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title: נָתַח — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «נָתַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: cut up. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# נָתַח

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**Who acts:** you, he · **What happens:** cut up, cut, divide · **To what, where:** Pi, pieces, I

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«נָתַח‎» in the Tanakh dictionary: its 3 English meanings, 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 verses: [נָתַח‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5408.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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cut up

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5408:m1:1
# text = cut up
1	cut	cut	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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vb. Pi. cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints

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*Sentence 1:* vb.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5408:m2:1
# text = vb.
1	vb	vb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Pi. cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5408:m2:2
# text = Pi. cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints
1	Pi	pi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
3	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	divide	divide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	joints	joint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut up** | participle · passive |  | Pi |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **cut** | participle |  |  |  | pieces |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **divide** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | by joints | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent by joint=Co-Theme |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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he; he will cut in pieces; I

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:5408:m3:1
# text = he; he will cut in pieces; I
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | future | he | I |  | pieces |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Product |

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**Text:** the English meanings of the Tanakh dictionary: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 (public domain, via Sefaria) as their short meanings, and MACULA Hebrew's glosses (CC BY 4.0) when they read as English; the whole entries, dense with abbreviations and Hebrew, are not parsed. **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. Trees and frames: Elamur Cosmic License.

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