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title: marvelous — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «marvelous» in the Judaism dictionary: Marvelous means wonderful, very surprising or very good. (US spelling of marvellous). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# marvelous

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** Marvelous, three mothers, It, that, He · **What happens:** mean, spell, enclose, seal, proceed, differentiate · **To what, where:** marvellous, mighty mystery, Fire, these, male, human ability

<!-- .vabout -->
«marvelous» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: [marvelous in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/marvelous.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Marvelous means wonderful, very surprising or very good. (US spelling of marvellous).

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Marvelous means wonderful, very surprising or very good.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:marvelous:m1:1
# text = Marvelous means wonderful, very surprising or very good.
1	Marvelous	marvelous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	surprising	surprising	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Marvelous |  |  |  |  | wonderful *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (US spelling of marvellous).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:marvelous:m1:2
# text = (US spelling of marvellous).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	marvellous	marvellous	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** |  |  | marvellous |  |  |  |  | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
These three mothers enclose a mighty mystery, most occult and most marvelous, sealed as with six rings, and from them proceed primeval Fire, Water, and Air; these are subsequently differentiated into male and female. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* These three mothers enclose a mighty mystery, most occult and most marvelous, sealed as with six rings, and from them proceed primeval Fire, Water, and Air; these are subsequently differentiated into male and female.

<!-- fold The tree, 34 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:marvelous:x1:1
# text = These three mothers enclose a mighty mystery, most occult and most marvelous, sealed as with six rings, and from them proceed primeval Fire, Water, and Air; these are subsequently differentiated into male and female.
1	These	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	mothers	mother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	enclose	enclose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mystery	mystery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	occult	occult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	13	advmod	_	_
13	marvelous	marvelous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	sealed	seal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	_
24	proceed	proceed	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
25	primeval	primeval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod:desc	_	_
26	Fire	Fire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	Air	Air	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
33	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	36	nsubj:pass	_	_
34	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux:pass	_	_
35	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	differentiated	differentiate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
37	into	into	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	female	female	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enclose** | present | this three mothers | a mighty mystery and most occult |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mystery=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **seal** | participle | this three mothers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as six rings | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **proceed** | present | this three mothers *not said here* | Fire  primeval and Water |  |  |  | from mothers *= mother*; Air *obl* | tree rules |
| 4 | **differentiate** | present · passive |  | these |  | male and female |  | subsequently *property* | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:marvelous:x1:2
# text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Westcott	Westcott	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	1887	1887	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It tends to be used of things that are marvelous, miraculous, or otherwise supernatural and extraordinary, i.e. that which defies the human ability to do or understand and must therefore be divine, e.g. \[Deuteronomy 28:59\], \[Psalm 118:23\], \[Psalm 139:6\]. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* It tends to be used of things that are marvelous, miraculous, or otherwise supernatural and extraordinary, i.e. that which defies the human ability to do or understand and must therefore be divine, e.g. \[Deuteronomy 28:59\], \[Psalm 118:23\], \[Psalm 139:6\].

<!-- fold The tree, 39 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:marvelous:x2:1
# text = It tends to be used of things that are marvelous, miraculous, or otherwise supernatural and extraordinary, i.e. that which defies the human ability to do or understand and must therefore be divine, e.g. [Deuteronomy 28:59], [Psalm 118:23], [Psalm 139:6].
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tends	tend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	marvelous	marvelous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	miraculous	miraculous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	supernatural	supernatural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	extraordinary	extraordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	i.e.	i.e.	ADV	FW	_	10	parataxis	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
23	defies	defy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	acl	_	_
29	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	understand	understand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
32	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
33	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
34	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	cop	_	_
35	divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	e.g.	e.g.	ADV	FW	_	35	conj	_	_
38	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	Deuteronomy	Deuteronomy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	conj	_	_
40	28:59	28:59	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	39	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	Psalm	Psalm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	_
45	118:23	118:23	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	44	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	44	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	Psalm	Psalm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	parataxis	_	_
50	139:6	139:6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	49	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tend** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | of things | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | marvelous *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** |  | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **defy** | present |  | the human ability |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | the human ability *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **understand** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 9 | **is** | must |  |  |  |  |  | divine, therefore *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:marvelous:x2:2
# text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	Sefaria	Sefaria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	translation	translation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What a wonderful, beautiful, marvelous country!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:marvelous:x3:1
# text = What a wonderful, beautiful, marvelous country!
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	8	det	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
3	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	marvelous	marvelous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Who has ever heard of such a marvelous place?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:marvelous:x4:1
# text = Who has ever heard of such a marvelous place?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	9	det:predet	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	marvelous	marvelous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present · perfect |  |  |  |  | ever | of such marvelous place | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of place=Stimulus |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had never sat down to such a marvelous feast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:marvelous:x5:1
# text = He had never sat down to such a marvelous feast.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	sat	sit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	10	det:predet	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	marvelous	marvelous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sit down** | past · perfect | He |  |  |  |  | to such marvelous feast | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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