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title: groundwork — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «groundwork» in the Judaism dictionary: The first work or base on which something else is built. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# groundwork

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**What happens:** build · **To what, where:** first work

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«groundwork» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil, 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: [groundwork in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/groundwork.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The first work or base on which something else is built.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:groundwork:m1:1
# text = The first work or base on which something else is built.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nmod	_	_
9	else	else	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present · passive |  | the first work on something or base |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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.

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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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