come
part of speech
verb (come, comes, came, coming)
meaning for a pupil
1) To come is to move towards here, to the person speaking: Come here! tree →
2) To come is to arrive or join a place: The bus is coming. tree →
3) To come is to happen or be in an order: Spring comes after winter. tree →
4) To come from is to have a place as home or start: She comes from Ireland. tree →
sense in the lessons
things or people joining a group («4 more came» = add); «come together» = add, «go away» = subtract; in counting «what comes after 9?»; in everyday life «come in», «come on», «come back», «come from»; in stories visitors come and go
examples
- And Laban came up with Jacob. (Torah GEN.31.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he came near, and kissed him. (Torah GEN.27.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. (Torah EXO.17.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- No evil shall come upon us'? (Prophets MIC.3.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- And he returned, and came to Achish. (Prophets 1SA.27.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Wherefore they came back, and told him. (Prophets 2KI.9.36, JPS 1917) tree →
- Coming together: add. Going away: subtract. tree →
- 5 children were playing and 4 more came. How many children are playing now? tree →
- Then 3 ducks come to the pond. tree →
- Come here, please. tree →
- Which number comes after 19? tree →
- My cousin comes from New Zealand. tree →
- Can you come to my party? tree →
- Summer comes after spring. tree →
- Come back before dark. tree →
- Presently he heard steps coming upstairs. tree →
note
«come», «come together» = the group grows: add. Trap: «come out of» or «come off» means leaving: subtract. Past form «came», not «comed».
In the corpora
- And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
- And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
- And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
- And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made.
- And it shall come to pass, when I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow is seen in the cloud,
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «come» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.