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title: byway — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «byway» in the Judaism dictionary: A byway is a small side road or lane, quieter than a main road. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# byway

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**Who acts:** byway, highways, travellers, We, witch · **What happens:** be, cease, walk, take, live down · **To what, where:** small side road, byways, byway, woods, dusty byway

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«byway» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [byway in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/byway.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A byway is a small side road or lane, quieter than a main road.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:byway:m1:1
# text = A byway is a small side road or lane, quieter than a main road.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	byway	byway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	quieter	quiet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	conj	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a byway | a small side road or lane |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | a byway *not said here* |  |  |  |  | than a main road | 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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In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and the travellers walked through byways. (Prophets JDG.5.6, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and the travellers walked through byways.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:byway:x1:1
# text = In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways ceased, and the travellers walked through byways.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Shamgar	Shamgar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Anath	Anath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Jael	Jael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	highways	highway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	ceased	cease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
24	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
25	through	through	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	byways	byway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | past | the highways |  |  |  | day | of Jael | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **walk** | past | the travellers |  |  | byways |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through byway=Trajectory |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets JDG.5.6, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:byway:x1:2
# text = (Prophets JDG.5.6, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	JDG.5.6	JDG.5.6	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 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We took the byway through the woods.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:byway:x2:1
# text = We took the byway through the woods.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	byway	byway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	woods	wood	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | We | the byway |  | the woods |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent byway=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The witch lived down a dusty byway.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:byway:x3:1
# text = The witch lived down a dusty byway.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	byway	byway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live down** | past | the witch | a dusty byway |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Highways and byways were full of people that day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:byway:x4:1
# text = Highways and byways were full of people that day.
1	Highways	highway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	byways	byway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Highways and byways |  |  |  |  | of people  that day; full *property* | tree rules |

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