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title: joist — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «joist» in the Judaism dictionary: A beam that runs across a building to support the floor or ceiling. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# joist

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**Who acts:** beam, he · **What happens:** run, support, build · **To what, where:** building, floor, twenty cubits, hinder part, cubits

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A beam that runs across a building to support the floor or ceiling.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:joist:m1:1
# text = A beam that runs across a building to support the floor or ceiling.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beam	beam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	support	support	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | a beam |  |  | a building |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across building=Trajectory |
| 2 | **support** | to-infinitive | a beam *not said here* | the floor or ceiling |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer floor=Stimulus |

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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 built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the joists; he even built them for himself within, for a Sanctuary, even for the most holy place. (Prophets 1KI.6.16, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the joists; he even built them for himself within, for a Sanctuary, even for the most holy place.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:joist:x1:1
# text = And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the joists; he even built them for himself within, for a Sanctuary, even for the most holy place.
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	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	cubits	cubit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	hinder	hind	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	boards	board	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	cedar	cedar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
20	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	joists	joist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
25	even	even	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
27	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	26	obl	_	_
30	within	within	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
32	for	for	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	Sanctuary	Sanctuary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
36	even	even	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
37	for	for	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
39	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	40	advmod	_	_
40	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | he | twenty cubits |  | the hinder part of the house |  | with boards of cedar; from the floor; unto the joists | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent cubit=Product from floor=Material |
| 2 | **build** | past | he | cubits *= cubit* |  |  |  | for himself *= he*; within a Sanctuary; for the holy place | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent they=Product for himself=Asset |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets 1KI.6.16, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:joist:x1:2
# text = (Prophets 1KI.6.16, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	1KI.6.16	1KI.6.16	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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