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title: wittingly — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «wittingly» in the Judaism dictionary: On purpose, knowing what one is doing. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# wittingly

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**Who acts:** one, Israel, head · **What happens:** know, do, stretch out, lay, be, guide · **To what, where:** purpose, right hand, hand, head, hands · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«wittingly» 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: [wittingly in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wittingly.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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On purpose, knowing what one is doing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:wittingly:m1:1
# text = On purpose, knowing what one is doing.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	knowing	know	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | gerund |  |  |  | purpose |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **do** | present · progressive | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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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And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born. (Torah GEN.48.14, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:wittingly:x1:1
# text = And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the first-born.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	Ephraim	Ephraim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
24	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
26	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	Manasseh	Manasseh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	's	's	PART	POS	_	27	case	_	_
29	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	guiding	guide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obj	_	_
34	wittingly	wittingly	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
36	for	for	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Manasseh	Manasseh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux:pass	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
40	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	42	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch out** | past | Israel | Israel's right hand |  |  |  | Israel's left hand upon Manasseh's head *obl* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
| 2 | **lay** | past | Israel *not said here* | hand |  | Ephraim's head |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon head=Destination |
| 3 | **is** | past | Ephraim's head |  |  |  |  | young *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **guide** | gerund | Israel *not said here* | Israel's hands |  |  |  | wittingly *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 5 | **bear** | past · passive | Israel *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for Manasseh | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: for manasseh=Attribute |

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*Sentence 2:* (Torah GEN.48.14, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:wittingly:x1:2
# text = (Torah GEN.48.14, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	GEN.48.14	GEN.48.14	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.

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