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title: graceful — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «graceful» in the Judaism dictionary: Moving in a smooth, light and beautiful way. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# graceful

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**Who acts:** things, breasts, her, ballet dancer, Swans, cat · **What happens:** move, have, be, let, satisfy, ravish · **To what, where:** smooth light, beautiful elegant shape, thee, thou, love, graceful birds

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«graceful» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 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: [graceful in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/graceful.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Moving in a smooth, light and beautiful way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:graceful:m1:1
# text = Moving in a smooth, light and beautiful way.
1	Moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  | a smooth light and beautiful way |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in light=Trajectory |

<!-- .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 -->
Having a beautiful, elegant shape.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:graceful:m2:1
# text = Having a beautiful, elegant shape.
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	elegant	elegant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  | a beautiful elegant shape |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Polite and kind, especially when things are difficult, as in «a graceful loser».

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:graceful:m3:1
# text = Polite and kind, especially when things are difficult, as in «a graceful loser».
1	Polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	graceful	graceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	loser	loser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | things |  |  |  |  | difficult, especially *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always. (Writings PRO.5.19, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:graceful:x1:1
# text = A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hind	hind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	graceful	graceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	doe	doe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	breasts	breast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	satisfy	satisfy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	_
21	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	cop	_	_
22	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	20	conj	_	_
23	ravished	ravish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
24	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | her love *vocative* | tree rules |
| 2 | **satisfy** | present | her breasts | thee |  |  | time |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thou=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is a** | infinitive |  | thou |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **ravish** | participle |  | her love *not said here* |  |  |  | always *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **love** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Writings PRO.5.19, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:graceful:x1:2
# text = (Writings PRO.5.19, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PRO.5.19	PRO.5.19	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	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ballet dancer was very graceful.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:graceful:x2:1
# text = The ballet dancer was very graceful.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ballet	ballet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dancer	dancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	graceful	graceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the ballet dancer |  |  |  |  | graceful *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Swans are graceful birds on the water.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:graceful:x3:1
# text = Swans are graceful birds on the water.
1	Swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	graceful	graceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Swans | graceful birds |  | the water |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cat made a graceful leap onto the wall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:graceful:x4:1
# text = The cat made a graceful leap onto the wall.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	graceful	graceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	leap	leap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the cat | a graceful leap |  | the wall |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leap=Product |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was graceful in defeat and shook hands with the winner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:graceful:x5:1
# text = She was graceful in defeat and shook hands with the winner.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	graceful	graceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	defeat	defeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	shook	shake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  | defeat |  | graceful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **shake** | past | She *not said here* | hands |  |  |  | with the winner | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient with winner=Co-Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bridge has graceful curves.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:graceful:x6:1
# text = The bridge has graceful curves.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	graceful	graceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	curves	curve	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the bridge | graceful curves |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curve=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Water Rat rowed with graceful, easy strokes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:graceful:x7:1
# text = The Water Rat rowed with graceful, easy strokes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rowed	row	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	graceful	graceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	strokes	stroke	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **row** | past | the Water Rat |  |  |  |  | with graceful easy strokes | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Deer are graceful runners.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:graceful:x8:1
# text = Deer are graceful runners.
1	Deer	deer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	graceful	graceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	runners	runner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Deer | graceful runners |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is the most graceful performance I have ever seen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:graceful:x9:1
# text = It is the most graceful performance I have ever seen.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	graceful	graceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the graceful performance |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | present · perfect | I | the graceful performance *not said here* |  |  | ever |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer performance=Stimulus |

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