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title: delve — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «delve» in the Judaism dictionary: To dig into the ground. It is an old word, now used mostly for searching deeply into something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# delve

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**Who acts:** ground, princes, nobles · **What happens:** dig, be, use, search, digg, delve · **To what, where:** old word, something, well, sceptre

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To dig into the ground. It is an old word, now used mostly for searching deeply into something.

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*Sentence 1:* To dig into the ground.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:delve:m1:1
# text = To dig into the ground.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dig	dig	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | into the ground | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent into ground=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.

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*Sentence 2:* It is an old word, now used mostly for searching deeply into something.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:delve:m1:2
# text = It is an old word, now used mostly for searching deeply into something.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	searching	search	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
12	deeply	deeply	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | ground | a old word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | a old word *not said here* |  |  | now | mostly *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **search** | gerund |  |  |  | something |  | deeply *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The well, which the princes digged, which the nobles of the people delved, with the sceptre, and with their staves. (Torah NUM.21.18, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* The well, which the princes digged, which the nobles of the people delved, with the sceptre, and with their staves.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:delve:x1:1
# text = The well, which the princes digged, which the nobles of the people delved, with the sceptre, and with their staves.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	well	well	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	digged	digg	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	nobles	noble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	delved	delve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sceptre	sceptre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	staves	stave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **digg** | past | the princes | the well |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **delve** | past | the nobles of the people | the sceptre |  |  |  | with nobles's staves | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Torah NUM.21.18, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:delve:x1:2
# text = (Torah NUM.21.18, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	NUM.21.18	NUM.21.18	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	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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