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title: cheapen — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cheapen» in the Judaism dictionary: To make something less valuable, or to treat it as of little worth. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cheapen

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**What happens:** make, treat, do, cheapen, change · **To what, where:** something, it, thou, thyself, way

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To make something less valuable, or to treat it as of little worth.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:cheapen:m1:1
# text = To make something less valuable, or to treat it as of little worth.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	valuable	valuable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	treat	treat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	worth	worth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product |
| 2 | **treat** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  | as little worth | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Theme as worth=Attribute |

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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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How greatly dost thou cheapen thyself to change thy way? (Prophets JER.2.36, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* How greatly dost thou cheapen thyself to change thy way?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:cheapen:x1:1
# text = How greatly dost thou cheapen thyself to change thy way?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	dost	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	obj	_	_
5	cheapen	cheapen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	thyself	thyself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | thou |  |  |  | greatly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cheapen** | infinitive |  | thyself |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent thyself=Patient |
| 3 | **change** | to-infinitive |  | thy way |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets JER.2.36, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:cheapen:x1:2
# text = (Prophets JER.2.36, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	JER.2.36	JER.2.36	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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