wrestle

Who acts: Rachel, I, his, he, Jacob, Mum · What happens: fight, hold, push, try, get, struggle · To what, where: someone, them, wrestle, Jacob, man, name · Speech: someone speaks here

«wrestle» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 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: wrestle in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

To fight by holding and pushing someone, trying to get them to the ground, as a sport or in play.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 fight	mark
2	fight	fight	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	SCONJ	_	4 holding	mark
4	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fight	advcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 pushing	cc
6	pushing	push	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 holding	conj
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 pushing	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 trying	punct
9	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 holding	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 trying	xcomp
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 get	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 ground	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 ground	det
15	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sport	punct
17	as	as	ADP	_	19 sport	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 sport	det
19	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	parataxis
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 play	cc
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 play	case
22	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sport	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 fight	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fight	to-infinitive			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hold	gerund			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	push	gerund	someone		vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
4	try	gerund			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	them = they	to the ground	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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 struggle hard with a problem or a difficult object: wrestle with homework.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 struggle	mark
2	struggle	struggle	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 struggle	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 problem	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 problem	det
6	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struggle	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 object	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 object	det
9	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 object	amod
10	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 problem	conj
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 wrestle	punct
12	wrestle	wrestle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 struggle	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 homework	case
14	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wrestle	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 struggle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	struggle	to-infinitive		wrestle with homework				with a problem or a difficult object; hard property	vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with problem=Co-Agent

Example 1

And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. (Torah GEN.32.24, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 left	cc
2	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 left	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux:pass
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 left	xcomp
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 wrestled	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wrestled	cc
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 wrestled	advmod
9	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 man	det
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wrestled	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 man	nmod
14	until	until	ADP	_	16 breaking	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 breaking	det
16	breaking	breaking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wrestled	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 day	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 day	det
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 breaking	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · passive		Jacob				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	wrestle	past		a man		there	until the breaking of the day	with Jacob	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.32.24, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.32.24	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.32.24	compound
3	GEN.32.24	GEN.32.24	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.32.24	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.32.24	punct

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

Example 2

And Rachel said: 'With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed.' And she called his name Naphtali. (Torah GEN.30.8, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And Rachel said: 'With mighty wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and have prevailed.'

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 said	cc
2	Rachel	Rachel	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 wrestled	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	11 wrestled	punct
6	With	with	SCONJ	_	9 have	mark
7	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wrestlings	amod
8	wrestlings	wrestling	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 have	nsubj
9	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 wrestled	aux
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 wrestled	nsubj
11	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 said	ccomp
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 sister	case
13	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 sister	nmod:poss
14	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wrestled	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 prevailed	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 prevailed	cc
17	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 prevailed	aux
18	prevailed	prevail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 wrestled	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
20	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Rachel		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wrestle	present · perfect	I	with my sister	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with sister=Co-Agent
3	prevail	present · perfect	I not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 2: And she called his name Naphtali.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 called	cc
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 name	nmod:poss
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obj
6	Naphtali	Naphtali	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 name	appos
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	Rachel	his name					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
2	name		his = he						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 3: (Torah GEN.30.8, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.30.8	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.30.8	compound
3	GEN.30.8	GEN.30.8	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.30.8	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.30.8	punct

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

Example 3

And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him. (Torah GEN.32.25, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.

The tree, 31 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 saw	cc
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 saw	advmod
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saw	nsubj
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 prevailed	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 prevailed	nsubj
7	prevailed	prevail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 saw	ccomp
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 prevailed	advmod
9	against	against	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 prevailed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 touched	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 touched	nsubj
13	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 prevailed	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hollow	det
15	hollow	hollow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 touched	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 thigh	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 thigh	nmod:poss
18	thigh	thigh	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hollow	nmod
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 strained	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 strained	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 hollow	det
22	hollow	hollow	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 strained	nsubj:pass
23	of	of	ADP	_	26 thigh	case
24	Jacob	Jacob	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 thigh	nmod:poss
25	's	's	PART	_	24 Jacob	case
26	thigh	thigh	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 hollow	nmod
27	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 strained	aux:pass
28	strained	strain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 saw	conj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 wrestled	punct
30	as	as	SCONJ	_	32 wrestled	mark
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 wrestled	nsubj
32	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 strained	conj
33	with	with	ADP	_	34 him	case
34	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 wrestled	obl
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 saw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	past	he			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	not prevail	past	he		against him = he	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against he=Location
3	touch	past	he	the hollow of his thigh		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hollow=Co-Theme
4	strain	past · passive		the hollow of Jacob's thigh		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source
5	wrestle	past	Jacob		with him = he	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent

Sentence 2: (Torah GEN.32.25, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.32.25	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.32.25	compound
3	GEN.32.25	GEN.32.25	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 GEN.32.25	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 GEN.32.25	punct

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

Example 4

The two brothers wrestled on the grass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 brothers	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 brothers	nummod
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 brothers	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 grass	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 grass	det
7	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wrestled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 brothers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrestle	participle		the two brothers not said here		the grass			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

He wrestled with the tricky fraction problem for ages.

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 wrestled	nsubj
2	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	7 problem	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 problem	det
5	tricky	tricky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 problem	amod
6	fraction	fraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 problem	compound
7	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrestled	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ages	case
9	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 problem	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wrestled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrestle	past	He					with the tricky fraction problem for ages	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with problem=Co-Agent

Example 6

Mum wrestled the huge suitcase onto the train.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrestled	nsubj
2	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 suitcase	det
4	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 suitcase	amod
5	suitcase	suitcase	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrestled	obj
6	onto	onto	ADP	_	8 train	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 train	det
8	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrestled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wrestled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrestle	past	Mum	the huge suitcase		the train			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suitcase=Co-Agent

Example 7

Wrestling is an old Olympic sport.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrestling	wrestling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sport	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sport	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sport	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sport	amod
5	Olympic	olympic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sport	amod
6	sport	sport	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sport	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Wrestling	a old Olympic sport					tree rules

Example 8

The puppy wrestled with the rope toy.

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	root	root
3	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 puppy	acl
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 toy	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 toy	det
6	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 toy	compound
7	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrestled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 puppy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrestle	participle		the puppy not said here				with the rope toy	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with toy=Co-Agent

Example 9

I wrestled with the choice between the two books.

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	2 wrestled	nsubj
2	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 choice	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 choice	det
5	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wrestled	obl
6	between	between	ADP	_	9 books	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 books	det
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 books	nummod
9	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wrestled	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wrestled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrestle	past	I					with the choice; between the two books	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with choice=Co-Agent

Text: the Judaism dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrestle/