tottering

Who acts: you, hand, ye, that, She, girl · What happens: totter, mean, fall, move, stand, strengthen · To what, where: weak legs, ye, firm, me, knees, man

«tottering» 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: tottering in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Tottering means unsteady and about to fall, moving or standing on weak or shaky legs.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tottering	totter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	unsteady	unsteady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 about	cc
5	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 unsteady	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fall	mark
7	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 about	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 moving	punct
9	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 means	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 standing	cc
11	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 moving	conj
12	on	on	ADP	_	16 legs	case
13	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 legs	amod
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 shaky	cc
15	shaky	shaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 weak	conj
16	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 standing	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	totter	gerund			vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present		unsteady property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	fall	to-infinitive			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	move	gerund			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
5	stand	gerund	weak legs		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on leg=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

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and make firm the tottering knees. (Prophets ISA.35.3, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Strengthen ye the weak hands, and make firm the tottering knees.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strengthen	strengthen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	1 Strengthen	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hands	det
4	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hands	amod
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Strengthen	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 make	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 make	cc
8	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Strengthen	conj
9	firm	firm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 knees	det
11	tottering	tottering	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 knees	compound
12	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 make	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Strengthen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strengthen	imperative	you not said here	ye					tree rules
2	make	infinitive	you not said here	firm					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset firm=Beneficiary knee=Product

Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.35.3, 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.35.3	ISA.35.3	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ISA.35.3	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 ISA.35.3	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 2

And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me tottering upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. (Writings DAN.10.10, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And, behold, a hand touched me, which set me tottering upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	7 touched	cc
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 touched	punct
3	behold	behold	INTJ	_	7 touched	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 touched	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hand	det
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 touched	nsubj
7	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 touched	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 set	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 set	nsubj
11	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 touched	conj
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 set	obj
13	tottering	totter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 set	advcl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 knees	case
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 knees	nmod:poss
16	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 tottering	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 palms	cc
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	20 palms	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 palms	det
20	palms	palm	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 set	conj
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 hands	case
22	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 hands	nmod:poss
23	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 palms	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 touched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	touch	past	a hand	me		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme
2	set	past		me		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient i=Result
3	totter	gerund			my knees	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon knee=Location

Sentence 2: (Writings DAN.10.10, 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	DAN.10.10	DAN.10.10	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DAN.10.10	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 DAN.10.10	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 3

How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may slay him, all of you, as a leaning wall, a tottering fence? (Writings PSA.62.4, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: How long will ye set upon a man, that ye may slay him, all of you, as a leaning wall, a tottering fence?

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 long	advmod
2	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 set	advmod
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 set	aux
4	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 set	nsubj
5	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 man	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 man	det
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 set	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 slay	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 slay	nsubj
11	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	13 slay	nsubj
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 slay	aux
13	slay	slay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 set	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 slay	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 all	punct
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 slay	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 you	case
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 all	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 wall	punct
20	as	as	ADP	_	23 wall	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 wall	det
22	leaning	lean	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 wall	amod
23	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 slay	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 fence	punct
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 fence	det
26	tottering	tottering	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 fence	compound
27	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 wall	conj
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	set	future	ye		upon a man; long property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon man=Destination
2	slay	may	that	man	as a leaning wall and a tottering fence; all obl	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	lean	gerund				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.62.4, 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.62.4	PSA.62.4	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.62.4	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.62.4	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 4

She went tottering to her room.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	tottering	totter	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 went	xcomp
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 room	nmod:poss
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tottering	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	She						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	totter	gerund	She not said here			her room			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to room=Destination

Example 5

The tottering nurse was helped by a girl.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nurse	det
2	tottering	tottering	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nurse	compound
3	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helped	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 helped	aux:pass
5	helped	help	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 girl	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 girl	det
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helped	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 helped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past · passive	a girl	the tottering nurse					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary

Example 6

The king came tottering down from the throne.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tottering	totter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 came	advcl
5	down	down	ADV	_	4 tottering	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 throne	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 throne	det
8	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tottering	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the king						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	totter down	gerund	the king not said here			the throne		down property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from throne=Trajectory

Example 7

A tottering tower of blocks fell over.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tower	det
2	tottering	tottering	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tower	compound
3	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fell	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 blocks	case
5	blocks	block	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tower	nmod
6	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	over	over	ADV	_	6 fell	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall over	past	a tottering tower of blocks					over property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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