Verbum Tip 4r: Bible Browser: Promises in the Bible
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Facet: Promises
Dataset
- DB:SD-BIBLE-PROMISES BIBLE-PROMISES.lbssd
- Thompson, Jeremy. 2018. Promises in the Bible Dataset Documentation. Bellingham, WA: Faithlife.
Documentation
Data
For purposes of this data, a promise is limited to a Commissive speech act.
- Fulfillment which is an event from the Biblical Event Navigator
- Theme which is a Preaching Theme
- Verb Class which is like Verb Class in Command, a subset of Verb Net verb classes
Applicable verb classes as given in the documentation (examples removed).
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9: Putting
To put into a certain place or abstract location.
10: Removing
To remove something as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, whether something concrete or abstract.
11: Sending and Carrying
To cause to go somewhere whether as an indirect (e.g., “send”) or direct agent (e.g., “carry” or “bring”).
12: Pushing and Pulling
To move using one’s strength.
13: Transfer
To cause to change ownership.
14: Learn
To gain knowledge or skills.
15: Hold and Keep
To retain possession of.
16: Concealment
To prevent from being seen or discovered.
17: Throwing
To propel through the air.
18: Hitting
To deal a blow to, either with a hand or with an instrument.
21: Cutting
To separate with or as if with an instrument.
22: Combining and Attaching
To join together with or be joined together with for a common purpose.
23: Separating and Disassembling
To caused to be divided or to become divided from a whole.
26: Creation and Transformation
To make something new or change an existing entity into something new.
27: Engender
To give rise to.
28: Give Birth
To cause to be born.
30: Perception
To be or become aware of something through the senses.
31: Psychological State
To experience or cause to experience a psychological state (e.g., fear, anger, or love).
32: Desire
To feel or have a want for something.
33: Judgment
To pronounce or enact judgment on a person, situation, or event.
34: Assessment
To evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent or significance of a person, thing, or event.
35: Searching
To try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.
36: Social Interaction
To take part in societal activities or customs.
37: Communication
To be in verbal contact and exchange information or ideas.
39: Ingesting
To take in, as of food, drink, or some other substance.
40: Bodily Action
To experience or perform a typically inadvertent bodily action.
41: Grooming and Bodily Care
To care for one’s external appearance.
42: Killing
To cause to die or put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.
43: Emission
To give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, radiation, or vapor.
44: Destroy
To do away with.
45: Change of State
To undergo or cause to undergo a change; to become different in essence.
46: Lodge
To stay in a location.
47: Existence
To be in the state of existence typically associated with an entity.
48: Appearance, Disappearance, and Occurrence
To arrive or come into existence; to cease to exist or happen.
50: Assuming a Position
To make a change in bodily posture (e.g., to sit, stand, or lie down).
51: Motion
To change location.
52: Avoid
To stay clear from someone or something.
53: Lingering and Rushing
To leave or move in a particular manner, whether slowly or quickly.
54: Measure
To determine the measurements of something or somebody.
55: Begin, Finish, and Continue
To begin, finish, or continue an activity.
57: Weather
To happen of various kinds of weather, such as raining, blowing, or snowing.
58: Urging and Begging
To spur someone towards or to plead with someone for a particular action.
59: Force
To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral, or intellectual means.
60: Order
To give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.
63: Enforce
To ensure observance of laws and rules.
64: Allow
To make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen.
65: Admit
To allow to enter.
67: Forbid
To not allow something by means of a Promise.
68: Pay
To give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.
69: Refrain
To not act.
70: Rely
To have confidence or faith in.
71: Conspire
To act in unison or agreement towards a purpose, often illicit.
72: Help
To give assistance; To be of service.
73: Cooperate
To work together on a common enterprise or project.
74: Succeed
To attain success or reach a desired goal.
75: Neglect
To leave undone or leave out.
76: Limit
To restrict extent or access.
77: Approve
To give sanction to.
78: Indicate
To be a signal or evidence for something or to give a signal or evidence for something.
79: Dedicate
To give to a specific person, activity, or cause.
80: Free
To relieve from something, whether concrete (e.g., confinement) or abstract (e.g., guilt).
82: Withdraw
To pull back or move away or backward.
84: Discover
To determine the existence, presence, or fact of.
85: Defend
To protect against a challenge or attack.
86: Correlating and Relating
To bear a reciprocal or mutual relation to something or to be relevant to something.
87: Focusing and Comprehending
To direct one’s attention to something with the intention of recognizing or understanding it.
88: Caring and Empathizing
To feel concern or interest, often to do so with understanding.
89: Settle
To come to an agreement with another person.
92: Confine
To enclose someone in a location and prevent that person from leaving.
93: Adopt
To choose and follow.
94: Risk
To expose to a chance of loss or damage.
95: Acquiesce
Too agree or to give in.
98: Confront
To oppose, as in hostility or competition.
99: Ensure
To make certain of.
100: Own
To have ownership or possession of.
102: Promote
To contribute to the progress or growth or wellbeing of.
103: Require
To need or demand something for its use.
105: Use
To make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose.
106: Void
To make or declare invalid.
108: Multiply
To combine or increase by multiplication.
109: Seem
To have or give the impression of having a certain outward aspect.[1]
Bible Browser
The Bible browser for promises on the multiplicity of Abraham’s children “fulfilled” by the birth of Isaac.
This is the equivalent of a search argument of {Label Promise WHERE Fulfillment ~ <Event Isaac is born> AND Theme ~ <PreachingTheme Children> AND Verb Class ~ Multiply}
Interactive
No interactive is available for this data.
Context Menu and Information Panel
The Information Panel has the standard label information which shows the attribute values.
The Context Menu has the expected Copy and Search functions but, again, the Look up function is missing.
Search
The basic search is illustrated above. The search argument is {Label Promise WHERE Fulfillment ~ <Event The Assyrians withdraw from Jerusalem> AND Theme ~ <PreachingTheme God: Love> AND Verb Class ~ Caring and Empathizing}. If you omit the entire WHERE clause, the search will find all passages that are tagged as Promises.
This is especially useful for dataset without an interactive by which to view them and through viewing, learn to understanding the data. When WHERE is used one, two, or three of the attributes (properties) may be specified. Think of omitting attributes as the equivalent of requesting ANY.
QUIZ: Use the Bible Browser to find the passage where God promises Noah that He will remember his covenant with Noah and all living creatures Note there are multiple answers. If your result includes only the requested results, you succeed. Then write a Search that yields the same results.
Hint: first find each of the four components:
- Find God as the one who is speaking
- Find Abraham as the one who is listening (addressed)
- Find a promise with a key word of covenant
For the Search, the Reported Speech data follows the same pattern as the previous quiz. Only one attribute needs to be specified for the Label Promise.
Using the Search argument {Label Promise WHERE Theme ~ <PreachingTheme Covenant>} ({Speaker <Person God>} {Addressee <Person Noah (builder of ark)>}) yields:
[1] Jeremy Thompson, Promises in the Bible Dataset Documentation (Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2018).
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