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title: constrained — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «constrained» in the Judaism dictionary: urged strongly or pressed someone to do something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# constrained

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**Who acts:** it, Elisha · **What happens:** urge, press, do, fall, pass, be · **To what, where:** someone, something, Shunem, great woman, bread

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«constrained» 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: [constrained in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/constrained.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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urged strongly or pressed someone to do something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:constrained:m1:1
# text = urged strongly or pressed someone to do something.
1	urged	urge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	pressed	press	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **urge** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | strongly *property* | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **press** | participle |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent someone=Result |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |

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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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And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. (Prophets 2KI.4.8, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:constrained:x1:1
# text = And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	Elisha	Elisha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Shunem	Shunem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	18	advmod	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	constrained	constrain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	advcl	_	_
26	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | it |  |  |  | day |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pass** | past | Elisha |  |  | Shunem |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to shunem=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | a great woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **constrain** | past | Elisha | Shunem |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer he=Patient |
| 5 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Elisha *not said here* | bread |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets 2KI.4.8, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:constrained:x1:2
# text = (Prophets 2KI.4.8, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	2KI.4.8	2KI.4.8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	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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