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title: behemoth — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «behemoth» in the Judaism dictionary: A huge animal in the Bible, often thought to be like a great ox or hippopotamus. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# behemoth

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**Who acts:** behemoth, he · **What happens:** think, be, make, eat · **To what, where:** huge animal, grass

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A huge animal in the Bible, often thought to be like a great ox or hippopotamus.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:behemoth:m1:1
# text = A huge animal in the Bible, often thought to be like a great ox or hippopotamus.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	hippopotamus	hippopotamus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | participle · passive |  | a huge animal in the Bible |  |  |  | often *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | like a great ox or hippopotamus | tree rules |

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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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Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. (Writings JOB.40.15, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:behemoth:x1:1
# text = Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
1	Behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	behemoth	behemoth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	eateth	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	ox	ox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | behemoth |  |  |  |  | with thee | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **eat** | present | he | grass |  |  |  | as a ox | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings JOB.40.15, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:behemoth:x1:2
# text = (Writings JOB.40.15, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	JOB.40.15	JOB.40.15	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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