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title: lucre — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lucre» in the Judaism dictionary: Money or profit, especially when gotten in a shameful way. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lucre

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**Who acts:** sons · **What happens:** get, not walk, turn, take, pervert · **To what, where:** Money, shameful way, ways, bribes

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Money or profit, especially when gotten in a shameful way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:lucre:m1:1
# text = Money or profit, especially when gotten in a shameful way.
1	Money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	gotten	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	shameful	shameful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | participle · passive |  | Money or profit |  | a shameful way |  | especially *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice. (Prophets 1SA.8.3, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:lucre:x1:1
# text = And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	aside	aside	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	lucre	lucre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
18	bribes	bribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	perverted	pervert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	amod	_	_
22	justice	justice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **walk** | past | his sons |  |  | his ways |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Trajectory |
| 2 | **turn** | past | his sons *not said here* |  |  |  | after lucre | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | past | his sons *not said here* | bribes |  |  |  | perverted justice *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bribe=Theme |
| 4 | **pervert** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets 1SA.8.3, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:lucre:x1:2
# text = (Prophets 1SA.8.3, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	1SA.8.3	1SA.8.3	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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