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title: defensible — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «defensible» in the Judaism dictionary: Able to be defended or justified as reasonable. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# defensible

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**Who acts:** K, lastly Qoph, true K · **What happens:** defend, justify, not confuse, replace, be · **To what, where:** lastly Qoph, Q

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Able to be defended or justified as reasonable.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:defensible:m1:1
# text = Able to be defended or justified as reasonable.
1	Able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	defended	defend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	justified	justify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **defend** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING» |
| 2 | **justify** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | as reasonable | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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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must not be confused with Zain, Z ; and lastly Qoph, Q is very often replaced by K, which is hardly defensible as there is a true K in addition. ' 44. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

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*Sentence 1:* must not be confused with Zain, Z ; and lastly Qoph, Q is very often replaced by K, which is hardly defensible as there is a true K in addition. '

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:defensible:x1:1
# text = must not be confused with Zain, Z ; and lastly Qoph, Q is very often replaced by K, which is hardly defensible as there is a true K in addition. '
1	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	confused	confuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Zain	Zain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Z	z	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	lastly	lastly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Qoph	Qoph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	Q	Q	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
16	very	very	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	often	often	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	replaced	replace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl:relcl	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	K	K	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
24	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
25	defensible	defensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	parataxis	_	_
26	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
27	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	28	expl	_	_
28	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	advcl	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	K	k	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	addition	addition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
35	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **confuse** | must · passive |  | lastly Qoph |  |  |  | with Zain | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: with zain=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **replace** | present · passive | K | Q |  |  |  | often *property* | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | lastly Qoph |  |  |  |  | defensible, hardly *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** | present | a true K in addition |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 2:* 44.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:defensible:x1:2
# text = 44.
1	44	44	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:defensible:x1:3
# text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Westcott	Westcott	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	1893	1893	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	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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