--- title: harken — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics description: «harken» in the Judaism dictionary: To listen carefully, an old spelling of "hearken." It can also mean to go back to something earlier. 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The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [harken in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/harken.md). ## Meaning 1 {#m1} To listen carefully, an old spelling of "hearken." It can also mean to go back to something earlier. *Sentence 1:* To listen carefully, an old spelling of "hearken." ```conllu # sent_id = dict:judaism:harken:m1:1 # text = To listen carefully, an old spelling of "hearken." 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 listen listen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 hearken hearken NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | to-infinitive | | a old spelling of hearken | | | | carefully *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **spell** | | | hearken | | | | | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* It can also mean to go back to something earlier. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:judaism:harken:m1:2 # text = It can also mean to go back to something earlier. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obl _ _ 10 earlier early ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | can | spelling | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | spelling *not said here* | | | | | to something *result*; early *property* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to something=Result | ## Example 1 {#x1} This enigmatic expression appears only once in the Tanakh, in \[Job 26:7\], where in a harkening back to \[Genesis 1:2\] it serves as a parallelism of primarial tohu. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) *Sentence 1:* This enigmatic expression appears only once in the Tanakh, in \[Job 26:7\], where in a harkening back to \[Genesis 1:2\] it serves as a parallelism of primarial tohu. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:judaism:harken:x1:1 # text = This enigmatic expression appears only once in the Tanakh, in [Job 26:7], where in a harkening back to [Genesis 1:2] it serves as a parallelism of primarial tohu. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 enigmatic enigmatic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Tanakh Tanakh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Job Job PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 14 26:7 26:7 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 24 advmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 20 harkening harken VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 csubj _ _ 21 back back ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 Genesis Genesis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 25 1:2 1:2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 24 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 24 punct _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 serves serve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 parallelism parallelism NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 primarial primarial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 34 tohu tohu X FW Foreign=Yes 33 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | present | this enigmatic expression | | | the Tanakh and a Genesis | | once *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tanakh=Location | | 2 | **harken back** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **serve** | present | expression | a Genesis *not said here* | | | | as a parallelism | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent genesis=Duration as parallelism=Attribute | *Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) ```conllu # sent_id = dict:judaism:harken:x1:2 # text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sefer Sefer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 Yetzirah Yetzirah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 Sefaria Sefaria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 community community NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 translation translation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ) ) 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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