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title: gristle — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gristle» in the Judaism dictionary: Tough, elastic tissue in the body, like cartilage. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gristle

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**Who acts:** bones, gristles · **What happens:** be

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Tough, elastic tissue in the body, like cartilage.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:gristle:m1:1
# text = Tough, elastic tissue in the body, like cartilage.
1	Tough	tough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	elastic	elastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tissue	tissue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	cartilage	cartilage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron. (Writings JOB.40.18, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:gristle:x1:1
# text = His bones are as pipes of brass; his gristles are like bars of iron.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	gristles	gristle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	bars	bar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | His bones |  |  |  |  | as pipes and bars; of brass | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | his gristles |  |  |  |  | like bars; of iron | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings JOB.40.18, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:gristle:x1:2
# text = (Writings JOB.40.18, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	JOB.40.18	JOB.40.18	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	_	_
```

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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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