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title: contumely — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «contumely» in the Judaism dictionary: insulting, rude and scornful treatment. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# contumely

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**Who acts:** they, day · **What happens:** say, be, come, not be, bring · **To what, where:** Hezekiah, day, children, strength · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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insulting, rude and scornful treatment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:contumely:m1:1
# text = insulting, rude and scornful treatment.
1	insulting	insulting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	scornful	scornful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And they said unto him: 'Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. (Prophets 2KI.19.3, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And they said unto him: 'Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:contumely:x1:1
# text = And they said unto him: 'Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	advcl	_	_
10	Hezekiah	Hezekiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
12	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	rebuke	rebuke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	contumely	contumely	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
28	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nsubj	_	_
31	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	parataxis	_	_
33	to	to	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
38	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	39	expl	_	_
39	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	41	cop	_	_
40	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	41	advmod	_	_
41	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
42	to	to	PART	TO	_	43	mark	_	_
43	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	acl	_	_
44	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | they |  |  |  |  | unto him *= he* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  | Hezekiah |  |  |  | of rebuke and contumely; thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent hezekiah=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** | present | this day | a day |  |  |  | of trouble | tree rules |
| 4 | **come** | present · passive |  | the children |  |  |  | to the birth | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 5 | **not** **is a** | present |  | strength |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **bring** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets 2KI.19.3, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:contumely:x1:2
# text = (Prophets 2KI.19.3, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	2KI.19.3	2KI.19.3	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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