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title: mastery — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mastery» in the Judaism dictionary: Mastery is complete control or power over something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mastery

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**Who acts:** Mastery, great skill, he, It, that, voice · **What happens:** be, do, say, not be, shout, cry · **To what, where:** complete control, something, great skill, voice, mastery, farmyard · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«mastery» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [mastery in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/mastery.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Mastery is complete control or power over something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:mastery:m1:1
# text = Mastery is complete control or power over something.
1	Mastery	mastery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	control	control	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mastery | complete control or power |  | something |  |  | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mastery is great skill at doing something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:mastery:m2:1
# text = Mastery is great skill at doing something.
1	Mastery	mastery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mastery | great skill |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | great skill *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And he said: 'It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome, but the noise of them that sing do I hear.' (Torah EXO.32.18, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And he said: 'It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome, but the noise of them that sing do I hear.'

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:mastery:x1:1
# text = And he said: 'It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome, but the noise of them that sing do I hear.'
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	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	shout	shout	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	mastery	mastery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	20	cc:preconj	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	ccomp	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nmod	_	_
25	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	_	_
26	cry	cry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
27	for	for	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	29	cop	_	_
29	overcome	overcome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
31	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nsubj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nmod	_	_
36	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	37	det	_	_
37	sing	sing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nsubj	_	_
38	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
39	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | It | the voice |  |  |  | of them *= they* | tree rules |
| 3 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | that |  |  |  |  | for mastery | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for mastery=Recipient |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the voice of them | mastery |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | the voice of them |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | overcome *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **hear** | present · do-support | the noise of them |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 8 | **noise** |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Torah EXO.32.18, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:mastery:x1:2
# text = (Torah EXO.32.18, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	EXO.32.18	EXO.32.18	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.

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Two game cocks were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the farmyard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:mastery:x2:1
# text = Two game cocks were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the farmyard.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cocks	cock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	fiercely	fiercely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mastery	mastery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	farmyard	farmyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past · progressive | Two game cocks |  |  |  |  | for the mastery of the farmyard; fiercely *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **master** |  |  | the farmyard |  |  |  |  | nom mastery «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The winner ruled with undisputed mastery.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:mastery:x3:1
# text = The winner ruled with undisputed mastery.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	winner	winner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	undisputed	undisputed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mastery	mastery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | past | the winner |  |  |  |  | with undisputed mastery | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Man gains mastery over nature by thinking.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:mastery:x4:1
# text = Man gains mastery over nature by thinking.
1	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gains	gain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	mastery	mastery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	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 | **gain** | present | Man | mastery |  | nature |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mastery=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | Man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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