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title: bulrush — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bulrush» in the Judaism dictionary: A tall reed-like water plant with a brown, furry head, growing in marshes and at the edge of ponds. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bulrush

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**Who acts:** she, it, I, He, ducks · **What happens:** grow, hide, take, daub, put, lay · **To what, where:** marshes, him, ark, child, flags, sackcloth

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«bulrush» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: [bulrush in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bulrush.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A tall reed-like water plant with a brown, furry head, growing in marshes and at the edge of ponds.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:bulrush:m1:1
# text = A tall reed-like water plant with a brown, furry head, growing in marshes and at the edge of ponds.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
3	reed	reed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	like	like	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	furry	furry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	parataxis	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	marshes	marsh	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	ponds	pond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | gerund |  |  |  | marshes and the edge of ponds |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in marsh=Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. (Torah EXO.2.3, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.

<!-- fold The tree, 41 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:bulrush:x1:1
# text = And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ark	ark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	bulrushes	bulrush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	daubed	daub	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
21	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	slime	slime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
33	therein	therein	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
37	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	flags	flag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
41	by	by	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	's	's	PART	POS	_	43	case	_	_
45	brink	brink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | could | she | him *= he* |  |  |  | long *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **take** | past | she | a ark of bulrushes |  |  |  | for him *= he* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ark=Theme for he=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **daub** | past | she *not said here* | ark |  |  |  | with slime and pitch | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with slime=Theme |
| 4 | **put** | past | she |  | the child |  |  | therein *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent child=Goal |
| 5 | **lay** | past | she *not said here* | child |  | the flags |  | by the river's brink | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in flag=Destination |

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*Sentence 2:* (Torah EXO.2.3, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:bulrush:x1:2
# text = (Torah EXO.2.3, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	EXO.2.3	EXO.2.3	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? (Prophets ISA.58.5, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:bulrush:x2:1
# text = Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	bow	bow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bulrush	bulrush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
15	sackcloth	sackcloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	_
18	under	under	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | as a bulrush; bow *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **spread** | to-infinitive |  | sackcloth and ashes |  |  |  | under him *= he* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sackcloth=Theme under he=Destination |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets ISA.58.5, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:bulrush:x2:2
# text = (Prophets ISA.58.5, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	ISA.58.5	ISA.58.5	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.

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I am seeking the three bulrushes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:bulrush:x3:1
# text = I am seeking the three bulrushes.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	seeking	seek	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	bulrushes	bulrush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seek** | present · progressive | I | the three bulrushes |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bulrush=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was careful of the third bulrush.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:bulrush:x4:1
# text = He was careful of the third bulrush.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
7	bulrush	bulrush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | of the third bulrush; careful *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ducks hid among the bulrushes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:bulrush:x5:1
# text = The ducks hid among the bulrushes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	among	among	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bulrushes	bulrush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | the ducks |  |  | the bulrushes |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among bulrush=Location |

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