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title: lintel — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lintel» in the Judaism dictionary: The beam across the top of a door or window, resting on the side posts. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lintel

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**Who acts:** beam, they, houses · **What happens:** rest, take, put, eat · **To what, where:** side posts, blood, two side posts

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The beam across the top of a door or window, resting on the side posts.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:lintel:m1:1
# text = The beam across the top of a door or window, resting on the side posts.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beam	beam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	across	across	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | gerund | the beam across the top of a door or window *not said here* |  |  | the side posts |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on post=Location |

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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 they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it. (Torah EXO.12.7, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:lintel:x1:1
# text = And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
15	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	lintel	lintel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
26	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	29	advmod	_	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
29	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	acl:relcl	_	_
30	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | shall | they |  |  |  |  | of the blood | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of blood=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **put** | infinitive | they *not said here* | blood |  | the two side posts and the lintel and the houses |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on post=Destination |
| 3 | **eat** | shall | houses *= house* | blood |  |  |  | wherein *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Torah EXO.12.7, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:lintel:x1:2
# text = (Torah EXO.12.7, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	EXO.12.7	EXO.12.7	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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