totter

Who acts: you, knees, flesh, eyes, these, priest · What happens: be, stand, fall over, totter, fast, have · To what, where: fatness, eyes, loins, stagger, wine, strong drink

«totter» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning 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: totter in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

To totter is to walk or stand unsteadily, as if about to fall over, because you are weak, old or tired.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 totter	mark
2	totter	totter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 walk	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 walk	mark
5	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 stand	cc
7	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 walk	conj
8	unsteadily	unsteadily	ADV	_	7 stand	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fall	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 fall	mark
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 fall	mark
12	about	about	ADV	_	14 fall	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 fall	mark
14	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 walk	advcl
15	over	over	ADV	_	14 fall	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 weak	punct
17	because	because	SCONJ	_	20 weak	mark
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 weak	nsubj
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 weak	cop
20	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 walk	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 old	punct
22	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 weak	conj
23	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 tired	cc
24	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 weak	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present		walk property	tree rules
2	stand	infinitive		unsteadily property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	fall over	to-infinitive		about, over property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	you	weak property	tree rules
5	be		you not said here		tree rules
6	be		you not said here		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.

Example 1

My knees totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness. (Writings PSA.109.24, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: My knees totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness.

The tree, 14 words

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 knees	nmod:poss
2	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 totter	nsubj
3	totter	totter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	through	through	SCONJ	_	5 fasting	mark
5	fasting	fast	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 totter	advcl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 lean	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lean	cc
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 flesh	nmod:poss
9	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lean	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 lean	cop
11	lean	lean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 totter	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hath	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 hath	cc
14	hath	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 totter	parataxis
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 fatness	det
16	fatness	fatness	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hath	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 totter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	totter	present	My knees			vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fast	gerund	My knees not said here			tree rules
3	is	present	my flesh		lean property	tree rules
4	have	present		no fatness		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fatness=Patient

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.109.24, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	PSA.109.24	PSA.109.24	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.109.24	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.109.24	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 2

Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter. (Writings PSA.69.24, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eyes	nmod:poss
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Let	obj
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 darkened	aux:pass
5	darkened	darken	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Let	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 see	punct
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 see	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	nsubj
9	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	parataxis
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 see	advmod
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 make	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 make	cc
13	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Let	parataxis
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 loins	nmod:poss
15	loins	loin	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 make	obj
16	continually	continually	ADV	_	18 totter	advmod
17	to	to	PART	_	18 totter	mark
18	totter	totter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 make	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	their eyes		tree rules
2	darken	infinitive · passive	their eyes not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»
3	not see	present	eyes = eye			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	make	infinitive		eyes's loins	totter obl	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset loin=Product

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.69.24, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	PSA.69.24	PSA.69.24	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.69.24	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.69.24	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 3

But these also reel through wine, and stagger through strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel through strong drink, they are confused because of wine, they stagger because of strong drink; they reel in vision, they totter in judgment. (Prophets ISA.28.7, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: But these also reel through wine, and stagger through strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel through strong drink, they are confused because of wine, they stagger because of strong drink; they reel in vision, they totter in judgment.

The tree, 40 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	4 reel	cc
2	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 reel	nsubj
3	also	also	ADV	_	4 reel	advmod
4	reel	reel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	through	through	ADP	_	6 wine	case
6	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reel	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stagger	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stagger	cc
9	stagger	stagger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reel	obl
10	through	through	ADP	_	12 drink	case
11	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 drink	amod
12	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stagger	nmod
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 reel	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 priest	det
15	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 reel	nsubj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 prophet	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 prophet	det
18	prophet	prophet	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 priest	conj
19	reel	reel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reel	parataxis
20	through	through	ADP	_	22 drink	case
21	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 drink	amod
22	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 reel	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 confused	punct
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 confused	nsubj
25	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 confused	cop
26	confused	confused	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 reel	conj
27	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	29 wine	case
28	of	of	ADP	_	27 because	fixed
29	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 confused	obl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 stagger	punct
31	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 stagger	nsubj
32	stagger	stagger	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 reel	conj
33	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	36 drink	case
34	of	of	ADP	_	33 because	fixed
35	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 drink	amod
36	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 stagger	obl
37	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 reel	punct
38	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 reel	nsubj
39	reel	reel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reel	parataxis
40	in	in	ADP	_	41 vision	case
41	vision	vision	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 reel	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 totter	punct
43	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 totter	nsubj
44	totter	totter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 reel	conj
45	in	in	ADP	_	46 judgment	case
46	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 totter	obl
47	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reel	present	these	stagger through strong drink	wine		vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	reel	present	the priest and the prophet		strong drink		vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	is	present	priest			because wine; confused property	tree rules
4	stagger	present	priest			because strong drink	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
5	reel	present	priest		vision		vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient
6	totter	present	priest		judgment		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in judgment=Location

Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.28.7, 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	ISA.28.7	ISA.28.7	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ISA.28.7	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 ISA.28.7	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 4

The old man began to totter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 began	nsubj
4	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 totter	mark
6	totter	totter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 began	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 began	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	begin	past	the old man						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	totter	to-infinitive	the old man not said here						vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

The baby tottered across the room on wobbly legs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	tottered	totter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 baby	acl
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tottered	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 legs	case
8	wobbly	wobbly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 legs	amod
9	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 room	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 baby	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	totter	participle		the baby not said here		the room on wobbly legs			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across room=Trajectory

Example 6

The tired dancers tottered at the end.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dancers	det
2	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dancers	amod
3	dancers	dancer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tottered	nsubj
4	tottered	totter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 end	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 end	det
7	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tottered	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tottered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	totter	past	the tired dancers				at the end		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location

Example 7

He tottered down the stairs after the shock.

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 tottered	nsubj
2	tottered	totter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	5 stairs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stairs	det
5	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tottered	obl
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 shock	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shock	det
8	shock	shock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tottered	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tottered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	totter	past	He			the stairs	after the shock		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down stair=Trajectory

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