--- title: forestall — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics description: «forestall» in the Judaism dictionary: To act ahead of someone or something and get there first, or to stop it from happening. 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The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [forestall in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/forestall.md). ## Meaning 1 {#m1} To act ahead of someone or something and get there first, or to stop it from happening. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:judaism:forestall:m1:1 # text = To act ahead of someone or something and get there first, or to stop it from happening. 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 act act VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 2 obl _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 11 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 from from SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 happening happen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **act** | to-infinitive | | | | | | of someone; ahead *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | infinitive | | | | there | | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **stop** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality | | 4 | **happen** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, that I might meditate in Thy word. (Writings PSA.119.148, JPS 1917) *Sentence 1:* Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, that I might meditate in Thy word. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:judaism:forestall:x1:1 # text = Mine eyes forestalled the night-watches, that I might meditate in Thy word. 1 Mine my PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 forestalled forestall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 watches watch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 meditate meditate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forestall** | past | Mine | the night watches | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **meditate** | might | the night watches | | | Thy word | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **word** | | Thy | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | *Sentence 2:* (Writings PSA.119.148, JPS 1917) ```conllu # sent_id = dict:judaism:forestall:x1:2 # text = (Writings PSA.119.148, JPS 1917) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Writings writing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 PSA.119.148 PSA.119.148 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 _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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