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title: dura — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dura» in the Judaism dictionary: The name of a plain in Babylon where King Nebuchadnezzar set up a giant gold statue. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dura

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**Who acts:** King, Nebuchadnezzar king, height · **What happens:** set up, name, make, be, image · **To what, where:** giant gold statue, plain, image, threescore cubits, height, gold

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The name of a plain in Babylon where King Nebuchadnezzar set up a giant gold statue.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:dura:m1:1
# text = The name of a plain in Babylon where King Nebuchadnezzar set up a giant gold statue.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Babylon	Babylon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
9	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	Nebuchadnezzar	Nebuchadnezzar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
11	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set up** | past | King | a giant gold statue |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient statue=Result |
| 2 | **name** |  |  | a plain in Babylon |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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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Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. (Writings DAN.3.1, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:dura:x1:1
# text = Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
1	Nebuchadnezzar	Nebuchadnezzar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	threescore	threescore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	cubits	cubit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	breadth	breadth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
19	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	cubits	cubit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
25	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	up	up	ADP	RP	_	24	compound:prt	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Dura	Dura	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Babylon	Babylon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the Nebuchadnezzar king | a image of gold and threescore cubits |  |  |  | the breadth  six cubits *obl* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent image=Product |
| 2 | **is a** | past | threescore cubits's height | threescore cubits |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **set up** | past | king | height |  | the plain of Dura |  | in the province of Babylon | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in plain=Destination |
| 4 | **image** |  |  | gold |  |  |  |  | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings DAN.3.1, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:dura:x1:2
# text = (Writings DAN.3.1, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	DAN.3.1	DAN.3.1	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.

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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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