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title: coyly — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «coyly» in the Judaism dictionary: In a shy or teasing way, as if holding back. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# coyly

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**Who acts:** shy way, thou · **What happens:** tease, hold back, turn away, backslide, daughter

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In a shy or teasing way, as if holding back.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:coyly:m1:1
# text = In a shy or teasing way, as if holding back.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	teasing	tease	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tease** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hold back** | gerund | a shy way *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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How long wilt thou turn away coyly, O thou backsliding daughter? (Prophets JER.31.22, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* How long wilt thou turn away coyly, O thou backsliding daughter?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:coyly:x1:1
# text = How long wilt thou turn away coyly, O thou backsliding daughter?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
3	wilt	will	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	coyly	coyly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	_
10	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	nsubj	_	_
11	backsliding	backslide	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn away** | future | thou |  |  |  |  | away, coyly, long *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **backslide** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **daughter** |  | thou |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets JER.31.22, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:coyly:x1:2
# text = (Prophets JER.31.22, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	JER.31.22	JER.31.22	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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