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title: messiah — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «messiah» in the school dictionary: In Judaism, the Messiah is a future king from the family of David whom God will send to bring peace and rescue the Jewish people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# messiah

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**Who acts:** Messiah, God, future king, Christians, Jesus, people · **What happens:** be, send, bring, rescue, believe, hope · **To what, where:** future king, Judaism, peace, Jewish people, Messiah, leader · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«messiah» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [messiah in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/messiah.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: religion — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In Judaism, the Messiah is a future king from the family of David whom God will send to bring peace and rescue the Jewish people.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:messiah:m1:1
# text = In Judaism, the Messiah is a future king from the family of David whom God will send to bring peace and rescue the Jewish people.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Judaism	Judaism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Messiah	Messiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	obj	_	_
16	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	parataxis	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	rescue	rescue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Messiah | a future king |  | Judaism |  | from the family of David | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | future | God | a future king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive | a future king *not said here* | peace |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent peace=Theme |
| 4 | **rescue** | present | God *not said here* | the Jewish people |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

<!-- .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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: church — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Christians believe that Jesus is the Messiah (the Christ).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:messiah:m2:1
# text = Christians believe that Jesus is the Messiah (the Christ).
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Messiah	Messiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Christ	Christ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Jesus | the Messiah |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A messiah is any leader people hope will save them or solve their problems (sometimes said with doubt).

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:messiah:m3:1
# text = A messiah is any leader people hope will save them or solve their problems (sometimes said with doubt).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	messiah	messiah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	hope	hope	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	solve	solve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	problems	problem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	17	advmod	_	_
17	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	ccomp	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	doubt	doubt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a messiah | any leader |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hope** | present | people | any leader *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **save** *not said to happen* | future | people *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 4 | **solve** | infinitive | people *not said here* | people's problems |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with doubt; sometimes *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with doubt=Manner |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Christians believe Jesus is the Messiah.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:messiah:x1:1
# text = Christians believe Jesus is the Messiah.
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Messiah	Messiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Jesus | the Messiah |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jewish people believe the Messiah has not yet come.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:messiah:x2:1
# text = Jewish people believe the Messiah has not yet come.
1	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Messiah	Messiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | Jewish people |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **have** | present | the Messiah |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **come** | infinitive | the Messiah *not said here* |  |  |  | yet |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Christ» is the Greek word for «Messiah».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:messiah:x3:1
# text = «Christ» is the Greek word for «Messiah».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Christ	Christ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Messiah	Messiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Christ | the Greek word |  |  |  | for Messiah | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our choir sang the Hallelujah chorus from Handel's «Messiah».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:messiah:x4:1
# text = Our choir sang the Hallelujah chorus from Handel's «Messiah».
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	choir	choir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Hallelujah	Hallelujah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	chorus	chorus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	Handel	Handel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Messiah	Messiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Our choir | the Hallelujah chorus |  | Handel's Messiah |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chorus=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The prophets spoke of a Messiah from the family of David.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:messiah:x5:1
# text = The prophets spoke of a Messiah from the family of David.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Messiah	Messiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the prophets |  |  | the family of David |  | of a Messiah | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fans treated the new coach like a messiah.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:messiah:x6:1
# text = Fans treated the new coach like a messiah.
1	Fans	fan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	treated	treat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	messiah	messiah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | past | Fans | the new coach |  |  |  | like a messiah | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent coach=Recipient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shepherds were told that the Messiah was born.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:messiah:x7:1
# text = The shepherds were told that the Messiah was born.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shepherds	shepherd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Messiah	Messiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | the shepherds |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bear** | past · passive |  | the Messiah |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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