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title: captivate — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «captivate» in the Judaism dictionary: To charm someone so that they cannot look away, or to take them captive by beauty. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# captivate

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**Who acts:** they, Lust · **What happens:** not look away, take, let, captivate · **To what, where:** them, Lust, thee

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«captivate» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: [captivate in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/captivate.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To charm someone so that they cannot look away, or to take them captive by beauty.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:captivate:m1:1
# text = To charm someone so that they cannot look away, or to take them captive by beauty.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	charm	charm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	captive	captive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **look away** | can | they |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  | captive *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids. (Writings PRO.6.25, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:captivate:x1:1
# text = Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.
1	Lust	Lust	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	captivate	captivate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	obj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	eyelids	eyelid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | infinitive |  | Lust |  |  |  | neither *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **captivate** | infinitive | Lust *not said here* | thee |  |  |  | with Lust's eyelids | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thou=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings PRO.6.25, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:captivate:x1:2
# text = (Writings PRO.6.25, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PRO.6.25	PRO.6.25	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	_	_
```

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

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**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.

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