go
part of speech
verb (go, goes, went, gone, going); noun (a go — a turn, a try)
meaning for a pupil
1) To go is to move from one place to another: go to school. tree →
2) To go away is to leave. tree →
3) To go can mean to belong or fit in a place: the cups go in the cupboard. tree →
4) To go can mean to become: go red, go quiet. tree →
5) A go is a turn: it's my go. tree →
6) To go can mean to work or to happen: the car won't go; how did the test go? tree →
7) (casual) «Gonna» means «going to»; «go» can mean «say» (and he goes, «no way!»); «have a go» means try; «on the go» means busy; «to go» (US) means food to take away. tree →
8) (rough) «Have a go at someone» (UK, Australia) means attack them with words; «Go on then!» can dare someone; «Go away», «get going» tell someone to leave. tree →
9) (euphemism) «Go» or «gone» can mean die: «when I go», «she's gone»; «go to the toilet» is said as «go» for short. tree →
10) (formal) The exam voice says «proceed», «depart», «travel», «be transferred», «be allocated to». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these texts "go" often means to set out on a journey or to travel with a purpose, as with the patriarchs and the Exodus. "Let my people go" means to set free. Interpretation: Tradition reads God's first words to Abraham, "Go forth", as the start of the Jewish journey. Leaving Egypt is the central story of freedom that Jews retell at Passover. In the primary lessons: things leaving a group («go away», «went home» = subtract); things going into boxes («go in each box» after splitting equally = divide); in everyday life «go out», «go on», «go to bed», «have a go» (try), «let go» (stop holding); in safety «Go» at a green light; future «going to» and casual «gonna»; in casual talk «and she goes …» (she says), «on the go»; as a euphemism «gone» (died), «let go» (lost a job); in the exam voice «proceed», «depart», «be allocated to each container»
examples
- And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. (Torah GEN.26.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep. (Torah GEN.31.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And after that he will let you go. (Torah EXO.3.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they went out at noon. (Prophets 1KI.20.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. (Prophets 1SA.29.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. (Prophets 1KI.18.45, JPS 1917) tree →
- When some of a group goes away, we subtract. tree →
- How many stamps go in each box? tree →
- 4 of the 11 children went home. tree →
- We go to school by bus. tree →
- The plates go on the top shelf. tree →
- It's your go to throw the dice. tree →
- The traffic light turned green, so the cars could go. tree →
- I'm going to bake a cake. tree →
- we're gonna need 2 more chairs, nan's coming tree →
- and he goes, «that's mine», and I go, «no it's not» tree →
- Go on then, have a go, bet you can't. tree →
- Four of the 11 pupils subsequently departed the premises; state the number remaining. tree →
- At first I refused to go. tree →
note
«go away», «went home» or «departed» = subtract; «go in each box» after splitting equally = divide. Past «went», past participle «gone». He/she/it goes. «going to» and «gonna» show a plan for the future, not movement. Trap: «and he goes» in chat means «and he said». «have a go» means try; «have a go at someone» means tell them off. «she's gone» can mean she left or, gently, that she died: read the story around it.
In the corpora
- but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
- And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads.
- And the name of the third river is Tigris; that is it which goeth toward the east of Asshur.
- And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
- there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «go» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.