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title: hemlock — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hemlock» in the Judaism dictionary: Hemlock is a tall wild plant with small white flowers, and it is very poisonous. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hemlock

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**Who acts:** Hemlock, They, words, thus judgment, you, golden hemlock · **What happens:** be, speak, swear, make, spring up, not touch · **To what, where:** tall wild plant, words, covenants, furrows, hemlock, Scarcely · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«hemlock» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [hemlock in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hemlock.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Hemlock is a tall wild plant with small white flowers, and it is very poisonous.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:hemlock:m1:1
# text = Hemlock is a tall wild plant with small white flowers, and it is very poisonous.
1	Hemlock	hemlock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	very	very	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	poisonous	poisonous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Hemlock | a tall wild plant |  |  |  | with small white flowers | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Hemlock |  |  |  |  | poisonous *property* | tree rules |

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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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They speak words, they swear falsely, they make covenants; thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. (Prophets HOS.10.4, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* They speak words, they swear falsely, they make covenants; thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:hemlock:x1:1
# text = They speak words, they swear falsely, they make covenants; thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	speak	speak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	swear	swear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	falsely	falsely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	covenants	covenant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
13	thus	thus	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	judgment	judgment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	springeth	spring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	hemlock	hemlock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	furrows	furrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | They | words |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **swear** | present | words *= word* |  |  |  |  | falsely *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | present | words *= word* | covenants |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset covenant=Product |
| 4 | **spring up** | present | thus judgment |  |  | the furrows of the field |  | as hemlock | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in furrow=Location |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets HOS.10.4, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:hemlock:x1:2
# text = (Prophets HOS.10.4, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	HOS.10.4	HOS.10.4	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.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never touch hemlock; it is deadly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:hemlock:x2:1
# text = Never touch hemlock; it is deadly.
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	touch	touch	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	hemlock	hemlock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | imperative | you *not said here* | hemlock |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hemlock=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | hemlock |  |  |  |  | deadly *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Scarcely had she spoken when a golden hemlock sprang up from her.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:hemlock:x3:1
# text = Scarcely had she spoken when a golden hemlock sprang up from her.
1	Scarcely	Scarcely	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	hemlock	hemlock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sprang	spring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect · passive |  | Scarcely |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **spring up** | past | a golden hemlock |  |  |  |  | from Scarcely | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The witch brewed a drink of hemlock.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:hemlock:x4:1
# text = The witch brewed a drink of hemlock.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brewed	brew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hemlock	hemlock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brew** | past | the witch | a drink of hemlock |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Product |

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