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title: throes — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «throes» in the Judaism dictionary: Sharp, violent pains, like the pains of a woman giving birth, or great struggle and agony. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# throes

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**Who acts:** woman, throes, he, it, pangs, faces · **What happens:** give, pain, travail, come, be, not be · **To what, where:** birth, woman, unwise son, place, they, hold

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«throes» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [throes in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/throes.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Sharp, violent pains, like the pains of a woman giving birth, or great struggle and agony.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:throes:m1:1
# text = Sharp, violent pains, like the pains of a woman giving birth, or great struggle and agony.
1	Sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	violent	violent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pains	pain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pains	pain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	struggle	struggle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	agony	agony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund | a woman *not said here* | birth |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=Theme |
| 2 | **pain** |  |  | a woman |  |  |  |  | nom pain «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The throes of a travailing woman shall come upon him; he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children. (Prophets HOS.13.13, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* The throes of a travailing woman shall come upon him; he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children.

<!-- fold The tree, 32 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:throes:x1:1
# text = The throes of a travailing woman shall come upon him; he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of children.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	throes	throe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	travailing	travail	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	unwise	unwise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
23	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
24	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	25	advmod	_	_
25	tarry	tarry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	breaking	breaking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
32	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travail** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | shall | the throes of a travailing woman |  |  |  |  | upon him *= he* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location |
| 3 | **is a** | present | he | a unwise son |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  | for time |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **be** | should | he |  |  | the place of the breaking |  | of children; forth *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets HOS.13.13, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:throes:x1:2
# text = (Prophets HOS.13.13, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	HOS.13.13	HOS.13.13	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	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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And they shall be affrighted; pangs and throes shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail; they shall look aghast one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame. (Prophets ISA.13.8, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And they shall be affrighted; pangs and throes shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail; they shall look aghast one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:throes:x2:1
# text = And they shall be affrighted; pangs and throes shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail; they shall look aghast one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	affrighted	affright	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
7	pangs	pang	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	throes	throe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	hold	hold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
17	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	cop	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
21	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	travail	travail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
30	aghast	aghast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	at	at	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
35	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nsubj	_	_
37	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
38	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	cop	_	_
39	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affright** | shall · passive |  | they |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | shall | pangs and throes | hold of throes |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | shall | pangs *= pang* |  |  | pain |  | as a woman in travail | tree rules |
| 4 | **look** | shall | pangs *= pang* | aghast one |  | another |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Attribute |
| 5 | **is a** | shall | pangs's faces | faces |  |  |  | of flame | tree rules |
| 6 | **hold** |  |  | throes *= throe* |  |  |  |  | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets ISA.13.8, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:throes:x2:2
# text = (Prophets ISA.13.8, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	ISA.13.8	ISA.13.8	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	_	_
```

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

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