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title: turmoil — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «turmoil» in the Judaism dictionary: A turmoil is a state of great confusion, worry or noisy disorder. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# turmoil

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**Who acts:** turmoil, man, vanity, nought, neither, town · **What happens:** be, fear, walk, heap up, not know, gather · **To what, where:** state, LORD, turmoil, riches, Violence, rod · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«turmoil» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [turmoil in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/turmoil.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A turmoil is a state of great confusion, worry or noisy disorder.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:turmoil:m1:1
# text = A turmoil is a state of great confusion, worry or noisy disorder.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	turmoil	turmoil	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	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	confusion	confusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	worry	worry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	disorder	disorder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a turmoil | a state |  |  |  | of great confusion and worry or noisy disorder | tree rules |

<!-- .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 -->
Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and turmoil therewith. (Writings PRO.15.16, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and turmoil therewith.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:turmoil:x1:1
# text = Better is little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and turmoil therewith.
1	Better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	turmoil	turmoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	therewith	therewith	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with the fear of the LORD and great treasure and turmoil; little *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **fear** |  |  | the LORD |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Writings PRO.15.16, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:turmoil:x1:2
# text = (Writings PRO.15.16, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PRO.15.16	PRO.15.16	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	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Writings PSA.39.7, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:turmoil:x2:1
# text = Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
1	Surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	walketh	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mere	mere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	semblance	semblance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
9	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	vanity	vanity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	turmoil	turmoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	heapeth	heap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
19	up	up	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
20	riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	knoweth	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
24	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
25	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	_
26	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	gather	gather	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	ccomp	_	_
28	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | man |  |  |  |  | as a mere semblance | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | vanity |  |  | turmoil |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **heap up** | present | man | riches |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent rich=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **know** | present | man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 5 | **gather** | shall |  | riches *= rich* |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Writings PSA.39.7, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:turmoil:x2:2
# text = (Writings PSA.39.7, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PSA.39.7	PSA.39.7	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	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; nought cometh from them, nor from their tumult, nor from their turmoil, neither is there eminency among them. (Prophets EZK.7.11, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; nought cometh from them, nor from their tumult, nor from their turmoil, neither is there eminency among them.

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:turmoil:x3:1
# text = Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness; nought cometh from them, nor from their tumult, nor from their turmoil, neither is there eminency among them.
1	Violence	violence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	risen	rise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rod	rod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	wickedness	wickedness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	nought	nought	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	12	nsubj	_	_
12	cometh	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	19	cc	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	tumult	tumult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
21	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	27	cc	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	turmoil	turmoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
26	neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	27	nsubj	_	_
27	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
28	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	27	expl	_	_
29	eminency	eminency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
30	among	among	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise up** | present · passive |  | Violence |  | a rod of wickedness |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | present | nought |  |  |  |  | from them *= they* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from they=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **be** | present | neither |  |  | their turmoil; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Prophets EZK.7.11, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:turmoil:x3:2
# text = (Prophets EZK.7.11, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	EZK.7.11	EZK.7.11	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	_	_
```

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

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The town was in turmoil after the storm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:turmoil:x4:1
# text = The town was in turmoil after the storm.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	turmoil	turmoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the town |  |  | turmoil | after the storm |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I looked down upon the turmoil of Paris.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:turmoil:x5:1
# text = I looked down upon the turmoil of Paris.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	turmoil	turmoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Paris	Paris	PROPN	NNP	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 | **look down** | past | I |  |  |  |  | upon the turmoil of Paris; down *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon turmoil=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Amid all the noise and turmoil, she felt watched by mild eyes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:turmoil:x6:1
# text = Amid all the noise and turmoil, she felt watched by mild eyes.
1	Amid	amid	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	turmoil	turmoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	watched	watch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	mild	mild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | she |  |  |  |  | amid all noise and turmoil | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | participle | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by mild eyes | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by eye=Location |

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