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title: coupling — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «coupling» in the Judaism dictionary: a part that joins things together. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# coupling

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**Who acts:** part, David, carpenters · **What happens:** join, prepare, give, buy, make, destroy · **To what, where:** things, iron, abundance, it, hewn stone, beams

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«coupling» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [coupling in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/coupling.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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a part that joins things together.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:coupling:m1:1
# text = a part that joins things together.
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	joins	join	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **join** | present | a part | things |  |  |  | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |

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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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And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight; (Writings 1CH.22.3, JPS 1917)

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:coupling:x1:1
# text = And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight; (Writings 1CH.22.3, JPS 1917)
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	abundance	abundance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	nails	nail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	couplings	coupling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	abundance	abundance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	without	without	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
29	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
31	1CH.22.3	1CH.22.3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	30	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod:unmarked	_	_
34	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	34	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prepare** | past | David | iron |  | abundance |  | for the nails for the doors of the gates; for the couplings; without weight; 1917  JPS *obl* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent iron=Beneficiary writing=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. (Writings 2CH.34.11, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:coupling:x2:1
# text = even to the carpenters and to the builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
1	even	even	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	carpenters	carpenter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	builders	builder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
15	hewn	hewn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	timber	timber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	couplings	coupling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
26	beams	beam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
30	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	36	obj	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nsubj:pass	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
35	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
36	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the carpenters and the builders | it |  |  |  | timber for couplings *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | the carpenters and the builders *not said here* | hewn stone |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | the carpenters and the builders *not said here* | beams |  |  |  | for the houses | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent beam=Product for house=Asset |
| 4 | **destroy** | past · perfect · passive |  | the kings of Judah |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings 2CH.34.11, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:coupling:x2:2
# text = (Writings 2CH.34.11, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	2CH.34.11	2CH.34.11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	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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