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title: barbed — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «barbed» in the Judaism dictionary: Barbed means having barbs — small sharp hooks or points pointing backwards, which make something hard to pull out, like a fish hook. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# barbed

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**Who acts:** small sharp hooks, something, barbed remark, comment, thou, you · **What happens:** barb, mean, have, point, make, pull out · **To what, where:** having barbs, something, comment, skin, sting, fishing hook

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«barbed» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [barbed in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/barbed.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Barbed means having barbs — small sharp hooks or points pointing backwards, which make something hard to pull out, like a fish hook.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:barbed:m1:1
# text = Barbed means having barbs — small sharp hooks or points pointing backwards, which make something hard to pull out, like a fish hook.
1	Barbed	barb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	barbs	barb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hooks	hook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	appos	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	pointing	point	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
12	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
16	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	15	obj	_	_
17	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	out	out	ADP	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	like	like	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	_
25	hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **barb** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  | having barbs |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent barb=Topic |
| 3 | **have** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **point** | gerund | small sharp hooks or points *not said here* |  |  |  |  | backwards *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **make** | present | small sharp hooks or points | something |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product |
| 6 | **pull out** | to-infinitive | something *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a fish hook | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A barbed remark is a comment that is unkind and meant to hurt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:barbed:m2:1
# text = A barbed remark is a comment that is unkind and meant to hurt.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	barbed	barb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	comment	comment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **barb** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a barbed remark | a comment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | a comment |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **mean** | participle | a comment *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **hurt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a comment *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears? (Writings JOB.40.31, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:barbed:x1:1
# text = Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish-spears?
1	Canst	can	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	barbed	barb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	irons	iron	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	spears	spear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | can | thou | his skin |  |  |  | with barbed irons; with fish spears | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent skin=Patient with iron=Instrument |
| 2 | **barb** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Writings JOB.40.31, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:barbed:x1:2
# text = (Writings JOB.40.31, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	JOB.40.31	JOB.40.31	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stay away from the barbed wire fence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:barbed:x2:1
# text = Stay away from the barbed wire fence.
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	barbed	barb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
6	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **barb** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A honeybee's sting is barbed, so it stays in your skin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:barbed:x3:1
# text = A honeybee's sting is barbed, so it stays in your skin.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	honeybee	honeybee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	sting	sting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	barbed	barb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **barb** | present · passive |  | a honeybee's sting |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | present | sting |  |  | your skin |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in skin=Location |
| 3 | **sting** |  | a honeybee |  |  |  |  |  | nom sting «state transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fishing hook is barbed, so the fish can't slip off.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:barbed:x4:1
# text = The fishing hook is barbed, so the fish can't slip off.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	barbed	barb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	slip	slip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **barb** | present · passive |  | the fishing hook |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **slip off** | can | the fish |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Porcupine quills are barbed and hard to remove.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:barbed:x5:1
# text = Porcupine quills are barbed and hard to remove.
1	Porcupine	porcupine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	quills	quill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	barbed	barb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	remove	remove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **barb** | present · passive |  | Porcupine quills |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remove** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farmer put up barbed wire to keep the cows in.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:barbed:x6:1
# text = The farmer put up barbed wire to keep the cows in.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	barbed	barb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put up** | participle |  | the farmer *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **barb** | past | the farmer | wire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep in** | to-infinitive | the farmer *not said here* | the cows |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She made a barbed comment about my drawing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:barbed:x7:1
# text = She made a barbed comment about my drawing.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	barbed	barbed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	comment	comment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | She | a barbed comment |  |  |  | about my drawing | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comment=Product |
| 2 | **draw** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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