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title: ecliptic — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ecliptic» in the Judaism dictionary: The path in the sky that the sun seems to follow through the year. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ecliptic

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**Who acts:** path, line · **What happens:** seem, follow, signify, join, intercept · **To what, where:** astronomers, two points, ecliptic

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The path in the sky that the sun seems to follow through the year.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ecliptic:m1:1
# text = The path in the sky that the sun seems to follow through the year.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present | the path in the sky |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **follow** | to-infinitive | the path in the sky *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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astronomers signified by the word Tali, not the constellation Draco, but the line which joins together the two points in which the orbit of the moon intercepts the ecliptic (Dragon's head and tail). (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

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*Sentence 1:* astronomers signified by the word Tali, not the constellation Draco, but the line which joins together the two points in which the orbit of the moon intercepts the ecliptic (Dragon's head and tail).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ecliptic:x1:1
# text = astronomers signified by the word Tali, not the constellation Draco, but the line which joins together the two points in which the orbit of the moon intercepts the ecliptic (Dragon's head and tail).
1	astronomers	astronomer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	signified	signify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	Tali	Tali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	constellation	constellation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Draco	Draco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	joins	join	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	together	together	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	points	point	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	obl	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	orbit	orbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	intercepts	intercept	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	ecliptic	ecliptic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
32	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	's	's	PART	POS	_	33	case	_	_
35	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	appos	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | participle |  | astronomers *not said here* |  |  |  | by the word | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **join** | present | the line | the two points  the orbit of the moon |  |  |  | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient |
| 3 | **intercept** | present | the line | the ecliptic |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ecliptic=Theme |

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*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ecliptic:x1:2
# text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)
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	Kalisch	Kalisch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	1877	1877	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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