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title: cherish — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cherish» in the Judaism dictionary: To cherish someone or something is to love it and take great care of it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cherish

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**Who acts:** care, Trust, I, She, We · **What happens:** cherish, be, take, care, dwell · **To what, where:** someone, great care, land, faithfulness, gift, old teddy bear

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To cherish someone or something is to love it and take great care of it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:cherish:m1:1
# text = To cherish someone or something is to love it and take great care of it.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cherish	cherish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	conj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	love	love	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cherish** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | love *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **take** | present |  | great care of care |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme |
| 4 | **care** |  | care |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land, and cherish faithfulness. (Writings PSA.37.3, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land, and cherish faithfulness.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:cherish:x1:1
# text = Trust in the LORD, and do good; dwell in the land, and cherish faithfulness.
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	dwell	dwell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	cherish	cherish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
17	faithfulness	faithfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dwell** | infinitive · do-support | Trust in the LORD |  |  | the land |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location |
| 2 | **cherish** | infinitive | Trust in the LORD *not said here* | faithfulness |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer faithfulness=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings PSA.37.3, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:cherish:x1:2
# text = (Writings PSA.37.3, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PSA.37.3	PSA.37.3	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}

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I will cherish this gift forever.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:cherish:x2:1
# text = I will cherish this gift forever.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cherish	cherish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cherish** | future | I | this gift |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gift=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She cherishes her old teddy bear.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:cherish:x3:1
# text = She cherishes her old teddy bear.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cherishes	cherish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	teddy	teddy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cherish** | present | She | her old teddy bear |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bear=Stimulus |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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We cherish our good friends.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:cherish:x4:1
# text = We cherish our good friends.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cherish	cherish	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cherish** | present | We | our good friends |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Stimulus |

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