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title: obstinate — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «obstinate» in the Judaism dictionary: Stubborn; refusing to change your mind or to do as you are told. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# obstinate

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**Who acts:** your, Sihon king, us, LORD God, God, I · **What happens:** refuse, not change, do, tell, mind, not let · **To what, where:** mind, you, us, spirit, heart, king · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«obstinate» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: [obstinate in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/obstinate.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stubborn; refusing to change your mind or to do as you are told.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:obstinate:m1:1
# text = Stubborn; refusing to change your mind or to do as you are told.
1	Stubborn	stubborn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	refusing	refuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **change** | to-infinitive |  | your mind |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 5 | **mind** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. (Torah DEU.2.30, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.

<!-- fold The tree, 37 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:obstinate:x1:1
# text = But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
2	Sihon	Sihon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Heshbon	Heshbon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	amod	_	_
17	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	hardened	harden	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	obstinate	obstinate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
30	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
31	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	deliver	deliver	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	parataxis	_	_
33	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	_
34	into	into	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
39	appeareth	appear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
40	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	41	det	_	_
41	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **let** | would | Sihon king of Heshbon | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | infinitive | us *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by king | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by he=Location |
| 3 | **harden** | past | thy LORD God | king's spirit |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent spirit=Patient |
| 4 | **make** | past |  | king's heart |  |  |  | obstinate *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset heart=Product |
| 5 | **deliver** | might | God | king |  | thy hand |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 6 | **appear** | present | God *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 2:* (Torah DEU.2.30, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:obstinate:x1:2
# text = (Torah DEU.2.30, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	DEU.2.30	DEU.2.30	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; (Prophets ISA.48.4, JPS 1917)

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:obstinate:x2:1
# text = Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; (Prophets ISA.48.4, JPS 1917)
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
5	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	6	nsubj	_	_
6	art	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	obstinate	obstinate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	iron	iron	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	sinew	sinew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	brow	brow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
22	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
24	ISA.48.4	ISA.48.4	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	flat	_	_
27	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	24	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	23	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past | I | thy brow brass |  |  |  | Prophets *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | thy neck | a iron sinew |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't be obstinate; just try it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:obstinate:x3:1
# text = Don't be obstinate; just try it.
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	obstinate	obstinate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	try	try	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | obstinate *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **try** | infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The obstinate goat would not move.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:obstinate:x4:1
# text = The obstinate goat would not move.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	obstinate	obstinate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **move** | would | the obstinate goat |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was obstinate and would not say sorry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:obstinate:x5:1
# text = He was obstinate and would not say sorry.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	obstinate	obstinate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | obstinate *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: apologize* | would | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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