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title: earring — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «earring» in the Judaism dictionary: An earring is a piece of jewellery worn on the ear, usually through a small hole in the earlobe. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# earring

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**Who acts:** earring, I, She, ears, you, Grandma · **What happens:** be, wear, put, get, pierce, take out · **To what, where:** piece, ear, ring, ears, shiny gold earrings, first earrings

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«earring» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 8 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: [earring in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/earring.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An earring is a piece of jewellery worn on the ear, usually through a small hole in the earlobe.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:earring:m1:1
# text = An earring is a piece of jewellery worn on the ear, usually through a small hole in the earlobe.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	earring	earring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	jewellery	jewellery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	through	through	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	earlobe	earlobe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a earring | a piece |  |  |  | of jewellery | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | a piece *not said here* |  | the ear |  | through a small hole in the earlobe | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And I put a ring upon thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head. (Prophets EZK.16.12, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* And I put a ring upon thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:earring:x1:1
# text = And I put a ring upon thy nose, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thy head.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	earrings	earring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
20	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | I | a ring |  | thine ears |  | upon thy nose; earrings *obl* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme upon nose=Destination |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets EZK.16.12, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:earring:x1:2
# text = (Prophets EZK.16.12, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	EZK.16.12	EZK.16.12	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.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She wore shiny gold earrings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:earring:x2:1
# text = She wore shiny gold earrings.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	earrings	earring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | She | shiny gold earrings |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent earring=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I got my ears pierced and wore my first earrings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:earring:x3:1
# text = I got my ears pierced and wore my first earrings.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	pierced	pierce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	earrings	earring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | I | my ears |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pierce** | participle | my ears *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wear** | past | I *not said here* | my first earrings |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent earring=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Take out your earrings before PE.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:earring:x4:1
# text = Take out your earrings before PE.
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	earrings	earring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	PE	PE	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take out** | imperative | you *not said here* | your earrings |  |  | before PE |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earring=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandma gave me a pair of earrings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:earring:x5:1
# text = Grandma gave me a pair of earrings.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	earrings	earring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Grandma | a pair of earrings | me |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient pair=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One earring fell off at the park.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:earring:x6:1
# text = One earring fell off at the park.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	earring	earring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall off** | past | One earring |  |  | the park |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Clip-on earrings don't need a hole in your ear.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:earring:x7:1
# text = Clip-on earrings don't need a hole in your ear.
1	Clip	clip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	earrings	earring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	ear	ear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | Clip on earrings | a hole |  | your ear |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hole=Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The grocer’s wife was so terrified that she took her gold earrings out of her ears and put them in her pocket in order to save something.

<!-- fold The tree, 28 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:earring:x8:1
# text = The grocer’s wife was so terrified that she took her gold earrings out of her ears and put them in her pocket in order to save something.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grocer	grocer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	’s	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	terrified	terrified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	earrings	earring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
24	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	27	mark	_	_
25	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	fixed	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
28	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the grocer's wife |  |  |  |  | terrified *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | past | wife | wife's gold earrings |  | wife's ears |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent earring=Theme out ear=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **put** | infinitive | wife *not said here* | earrings *= earring* |  | wife's pocket |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in pocket=Destination |
| 4 | **save** | to-infinitive | wife *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |

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