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title: negligent — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «negligent» in the Judaism dictionary: Careless, failing to do one's duty with proper care. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# negligent

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**Who acts:** sons, you, that · **What happens:** fail, not do, not be, have, choose, stand · **To what, where:** duty, you, minister, Him, ministers

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Careless, failing to do one's duty with proper care.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:negligent:m1:1
# text = Careless, failing to do one's duty with proper care.
1	Careless	careless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	failing	fail	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **do** | to-infinitive |  | one's duty |  |  |  | with proper care | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duty=Eventuality |

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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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My sons, be not now negligent; for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before Him, to minister unto Him, and that ye should be His ministers, and offer unto Him.' (Writings 2CH.29.11, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* My sons, be not now negligent; for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before Him, to minister unto Him, and that ye should be His ministers, and offer unto Him.'

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:negligent:x1:1
# text = My sons, be not now negligent; for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before Him, to minister unto Him, and that ye should be His ministers, and offer unto Him.'
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	negligent	negligent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
12	hath	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	xcomp	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
17	before	before	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Him	Him	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
22	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
26	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	31	nsubj	_	_
27	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	31	nsubj	_	_
28	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
29	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	cop	_	_
30	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	ministers	minister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
35	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | infinitive | My sons |  |  |  | now | negligent *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | My sons *not said here* | you |  |  |  | for the LORD | tree rules |
| 3 | **choose** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **stand** | to-infinitive | My sons *not said here* | minister unto Him |  | Him |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before him=Location |
| 5 | **is a** | should | that | Him's ministers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **offer** | infinitive | My sons *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto Him | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings 2CH.29.11, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:negligent:x1:2
# text = (Writings 2CH.29.11, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	2CH.29.11	2CH.29.11	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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