whispering

Who acts: people, whispering, I, they, whisperings, their · What happens: whisper, speak, hear, be, take, devise · To what, where: soft secret talk, whispering, counsel, life, many terror, I · Speech: someone speaks here

«whispering» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: whispering in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Whispering is speaking very softly, so only people close by can hear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whispering	whisper	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 speaking	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 speaking	aux
3	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 softly	advmod
5	softly	softly	ADV	_	3 speaking	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hear	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	13 hear	advmod
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 people	advmod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 hear	nsubj
10	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
11	by	by	ADP	_	10 close	fixed
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 hear	aux
13	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 speaking	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 speaking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	gerund			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	speak speech: other	present · progressive		softly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hear	can	people		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

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

A whispering is a soft, secret talk, often about someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 whispering	det
2	whispering	whispering	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 talk	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 talk	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 talk	det
5	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 talk	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 soft	punct
7	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 talk	amod
8	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 someone	punct
10	often	often	ADV	_	12 someone	advmod
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 someone	case
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 talk	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a whispering	a soft secret talk				about someone	tree rules

Example 1

For I have heard the whispering of many, terror on every side; while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. (Writings PSA.31.14, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: For I have heard the whispering of many, terror on every side; while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	4 heard	case
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 heard	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	aux
4	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 whispering	det
6	whispering	whispering	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heard	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 terror	case
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 terror	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 many	punct
10	terror	terror	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 whispering	nmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 side	case
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 side	det
13	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 terror	nmod
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 took	punct
15	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 took	mark
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 took	nsubj
17	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 heard	conj
18	counsel	counsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 took	obj
19	together	together	ADV	_	17 took	advmod
20	against	against	ADP	_	21 me	case
21	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 took	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 devised	punct
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 devised	nsubj
24	devised	devise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 took	conj
25	to	to	PART	_	26 take	mark
26	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 devised	xcomp
27	away	away	ADP	_	26 take	compound:prt
28	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 life	nmod:poss
29	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 take	obj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	present · perfect	I	the whispering of many terror on every side		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer whispering=Stimulus
2	take	past	they	counsel	against me; together property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme against i=Destination
3	devise	past	they			tree rules
4	take away	to-infinitive	they not said here	my life		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme
5	whisper			many terror on every side		nom whispering «event transitive»: of=patient

Sentence 2: (Writings PSA.31.14, 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.31.14	PSA.31.14	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 PSA.31.14	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 PSA.31.14	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 2

I was woken by their whisperings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 woken	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 woken	aux:pass
3	woken	wake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 whisperings	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 whisperings	nmod:poss
6	whisperings	whispering	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 woken	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 woken	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	past · passive	their whisperings	I					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	whisper		their = they						nom whispering «event transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The class fell quiet with whispering.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 class	det
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fell	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 whispering	case
6	whispering	whispering	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the class					with whispering; quiet property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

The whispering wind moved the leaves.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wind	det
2	whispering	whispering	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wind	compound
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moved	nsubj
4	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 leaves	det
6	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 moved	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 moved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	the whispering wind	the leaves					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme

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