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title: demolish — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «demolish» in the Judaism dictionary: To knock something down completely so that it is destroyed. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# demolish

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**Who acts:** ye, inhabitants · **What happens:** knock down, destroy, drive out, figure, demolish, image · **To what, where:** something, it, inhabitants, figured stones, molten images, high places

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To knock something down completely so that it is destroyed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:demolish:m1:1
# text = To knock something down completely so that it is destroyed.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	knock	knock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **knock down** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent something=Patient |
| 2 | **destroy** | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=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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then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places. (Torah NUM.33.52, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:demolish:x1:1
# text = then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places.
1	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	before	before	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
18	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	21	det:predet	_	_
19	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
20	figured	figure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	amod	_	_
21	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
25	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	28	det:predet	_	_
26	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
27	molten	molten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	images	image	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	demolish	demolish	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
32	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	35	det:predet	_	_
33	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
34	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive out** | shall | ye | all inhabitants of the land |  |  | then | from you; out *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent inhabitant=Theme from you=Trajectory |
| 2 | **destroy** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | inhabitants's figured stones |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Patient |
| 3 | **figure** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **destroy** | infinitive |  | inhabitants's molten images |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent image=Patient |
| 5 | **demolish** | infinitive |  | inhabitants's high places |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus place=Experiencer |
| 6 | **image** |  | inhabitants *= inhabitant* |  |  |  |  |  | nom image «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Torah NUM.33.52, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:demolish:x1:2
# text = (Torah NUM.33.52, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	NUM.33.52	NUM.33.52	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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