, priest, midst
«spear» in the Judaism dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 13 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: spear in the Judaism dictionary.
Meaning 1
A long weapon or tool with a pointed tip, used for throwing or stabbing, especially for hunting or fishing.
The tree, 19 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
3 weapon
det
2
long
long
ADJ
Degree=Pos
3 weapon
amod
3
weapon
weapon
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
4
or
or
CCONJ
_
5 tool
cc
5
tool
tool
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 weapon
conj
6
with
with
ADP
_
9 tip
case
7
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
9 tip
det
8
pointed
pointed
ADJ
Degree=Pos
9 tip
amod
9
tip
tip
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 tool
nmod
10
,
,
PUNCT
_
11 used
punct
11
used
use
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
3 weapon
acl:relcl
12
for
for
SCONJ
_
13 throwing
mark
13
throwing
throw
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
11 used
advcl
14
or
or
CCONJ
_
15 stabbing
cc
15
stabbing
stab
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
13 throwing
conj
16
,
,
PUNCT
_
19 hunting
punct
17
especially
especially
ADV
_
19 hunting
advmod
18
for
for
ADP
_
19 hunting
case
19
hunting
hunting
NOUN
Number=Sing
15 stabbing
obj
20
or
or
CCONJ
_
21 fishing
cc
21
fishing
fishing
NOUN
Number=Sing
19 hunting
conj
22
.
.
PUNCT
_
3 weapon
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
use
participle
a long weapon or tool with a pointed tip not said here
vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2
throw
gerund
vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3
stab
gerund
hunting or fishing
vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunting=Patient
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 long thin pointed shoot of a plant, such as a spear of asparagus.
The tree, 14 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
A
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
5 shoot
det
2
long
long
ADJ
Degree=Pos
5 shoot
amod
3
thin
thin
ADJ
Degree=Pos
5 shoot
amod
4
pointed
pointed
ADJ
Degree=Pos
5 shoot
amod
5
shoot
shoot
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
6
of
of
ADP
_
8 plant
case
7
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
8 plant
det
8
plant
plant
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 shoot
nmod
9
,
,
PUNCT
_
13 spear
punct
10
such
such
ADJ
Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP
13 spear
case
11
as
as
ADP
_
10 such
fixed
12
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
13 spear
det
13
spear
spear
NOUN
Number=Sing
5 shoot
conj
14
of
of
ADP
_
15 asparagus
case
15
asparagus
asparagus
NOUN
Number=Sing
13 spear
nmod
16
.
.
PUNCT
_
5 shoot
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 3
To push something pointed into something, such as spearing food with a fork.
The tree, 13 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 push
mark
2
push
push
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
something
something
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
2 push
obj
4
pointed
point
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
3 something
acl
5
into
into
ADP
_
6 something
case
6
something
something
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
4 pointed
obl
7
,
,
PUNCT
_
10 spearing
punct
8
such
such
ADJ
Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ
10 spearing
mark
9
as
as
ADP
_
8 such
fixed
10
spearing
spear
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
6 something
acl
11
food
food
NOUN
Number=Sing
10 spearing
obj
12
with
with
ADP
_
14 fork
case
13
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
14 fork
det
14
fork
fork
NOUN
Number=Sing
10 spearing
obl
15
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 push
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
push
to-infinitive
something
vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2
point
participle
something
vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into something=Recipient
3
spear
gerund
food
with a fork
vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent food=Patient with fork=Instrument
Meaning 4
To catch or hunt with a spear.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 catch
mark
2
catch
catch
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
or
or
CCONJ
_
4 hunt
cc
4
hunt
hunt
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
2 catch
conj
5
with
with
ADP
_
7 spear
case
6
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
7 spear
det
7
spear
spear
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 hunt
obl
8
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 catch
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
catch
to-infinitive
vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2
hunt
infinitive
with a spear
vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand. (Torah NUM.25.7, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand.
The tree, 31 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent spear=Theme from foe=Source
Text: the Judaism dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.