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title: vaunt — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «vaunt» in the Judaism dictionary: To boast or brag proudly about something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# vaunt

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**Who acts:** LORD, people, Me, Israel, own hand · **What happens:** boast, brag, say, be, give, vaunt · **To what, where:** Midianites, hand, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«vaunt» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: [vaunt in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/vaunt.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To boast or brag proudly about something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:vaunt:m1:1
# text = To boast or brag proudly about something.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	boast	boast	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	brag	brag	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	proudly	proudly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boast** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **brag** *speech: other* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | about something; proudly *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about something=Topic |

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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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And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'The people that are with thee are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against Me, saying: mine own hand hath saved me. (Prophets JDG.7.2, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'The people that are with thee are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against Me, saying: mine own hand hath saved me.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:vaunt:x1:1
# text = And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'The people that are with thee are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against Me, saying: mine own hand hath saved me.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Gideon	Gideon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	17	obl	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	too	too	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	acl:relcl	_	_
18	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
19	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Midianites	Midianite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	_
24	into	into	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	lest	lest	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
29	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
30	vaunt	vaunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
31	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	30	obj	_	_
32	against	against	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Me	Me	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
37	mine	mine	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
38	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nsubj	_	_
40	hath	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	ccomp	_	_
41	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	40	xcomp	_	_
42	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD |  |  |  |  | unto Gideon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the people |  |  |  |  | with thee; many *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | Me | the Midianites |  | Midianites's hand |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent midianite=Theme |
| 4 | **vaunt** | present | Israel | Midianites *= midianite* |  |  |  | against Me | tree rules |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the LORD *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **have** | present | mine own hand |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **save** | participle | mine own hand *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets JDG.7.2, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:vaunt:x1:2
# text = (Prophets JDG.7.2, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	JDG.7.2	JDG.7.2	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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**Text:** the Judaism dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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