whet

Who acts: I, hand, dog, that, LORD, man · What happens: whet, be, rub, take, render, recompense · To what, where: blade, stone, appetite, glittering sword, hold, judgment

«whet» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: whet in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

To whet is to sharpen a blade by rubbing it on a stone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 whet	mark
2	whet	whet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sharpen	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sharpen	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sharpen	mark
5	sharpen	sharpen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 blade	det
7	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sharpen	obj
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 rubbing	mark
9	rubbing	rub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 sharpen	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rubbing	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 stone	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 stone	det
13	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rubbing	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sharpen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	whet	to-infinitive				tree rules
2	is	present			sharpen property	tree rules
3	rub	gerund	blade	a stone		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on stone=Destination

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 whet an appetite is to make it stronger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 whet	mark
2	whet	whet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 make	advcl
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 appetite	det
4	appetite	appetite	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whet	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 make	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 make	obj
9	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 make	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whet	to-infinitive		a appetite					tree rules
2	is	present						make, strong property	tree rules

Example 1

If I whet My glittering sword, and My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to Mine adversaries, and will recompense them that hate Me. (Torah DEU.32.41, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: If I whet My glittering sword, and My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to Mine adversaries, and will recompense them that hate Me.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 whet	mark
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 whet	nsubj
3	whet	whet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 render	advcl
4	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sword	nmod:poss
5	glittering	glittering	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sword	compound
6	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whet	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 take	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 take	cc
9	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hand	nmod:poss
10	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	nsubj
11	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 whet	conj
12	hold	hold	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 judgment	case
14	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	obl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 whet	punct
16	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 render	nsubj
17	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 render	aux
18	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
19	vengeance	vengeance	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 render	obj
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 adversaries	case
21	Mine	Mine	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 adversaries	compound
22	adversaries	adversary	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 vengeance	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 recompense	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 recompense	cc
25	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 recompense	aux
26	recompense	recompense	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 render	conj
27	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 recompense	obj
28	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 them	appos
29	hate	hate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	26 recompense	xcomp
30	Me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 hate	obj
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 render	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	whet a condition, not said to happen	present	I	My glittering sword			tree rules
2	take	infinitive	My hand	hold		judgment	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hold=Theme on judgment=Destination
3	render	future	I	vengeance	Mine adversaries		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent vengeance=Theme to adversary=Recipient
4	recompense	future	I not said here	adversaries = adversary			tree rules
5	hate	infinitive	I not said here	Me			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus

Sentence 2: (Torah DEU.32.41, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 DEU.32.41	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DEU.32.41	compound
3	DEU.32.41	DEU.32.41	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DEU.32.41	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 DEU.32.41	punct

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

Example 2

But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. (Torah EXO.11.7, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue, against man or beast; that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

The tree, 36 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	But	but	CCONJ	_	13 whet	cc
2	against	against	ADP	_	3 any	case
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 whet	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 children	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 any	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Israel	case
8	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 children	nmod
9	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 whet	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 whet	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dog	det
12	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 whet	nsubj
13	whet	whet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 tongue	nmod:poss
15	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 whet	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 man	punct
17	against	against	ADP	_	18 man	case
18	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 whet	obl
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 beast	cc
20	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 man	conj
21	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 know	punct
22	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 know	nsubj
23	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	25 know	nsubj
24	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 know	aux
25	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 whet	parataxis
26	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	25 know	advmod
27	that	that	SCONJ	_	30 doth	mark
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 LORD	det
29	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 doth	nsubj
30	doth	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 know	advcl
31	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	30 doth	ccomp
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 difference	det
33	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 put	obj
34	between	between	ADP	_	36 Egyptians	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Egyptians	det
36	Egyptians	Egyptian	PROPN	Number=Plur	33 difference	nmod
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 Israel	cc
38	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 Egyptians	conj
39	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 whet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not whet	shall	a dog	dog's tongue	against any; against man or beast	tree rules
2	know	may	that			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	do	present	the LORD			tree rules
4	put	infinitive	the LORD not said here	a difference	between the Egyptians and Israel	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent difference=Theme between egyptian=Destination

Sentence 2: (Torah EXO.11.7, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.11.7	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.11.7	compound
3	EXO.11.7	EXO.11.7	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.11.7	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.11.7	punct

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

Example 3

Who have whet their tongue like a sword, and have aimed their arrow, a poisoned word; (Writings PSA.64.4, JPS 1917)

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whet	whet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tongue	nmod:poss
5	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 sword	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sword	det
8	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 aimed	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 aimed	cc
11	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 aimed	aux
12	aimed	aim	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 have	parataxis
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 arrow	nmod:poss
14	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 aimed	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 word	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 word	det
17	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 word	amod
18	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 arrow	conj
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 Writings	punct
20	(	(	PUNCT	_	21 Writings	punct
21	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	parataxis
22	PSA.64.4	PSA.64.4	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Writings	appos
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 JPS	punct
24	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 PSA.64.4	flat
25	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	22 PSA.64.4	flat
26	)	)	PUNCT	_	21 Writings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	whet	like a sword	tree rules
2	aim	present · perfect	their arrow and a poisoned word		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot arrow=Theme
3	poison	participle			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 4

If a man turn not, He will whet His sword, He hath bent His bow, and made it ready; (Writings PSA.7.13, JPS 1917)

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 turn	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 man	det
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	nsubj
4	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 whet	advcl
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 turn	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 turn	punct
7	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 whet	nsubj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 whet	aux
9	whet	whet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sword	nmod:poss
11	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 whet	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hath	punct
13	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 hath	nsubj
14	hath	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 whet	parataxis
15	bent	bent	ADP	_	17 bow	case
16	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 bow	nmod:poss
17	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hath	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 made	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 made	cc
20	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 hath	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 made	obj
22	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 made	xcomp
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 Writings	punct
24	(	(	PUNCT	_	25 Writings	punct
25	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 whet	parataxis
26	PSA.7.13	PSA.7.13	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 Writings	appos
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 JPS	punct
28	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 PSA.7.13	flat
29	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	26 PSA.7.13	flat
30	)	)	PUNCT	_	25 Writings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not turn a condition, not said to happen	infinitive	a man			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	whet	future	man	man's sword		tree rules
3	have	present	man		bent man's bow	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	make	past	man not said here	sword	ready property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Example 5

that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace; none whetted his tongue against any of the children of Israel. (Prophets JOS.10.21, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace; none whetted his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 returned	mark
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 people	det:predet
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 people	det
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 returned	nsubj
5	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 camp	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 camp	det
8	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 returned	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Joshua	case
10	Joshua	Joshua	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 returned	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 Makkedah	case
12	Makkedah	Makkedah	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Joshua	nmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 peace	case
14	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 returned	obl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 whetted	punct
16	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	17 whetted	nsubj
17	whetted	whet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 returned	conj
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 tongue	nmod:poss
19	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 whetted	obj
20	against	against	ADP	_	21 any	case
21	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 whetted	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 children	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 children	det
24	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 any	nmod
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 Israel	case
26	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 children	nmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 returned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	past	all people		Joshua at Makkedah	peace		to the camp	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to camp=Initial_Location to joshua=Destination
2	whet	past	none	Makkedah's tongue				against any	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Prophets JOS.10.21, 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	JOS.10.21	JOS.10.21	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOS.10.21	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOS.10.21	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 6

He whetted the knife on a great stone.

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 whetted	nsubj
2	whetted	whet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 knife	det
4	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whetted	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 stone	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stone	det
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stone	amod
8	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whetted	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 whetted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whet	past	He	the knife		a great stone			tree rules

Example 7

The smell whetted my appetite.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 smell	det
2	smell	smell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whetted	nsubj
3	whetted	whet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 appetite	nmod:poss
5	appetite	appetite	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whetted	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 whetted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whet	past	the smell	my appetite					tree rules

Example 8

Whet the blade slowly and carefully.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whet	whet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 blade	det
3	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Whet	obj
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Whet	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 carefully	cc
6	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	4 slowly	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Whet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whet	imperative	you not said here	the blade				slowly property	tree rules

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