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title: greaves — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «greaves» in the Judaism dictionary: Armor worn to protect the shins and lower legs. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# greaves

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**Who acts:** he · **What happens:** wear, protect, have · **To what, where:** Armor, shins, greaves

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Armor worn to protect the shins and lower legs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:greaves:m1:1
# text = Armor worn to protect the shins and lower legs.
1	Armor	armor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shins	shin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | participle |  | Armor *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  | the shins and lower legs |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shin=Beneficiary |

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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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And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders. (Prophets 1SA.17.6, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:greaves:x1:1
# text = And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	greaves	greave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	javelin	javelin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	between	between	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | he | greaves of brass |  |  |  | upon his legs; a javelin of brass between his shoulders *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent greave=Patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets 1SA.17.6, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:greaves:x1:2
# text = (Prophets 1SA.17.6, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	1SA.17.6	1SA.17.6	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	_	_
```

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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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