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title: reluctantly — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «reluctantly» in the Judaism dictionary: Unwillingly and slowly, not wanting to do something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# reluctantly

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**Who acts:** Three mothers, He, She, dog · **What happens:** not want, do, be, translate, put down, go · **To what, where:** something, satisfactory English equivalent, book, bed, sweets, bath

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«reluctantly» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [reluctantly in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/reluctantly.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Unwillingly and slowly, not wanting to do something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:reluctantly:m1:1
# text = Unwillingly and slowly, not wanting to do something.
1	Unwillingly	unwillingly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | unwillingly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |

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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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Three mothers, Alef-Mem-Shin—In the Person \[note 1: There is no satisfactory English equivalent of Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ nefesh, translated reluctantly as ‘person’. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

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*Sentence 1:* Three mothers, Alef-Mem-Shin—In the Person \[note 1: There is no satisfactory English equivalent of Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ nefesh, translated reluctantly as ‘person’.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:reluctantly:x1:1
# text = Three mothers, Alef-Mem-Shin—In the Person [note 1: There is no satisfactory English equivalent of Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ nefesh, translated reluctantly as ‘person’.
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	mothers	mother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	Alef	Alef	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Mem	mem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Shin	shin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	—	-	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	In	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
13	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	18	expl	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
19	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	22	det	_	_
20	satisfactory	satisfactory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	equivalent	equivalent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Hebrew	Hebrew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	נֶפֶשׁ	נֶפֶשׁ	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	nefesh	nefesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	translated	translate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	_
29	reluctantly	reluctantly	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
30	as	as	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	32	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Three mothers  Alef Mem Shin | no satisfactory English equivalent and nefesh |  |  |  | of Hebrew | tree rules |
| 2 | **translate** | participle |  | no satisfactory English equivalent and nefesh *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:reluctantly: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	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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He reluctantly put down his book and went to bed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:reluctantly:x2:1
# text = He reluctantly put down his book and went to bed.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	reluctantly	reluctantly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put down** | past | He | his book |  |  |  | reluctantly *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent book=Goal |
| 2 | **go** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | bed |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She reluctantly agreed to share her sweets.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:reluctantly:x3:1
# text = She reluctantly agreed to share her sweets.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	reluctantly	reluctantly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | She |  |  |  |  | reluctantly *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **share** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | her sweets |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The dog came reluctantly out of the bath.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:reluctantly:x4:1
# text = The dog came reluctantly out of the bath.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	reluctantly	reluctantly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the dog |  |  | the bath |  | reluctantly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out bath=Initial\_Location |

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