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title: espousal — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «espousal» in the Judaism dictionary: Betrothal, the promise to marry, or a wedding. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# espousal

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**Who acts:** you, ye, mother, crown, Solomon · **What happens:** marry, go, daughter, gaze, have, crown · **To what, where:** wedding, Solomon

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Betrothal, the promise to marry, or a wedding.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:espousal:m1:1
# text = Betrothal, the promise to marry, or a wedding.
1	Betrothal	Betrothal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	marry	marry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | to-infinitive |  | a wedding |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and gaze upon king Solomon, even upon the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. (Writings SNG.3.11, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and gaze upon king Solomon, even upon the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:espousal:x1:1
# text = Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and gaze upon king Solomon, even upon the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
5	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	6	nsubj	_	_
6	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Zion	Zion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	gaze	gaze	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	even	even	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
20	wherewith	wherewith	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	23	advmod	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	hath	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	acl:relcl	_	_
24	crowned	crown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	espousals	espousal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	gladness	gladness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | day | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **daughter** |  | ye |  |  |  |  | of Zion | tree rules |
| 3 | **gaze** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon king Solomon | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon solomon=Theme |
| 4 | **have** | present | Solomon's mother |  |  |  |  | wherewith *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **crown** | past | the crown | Solomon |  |  | day |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 6 | **espouse** |  | Solomon |  |  |  |  |  | nom espousal «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings SNG.3.11, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:espousal:x1:2
# text = (Writings SNG.3.11, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	SNG.3.11	SNG.3.11	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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