subsist Who acts: food, old custom, family, He, Birds, Subsistence farmers · What happens: subsist, be, exist, farm, grow, eat · To what, where: castaways, Many families, small fields, enough food
«subsist» 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: subsist in the Judaism dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
To subsist is to stay alive, often with very little food or money: they subsisted on bread and water.
The tree, 19 words mark csubj cop mark xcomp punct advmod case advmod amod obl cc conj punct nsubj advcl case obl cc conj punct root To PART subsist VERB is AUX to PART stay VERB alive ADJ , PUNCT often ADV with ADP very ADV little ADJ food NOUN or CCONJ money NOUN : PUNCT they PRON subsisted VERB on ADP bread NOUN and CCONJ water NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 subsist mark 2 subsist subsist VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 stay csubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 stay cop 4 to to PART _ 5 stay mark 5 stay stay VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 alive alive ADJ Degree=Pos 5 stay xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 food punct 8 often often ADV _ 12 food advmod 9 with with ADP _ 12 food case 10 very very ADV _ 11 little advmod 11 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 12 food amod 12 food food NOUN Number=Sing 5 stay obl 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 money cc 14 money money NOUN Number=Sing 12 food conj 15 : : PUNCT _ 17 subsisted punct 16 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 subsisted nsubj 17 subsisted subsist VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 stay advcl 18 on on ADP _ 19 bread case 19 bread bread NOUN Number=Sing 17 subsisted obl 20 and and CCONJ _ 21 water cc 21 water water NOUN Number=Sing 19 bread conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 5 stay punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 subsist to-infinitive vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent 2 is present with little food or money; alive, stay property tree rules 3 subsist past food on bread and water vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on bread=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 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
To subsist is also to continue to exist: the old custom still subsists.
The tree, 13 words mark advcl cop advmod mark mark xcomp punct det amod nsubj advmod conj punct root To PART subsist VERB is AUX also ADV to PART continue VERB to PART exist VERB : PUNCT the DET old ADJ custom NOUN still ADV subsists VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 subsist mark 2 subsist subsist VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 continue advcl 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 continue cop 4 also also ADV _ 6 continue advmod 5 to to PART _ 6 continue mark 6 continue continue VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 to to PART _ 8 exist mark 8 exist exist VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 continue xcomp 9 : : PUNCT _ 14 subsists punct 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 custom det 11 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 12 custom amod 12 custom custom NOUN Number=Sing 14 subsists nsubj 13 still still ADV _ 14 subsists advmod 14 subsists subsist VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 continue conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 6 continue punct
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1 subsist to-infinitive vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent 2 is present continue property tree rules 3 exist to-infinitive vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 4 subsist present the old custom still vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The castaways subsisted on fish and coconuts.
det acl case obl cc conj punct root The DET castaways NOUN subsisted VERB on ADP fish NOUN and CCONJ coconuts NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 castaways det 2 castaways castaway NOUN Number=Plur root root 3 subsisted subsist VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 castaways acl 4 on on ADP _ 5 fish case 5 fish fish NOUN Number=Sing 3 subsisted obl 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 coconuts cc 7 coconuts coconut NOUN Number=Plur 5 fish conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 castaways punct
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1 subsist participle the castaways not said here on fish and coconuts vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on fish=Patient
Example 2 During the long winter the family subsisted on potatoes.
case det amod obl det nsubj case obl punct root During ADP the DET long ADJ winter NOUN the DET family NOUN subsisted VERB on ADP potatoes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 During during ADP _ 4 winter case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 winter det 3 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 4 winter amod 4 winter winter NOUN Number=Sing 7 subsisted obl 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 family det 6 family family NOUN Number=Sing 7 subsisted nsubj 7 subsisted subsist VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 on on ADP _ 9 potatoes case 9 potatoes potato NOUN Number=Plur 7 subsisted obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 subsisted punct
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1 subsist participle the family winter on potatoes vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on potato=Patient
Example 3 Many families once subsisted by farming small fields.
amod nsubj:pass advmod mark advcl amod obj punct root Many ADJ families NOUN once ADV subsisted VERB by SCONJ farming VERB small ADJ fields NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Many many ADJ Degree=Pos 2 families amod 2 families family NOUN Number=Plur 4 subsisted nsubj:pass 3 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 4 subsisted advmod 4 subsisted subsist VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 by by SCONJ _ 6 farming mark 6 farming farm VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 subsisted advcl 7 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 8 fields amod 8 fields field NOUN Number=Plur 6 farming obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 subsisted punct
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1 subsist participle · passive Many families once property tree rules 2 farm gerund small fields vn rear-26.2.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Patient
Example 4 He subsisted on very little money.
nsubj case advmod amod obl punct root He PRON subsisted VERB on ADP very ADV little ADJ money NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 subsisted nsubj 2 subsisted subsist VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 on on ADP _ 6 money case 4 very very ADV _ 5 little advmod 5 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 6 money amod 6 money money NOUN Number=Sing 2 subsisted obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 subsisted punct
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1 subsist past He on little money vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on money=Patient
Example 5 Birds can subsist on seeds in winter.
nsubj aux case obl case obl punct root Birds NOUN can AUX subsist VERB on ADP seeds NOUN in ADP winter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Birds bird NOUN Number=Plur 3 subsist nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 subsist aux 3 subsist subsist VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 on on ADP _ 5 seeds case 5 seeds seed NOUN Number=Plur 3 subsist obl 6 in in ADP _ 7 winter case 7 winter winter NOUN Number=Sing 3 subsist obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 subsist punct
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1 subsist can Birds winter on seeds vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent on seed=Patient
Example 6 Subsistence farmers grow just enough food to eat.
compound nsubj advmod amod obj mark acl punct root Subsistence NOUN farmers NOUN grow VERB just ADV enough ADJ food NOUN to PART eat VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Subsistence subsistence NOUN Number=Sing 2 farmers compound 2 farmers farmer NOUN Number=Plur 3 grow nsubj 3 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 just just ADV _ 5 enough advmod 5 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos 6 food amod 6 food food NOUN Number=Sing 3 grow obj 7 to to PART _ 8 eat mark 8 eat eat VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 food acl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 grow punct
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1 grow present Subsistence farmers enough food vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme 2 eat to-infinitive Subsistence farmers not said here enough food not said here vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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