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title: fewness — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fewness» in the Judaism dictionary: Being few in number; smallness of amount. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fewness

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**Who acts:** thou, number · **What happens:** be, accord, increase, diminish, do, sell · **To what, where:** number, price

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Being few in number; smallness of amount.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:fewness:m1:1
# text = Being few in number; smallness of amount.
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	smallness	smallness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | number |  | few *property* | tree rules |

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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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According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of crops doth he sell unto thee. (Torah LEV.25.16, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of crops doth he sell unto thee.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:fewness:x1:1
# text = According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of crops doth he sell unto thee.
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	multitude	multitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	nsubj	_	_
9	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	increase	increase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
16	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	case	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	fewness	fewness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
23	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	25	nsubj	_	_
24	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	diminish	diminish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
31	for	for	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nmod	_	_
36	doth	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	_
37	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	xcomp	_	_
39	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **increase** | shall | thou | the price |  |  |  | accord the multitude of the years; thereof *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer price=Patient |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **diminish** | shall | thou | the price of price |  |  |  | accord the fewness of the years | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer price=Patient |
| 5 | **do** | present | the number of crops |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **sell** | infinitive | number |  |  |  |  | unto thee | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Torah LEV.25.16, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:fewness:x1:2
# text = (Torah LEV.25.16, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	LEV.25.16	LEV.25.16	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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**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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