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title: berry — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «berry» in the Judaism dictionary: A berry is a small round juicy fruit with seeds, like a strawberry, blueberry or raspberry. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# berry

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**Who acts:** berry, fruit, someone, We, you, adult · **What happens:** be, make, berry, mean, bury, pick · **To what, where:** small round juicy fruit, fruit, science, one flower, berries, old dialect · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«berry» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [berry in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/berry.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A berry is a small round juicy fruit with seeds, like a strawberry, blueberry or raspberry.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:berry:m1:1
# text = A berry is a small round juicy fruit with seeds, like a strawberry, blueberry or raspberry.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	berry	berry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	juicy	juicy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	strawberry	strawberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	blueberry	blueberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	raspberry	raspberry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a berry | a small round juicy fruit and a strawberry and blueberry or raspberry |  |  |  | with seeds | tree rules |

<!-- .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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In science, a berry is a fruit made from one flower with seeds inside its soft flesh; by that rule, grapes, tomatoes and bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.

<!-- fold The tree, 30 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:berry:m2:1
# text = In science, a berry is a fruit made from one flower with seeds inside its soft flesh; by that rule, grapes, tomatoes and bananas are berries, but strawberries are not.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	berry	berry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
15	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	flesh	flesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	_
22	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	grapes	grape	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	tomatoes	tomato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	bananas	banana	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	conj	_	_
29	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
30	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	conj	_	_
34	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
35	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a berry | a fruit and that rule and grapes and tomatoes and bananas |  | science |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | a fruit and that rule and grapes and tomatoes and bananas *not said here* |  | one flower with seeds inside berry's soft flesh |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from flower=Material |
| 3 | **is a** | present | a fruit and that rule and grapes and tomatoes and bananas | berries but strawberries |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In old dialect, to berry someone means to bury them in the ground.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:berry:m3:1
# text = In old dialect, to berry someone means to bury them in the ground.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dialect	dialect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	berry	berry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	bury	bury	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **berry** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | old dialect |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **bury** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | someone *not said here* | them *= they* |  | the ground |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in ground=Destination |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We picked blackberries along the path.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:berry:x1:1
# text = We picked blackberries along the path.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	blackberries	blackberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	along	along	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | past | We | blackberries |  |  |  | along the path | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blackberry=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never eat wild berries unless an adult says they're safe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:berry:x2:1
# text = Never eat wild berries unless an adult says they're safe.
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **eat** | imperative | you *not said here* | wild berries |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a adult |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | berries *= berry* |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Blueberries are tiny blue berries.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:berry:x3:1
# text = Blueberries are tiny blue berries.
1	Blueberries	blueberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Blueberries | tiny blue berries |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Birds love the red berries on the holly bush.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:berry:x4:1
# text = Birds love the red berries on the holly bush.
1	Birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	holly	holly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | Birds | the red berries |  | the holly bush |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer berry=Stimulus |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I had berries and yoghurt for breakfast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:berry:x5:1
# text = I had berries and yoghurt for breakfast.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	yoghurt	yoghurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | I | berries and yoghurt for breakfast |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some berries are poisonous.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:berry:x6:1
# text = Some berries are poisonous.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | some berries |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Strawberries have their seeds on the outside.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:berry:x7:1
# text = Strawberries have their seeds on the outside.
1	Strawberries	strawberry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	outside	outside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Strawberries | Strawberries's seeds |  | the outside |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Patient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bears eat berries in late summer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:berry:x8:1
# text = Bears eat berries in late summer.
1	Bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | Bears | berries |  |  | summer |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient |

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