wag

Who acts: you, Wag, one, I, thou, puppy · What happens: move, shake, show, disagree, mean, skip · To what, where: side, finger, someone, school, hand, thee · Speech: someone speaks here

«wag» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: wag in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

To move quickly from side to side or up and down, especially a dog's tail.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 move	mark
2	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 move	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 side	case
5	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 move	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 side	case
7	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 up	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 up	cc
9	up	up	ADV	_	2 move	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 down	cc
11	down	down	ADV	_	9 up	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 tail	punct
13	especially	especially	ADV	_	17 tail	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dog	det
15	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 tail	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 dog	case
17	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 move	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 move	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	to-infinitive				side		quickly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from side=Trajectory

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

To shake a finger at someone to show you disagree.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 shake	mark
2	shake	shake	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 finger	det
4	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shake	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 someone	case
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 shake	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 show	mark
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 shake	advcl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 disagree	nsubj
10	disagree	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 show	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	shake	to-infinitive		a finger	someone	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent finger=Theme at someone=Trajectory
2	show	to-infinitive				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	disagree	present	you			vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

"Wag" or "wag school" means skip school without permission (Australian and New Zealand slang).

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Wag	punct
2	Wag	wag	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Wag	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 school	cc
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 school	punct
6	wag	wag	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 school	compound
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Wag	conj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 school	punct
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	skip	skip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 means	ccomp
11	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skip	obj
12	without	without	ADP	_	13 permission	case
13	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 skip	obl
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 Australian	punct
15	Australian	Australian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 permission	appos
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 slang	cc
17	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Zealand	flat
18	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 slang	compound
19	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Australian	conj
20	)	)	PUNCT	_	15 Australian	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Wag or wag school						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	skip	infinitive		school				without permission	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Agent

Example 1

Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. (Prophets ZEP.2.15, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hiss	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 passeth	nsubj
4	passeth	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 one	acl:relcl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 passeth	obl
7	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hiss	aux
8	hiss	hiss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wag	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wag	cc
11	wag	wag	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hiss	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hand	nmod:poss
13	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wag	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 hiss	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pass	present	every one		by her = she	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by she=Location
2	hiss	shall	every one			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	wag	infinitive	every one not said here	his hand		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Sentence 2: (Prophets ZEP.2.15, 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	ZEP.2.15	ZEP.2.15	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ZEP.2.15	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 ZEP.2.15	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 2

Now therefore, I pray thee, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. (Prophets 2KI.18.23, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Now therefore, I pray thee, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

The tree, 35 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 therefore	advmod
2	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	8 make	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 pray	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 pray	nsubj
5	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 therefore	advcl
6	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 pray	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 therefore	punct
8	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 wager	det
10	wager	wager	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 master	case
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 master	nmod:poss
13	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 master	appos
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 Assyria	case
17	Assyria	Assyria	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 king	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 give	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 give	cc
20	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 give	nsubj
21	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 give	aux
22	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 make	conj
23	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	22 give	iobj
24	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	25 thousand	compound
25	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	26 horses	nummod
26	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 give	obj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 able	punct
28	if	if	SCONJ	_	31 able	mark
29	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	31 able	nsubj
30	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	31 able	cop
31	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 give	advcl
32	on	on	ADP	_	34 part	case
33	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	34 part	nmod:poss
34	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 able	obl
35	to	to	PART	_	36 set	mark
36	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 part	acl
37	riders	rider	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 set	obj
38	upon	upon	ADP	_	39 them	case
39	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 set	obl
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	pray	present	I	thee				tree rules
2	make	imperative	you not said here	a wager			with my master; therefore property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wager=Product
3	give	future	I	thousand horses	thee			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient horse=Theme
4	is a condition, not said to happen	infinitive	thou			thy part	able property	tree rules
5	set	to-infinitive	thou not said here	riders			upon riders = rider	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent rider=Theme upon they=Destination

Sentence 2: (Prophets 2KI.18.23, 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	2KI.18.23	2KI.18.23	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Prophets	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 1917	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 1917	nmod:unmarked
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 2KI.18.23	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 3

Now therefore, I pray thee, make a wager with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. (Prophets ISA.36.8, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Now therefore, I pray thee, make a wager with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

The tree, 35 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 therefore	advmod
2	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	8 make	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 pray	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 pray	nsubj
5	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 therefore	advcl
6	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	5 pray	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 therefore	punct
8	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 wager	det
10	wager	wager	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 master	case
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 master	nmod:poss
13	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 king	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 master	appos
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Assyria	case
18	Assyria	Assyria	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 king	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 give	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 give	cc
21	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 give	nsubj
22	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 give	aux
23	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 make	conj
24	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	23 give	iobj
25	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	26 thousand	compound
26	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	27 horses	nummod
27	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 give	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 able	punct
29	if	if	SCONJ	_	32 able	mark
30	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	32 able	nsubj
31	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	32 able	cop
32	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 give	advcl
33	on	on	ADP	_	35 part	case
34	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	35 part	nmod:poss
35	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 able	obl
36	to	to	PART	_	37 set	mark
37	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 part	acl
38	riders	rider	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 set	obj
39	upon	upon	ADP	_	40 them	case
40	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 set	obl
41	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	pray	present	I	thee				tree rules
2	make	imperative	you not said here	a wager			with my master; therefore property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wager=Product
3	give	future	I	thousand horses	thee			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient horse=Theme
4	is a condition, not said to happen	infinitive	thou			thy part	able property	tree rules
5	set	to-infinitive	thou not said here	riders			upon riders = rider	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent rider=Theme upon they=Destination

Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.36.8, 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.36.8	ISA.36.8	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ISA.36.8	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 ISA.36.8	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 4

The puppy wagged its tail when I came home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 puppy	det
2	puppy	puppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wagged	nsubj
3	wagged	wag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tail	nmod:poss
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wagged	obj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 came	advmod
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wagged	advcl
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 came	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wagged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	past	the puppy	puppy's tail					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient
2	come	past	I					home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

A wagging tail doesn't always mean a happy dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tail	det
2	wagging	wag	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 tail	amod
3	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mean	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 mean	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 mean	advmod
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 mean	advmod
7	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dog	det
9	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dog	amod
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mean	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	gerund							vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not mean	present · do-support	a wagging tail	a happy dog				always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic

Example 6

Grandma wagged her finger at me.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wagged	nsubj
2	wagged	wag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 finger	nmod:poss
4	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wagged	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 me	case
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 wagged	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wagged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	past	Grandma	Grandma's finger				at me	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient

Example 7

Tongues will wag if you do that.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tongues	tongue	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wag	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 wag	aux
3	wag	wag	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 do	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wag	advcl
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 do	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wag	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	future	Tongues						vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	do a condition, not said to happen	present	you	that					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality

Example 8

The dog's whole body wagged with joy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 body	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 dog	case
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 body	amod
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wagged	nsubj
6	wagged	wag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 joy	case
8	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wagged	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 wagged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wag	past	the dog's whole body					with joy	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 9

Always ask before you pat a dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 ask	advmod
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	before	before	SCONJ	_	5 pat	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 pat	nsubj
5	pat	pat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ask	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dog	det
7	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pat	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here					always property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pat	present	you	a dog					vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Experiencer

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