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title: grammatical — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «grammatical» in the Judaism dictionary: Correct according to the rules of grammar. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# grammatical

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**Who acts:** grammar, Waw Yod, sentence, We, writing, Her · **What happens:** accord, rule, do, interpret, reserve, serve · **To what, where:** internal structure, term, usual Hebrew grammatical terminology, consonants, standard English, grammatical error · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«grammatical» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [grammatical in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/grammatical.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Correct according to the rules of grammar.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:grammatical:m1:1
# text = Correct according to the rules of grammar.
1	Correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	2	fixed	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	grammar	grammar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 | **rule** |  | grammar |  |  |  |  |  | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To do with grammar: «a grammatical mistake».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:grammatical:m2:1
# text = To do with grammar: «a grammatical mistake».
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	grammar	grammar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with grammar | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I base it off an interpretation of the SY’s internal structure, the semantic properties of the root ספ״ר SPR, and the SY’s general grammatical inventiveness. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

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*Sentence 1:* I base it off an interpretation of the SY’s internal structure, the semantic properties of the root ספ״ר SPR, and the SY’s general grammatical inventiveness.

<!-- fold The tree, 29 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:grammatical:x1:1
# text = I base it off an interpretation of the SY’s internal structure, the semantic properties of the root ספ״ר SPR, and the SY’s general grammatical inventiveness.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	interpretation	interpretation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	SY	SY	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	’s	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	internal	internal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	structure	structure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	semantic	semantic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	properties	property	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	ספ	ספ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	״	״	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	ר	ר	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	SPR	SPR	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	SY	SY	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	’s	's	PART	POS	_	27	case	_	_
29	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
30	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	inventiveness	inventiveness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **interpret** |  |  | the SY's internal structure  the semantic properties of the root ספ ר SPR |  |  |  |  | nom interpretation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:grammatical:x1:2
# text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
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	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	Sefaria	Sefaria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	translation	translation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In usual Hebrew grammatical terminology, the term ‘mothers’ is reserved for the אִמּוֹת קְרִיאָה immot qeriʼah, ‘mothers of reading’ (whence Latin matres lectionis), the letters אהו״י Alef-Heh-Waw-Yod which can serve to represent either consonants or vowels. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

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*Sentence 1:* In usual Hebrew grammatical terminology, the term ‘mothers’ is reserved for the אִמּוֹת קְרִיאָה immot qeriʼah, ‘mothers of reading’ (whence Latin matres lectionis), the letters אהו״י Alef-Heh-Waw-Yod which can serve to represent either consonants or vowels.

<!-- fold The tree, 39 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:grammatical:x2:1
# text = In usual Hebrew grammatical terminology, the term ‘mothers’ is reserved for the אִמּוֹת קְרִיאָה immot qeriʼah, ‘mothers of reading’ (whence Latin matres lectionis), the letters אהו״י Alef-Heh-Waw-Yod which can serve to represent either consonants or vowels.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	terminology	terminology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	mothers	mother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	אִמּוֹת	אִמּוֹת	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	קְרִיאָה	קְרִיאָה	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	immot	immot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	qeriʼah	qeriʼah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	mothers	mother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
26	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	whence	whence	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	30	advmod	_	_
28	Latin	Latin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	matres	matre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	compound	_	_
30	lectionis	lectionis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	_
35	אהו	אהו	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	״	״	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	י	י	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	Alef	Alef	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	Heh	Heh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	Waw	Waw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	Yod	yod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	appos	_	_
45	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	nsubj	_	_
46	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	acl:relcl	_	_
48	to	to	PART	TO	_	49	mark	_	_
49	represent	represent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	xcomp	_	_
50	either	either	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc:preconj	_	_
51	consonants	consonant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	obj	_	_
52	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	vowels	vowel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reserve** | present · passive |  | the term |  | usual Hebrew grammatical terminology |  | for the אִמּוֹת and immot qeriʼah and mothers of reading | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for אִמּוֹת=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **serve** | can | Waw Yod |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **represent** | to-infinitive | Waw Yod *not said here* | consonants or vowels |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot consonant=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:grammatical:x2:2
# text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
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	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	Sefaria	Sefaria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	translation	translation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This sentence is not grammatical.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:grammatical:x3:1
# text = This sentence is not grammatical.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | this sentence |  |  |  |  | grammatical *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Correct the grammatical mistakes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:grammatical:x4:1
# text = Correct the grammatical mistakes.
1	Correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"We was late" is not grammatical in standard English.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:grammatical:x5:1
# text = "We was late" is not grammatical in standard English.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	standard	standard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | We |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present |  |  |  | standard English |  | grammatical *property* | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her writing is clear and grammatical.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:grammatical:x6:1
# text = Her writing is clear and grammatical.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Her writing |  |  |  |  | clear *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Her writing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **write** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom writing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grammatical rules can be tricky.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:grammatical:x7:1
# text = Grammatical rules can be tricky.
1	Grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	tricky	tricky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | Grammatical rules |  |  |  |  | tricky *property* | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Find the grammatical error in each line.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:grammatical:x8:1
# text = Find the grammatical error in each line.
1	Find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	grammatical	grammatical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | the grammatical error |  | each line |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent error=Topic |

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