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title: headband — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «headband» in the Judaism dictionary: A headband is a band of cloth, plastic or elastic worn around the head or over the hair to keep hair or sweat away from the face, or for decoration. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# headband

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** headband, prophet, he, king, She, tennis player · **What happens:** be, wear, keep, depart, wait, disguise · **To what, where:** band, plastic, head, hair, prophet, eyes

<!-- .vabout -->
«headband» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 8 examples, 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: [headband in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/headband.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A headband is a band of cloth, plastic or elastic worn around the head or over the hair to keep hair or sweat away from the face, or for decoration.

<!-- fold The tree, 30 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:headband:m1:1
# text = A headband is a band of cloth, plastic or elastic worn around the head or over the hair to keep hair or sweat away from the face, or for decoration.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	headband	headband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	elastic	elastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
13	around	around	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	over	over	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
22	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
25	away	away	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
26	from	from	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	for	for	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	decoration	decoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a headband | a band and plastic or elastic or decoration |  |  |  | of cloth | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | plastic or elastic *not said here* |  | the head or the hair |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | hair or sweat |  |  |  | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes. (Prophets 1KI.20.38, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:headband:x1:1
# text = So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	departed	depart	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	disguised	disguise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	16	obj	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	headband	headband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	over	over	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** | past | the prophet |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | past | the prophet *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the king; by the way | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by way=Location |
| 3 | **disguise** | past | the prophet *not said here* | prophet |  | prophet's eyes |  | with prophet's headband | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Destination with headband=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Prophets 1KI.20.38, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:headband:x1:2
# text = (Prophets 1KI.20.38, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	1KI.20.38	1KI.20.38	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	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And he hastened, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. (Prophets 1KI.20.41, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* And he hastened, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:headband:x2:1
# text = And he hastened, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hastened	hasten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	headband	headband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	discerned	discern	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
23	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	cop	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hasten** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **take away** | past | he *not said here* | the headband |  | his eyes |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent headband=Theme from eye=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **discern** | past | the king of Israel | Israel |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is** | past | king |  |  |  |  | of the prophets | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Prophets 1KI.20.41, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:headband:x2:2
# text = (Prophets 1KI.20.41, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	1KI.20.41	1KI.20.41	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	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She pushed her hair back with a blue headband.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:headband:x3:1
# text = She pushed her hair back with a blue headband.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	headband	headband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push back** | past | She | her hair |  |  |  | with a blue headband | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The tennis player wore a headband to stop sweat getting in his eyes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:headband:x4:1
# text = The tennis player wore a headband to stop sweat getting in his eyes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tennis	tennis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	headband	headband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	sweat	sweat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the tennis player | a headband |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent headband=Source |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | the tennis player *not said here* | sweat |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality sweat=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get** | gerund | sweat *not said here* |  |  | player's eyes |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We made paper headbands with rabbit ears for the play.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:headband:x5:1
# text = We made paper headbands with rabbit ears for the play.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	headbands	headband	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | We | paper headbands |  |  |  | with rabbit ears; for the play | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent headband=Product for play=Asset |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My headband has a little bow on it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:headband:x6:1
# text = My headband has a little bow on it.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	headband	headband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | My headband | a little bow |  | bow |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandma knitted me a warm headband for winter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:headband:x7:1
# text = Grandma knitted me a warm headband for winter.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knitted	knit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	headband	headband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knit** | past | Grandma | a warm headband | me |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary headband=Product |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The runners all wore matching headbands.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:headband:x8:1
# text = The runners all wore matching headbands.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	runners	runner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	matching	match	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	headbands	headband	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the runners |  |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **match** | gerund | the runners *not said here* | headbands |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent headband=Patient |

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