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title: flea — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «flea» in the Judaism dictionary: A very small jumping insect without wings that lives on the skin and fur of animals and people and sucks their blood. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# flea

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**Who acts:** small jumping insect, people, king, thou, you, blood · **What happens:** jump, live, suck, sell, be, pursue · **To what, where:** skin, blood, old hand things, single flea, partridge, mountains · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«flea» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [flea in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/flea.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A very small jumping insect without wings that lives on the skin and fur of animals and people and sucks their blood.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:flea:m1:1
# text = A very small jumping insect without wings that lives on the skin and fur of animals and people and sucks their blood.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	jumping	jump	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	insect	insect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	sucks	suck	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
21	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | present | a small jumping insect without wings |  |  | the skin and fur of animals and people |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on skin=Location |
| 3 | **suck** | present | a small jumping insect without wings *not said here* | people's blood |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blood=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Flea market: a market where people sell old and second-hand things cheaply.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:flea:m2:1
# text = Flea market: a market where people sell old and second-hand things cheaply.
1	Flea	flea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sell	sell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
15	cheaply	cheaply	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | people | old hand things |  |  |  | cheaply *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. (Prophets 1SA.24.15, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:flea:x1:1
# text = After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
13	dost	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	15	nsubj	_	_
15	pursue	pursue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
17	after	after	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	after	after	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	flea	flea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the king of Israel |  |  |  |  | come, out *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pursue** | present · do-support | thou |  |  |  | after a dead dog; after a flea |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after whom=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Prophets 1SA.24.15, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:flea:x1:2
# text = (Prophets 1SA.24.15, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	1SA.24.15	1SA.24.15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.' (Prophets 1SA.26.20, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.'

<!-- fold The tree, 40 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:flea:x2:1
# text = Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.'
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
27	out	out	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	advcl	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	flea	flea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
35	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	37	advmod	_	_
36	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	37	nsubj	_	_
37	doth	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	parataxis	_	_
38	hunt	hunt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	partridge	partridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | therefore *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **fall** | infinitive | my blood |  |  |  |  | to the earth; away *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=Theme |
| 3 | **come out** | present · passive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the king of Israel; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ» |
| 4 | **seek** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a single flea |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flea=Theme |
| 5 | **do** | present | one |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **hunt** | present | one *not said here* | a partridge |  | the mountains |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent partridge=Theme in mountain=Location |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Prophets 1SA.26.20, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:flea:x2:2
# text = (Prophets 1SA.26.20, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	1SA.26.20	1SA.26.20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our dog kept scratching because it had fleas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:flea:x3:1
# text = Our dog kept scratching because it had fleas.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	scratching	scratch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	fleas	flea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | Our dog |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **scratch** | gerund | Our dog *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** | past | dog | fleas |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flea=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The vet gave the cat flea treatment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:flea:x4:1
# text = The vet gave the cat flea treatment.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	flea	flea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the vet | the flea treatment |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treatment=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A flea can jump more than a hundred times its own length.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:flea:x5:1
# text = A flea can jump more than a hundred times its own length.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flea	flea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	jump	jump	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	8	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | can | a flea | flea's own length |  |  | time |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme length=Trajectory |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We bought old comics at the flea market.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:flea:x6:1
# text = We bought old comics at the flea market.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	comics	comic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	flea	flea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | We | old comics |  | the flea market |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent comic=Theme at market=Asset |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Flea bites leave small itchy red spots.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:flea:x7:1
# text = Flea bites leave small itchy red spots.
1	Flea	flea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	bites	bite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	itchy	itchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | Flea bites | small itchy red spots |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

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Fleas are parasites that drink blood.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:flea:x8:1
# text = Fleas are parasites that drink blood.
1	Fleas	flea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	parasites	parasite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Fleas | parasites |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drink** | present | parasites | blood |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Patient |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Long ago, fleas on rats spread a deadly disease called the plague.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:flea:x9:1
# text = Long ago, fleas on rats spread a deadly disease called the plague.
1	Long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
2	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	fleas	flea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	spread	spread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	disease	disease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | past | fleas on rats | a deadly disease |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location disease=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | participle | a deadly disease *not said here* | the plague |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent plague=Recipient |

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