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title: nitre — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nitre» in the Judaism dictionary: A salty mineral, a kind of soda, that people used for washing and cleaning. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# nitre

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**Who acts:** salty mineral, thou, one, he · **What happens:** use, wash, take, mark, say, take off · **To what, where:** thee, iniquity, Lord GOD, garment, cold weather · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«nitre» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [nitre in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/nitre.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A salty mineral, a kind of soda, that people used for washing and cleaning.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:nitre:m1:1
# text = A salty mineral, a kind of soda, that people used for washing and cleaning.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mineral	mineral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	soda	soda	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | a salty mineral |  |  |  |  | for washing and cleaning | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before Me, saith the Lord GOD. (Prophets JER.2.22, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before Me, saith the Lord GOD.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:nitre:x1:1
# text = For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before Me, saith the Lord GOD.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	though	though	ADV	RB	_	4	obl	_	_
3	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wash	wash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	nitre	nitre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	obj	_	_
12	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	soap	soap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	iniquity	iniquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	marked	mark	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
20	before	before	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Me	Me	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	GOD	GOD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | present | thou | thee |  |  |  | with nitre | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent thou=Patient with nitre=Instrument |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | thee |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument thou=Theme soap=Destination |
| 3 | **mark** | present · passive |  | thine iniquity |  |  | before Me |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme before me=Destination |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  | the Lord GOD |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent god=Topic |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets JER.2.22, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:nitre:x1:2
# text = (Prophets JER.2.22, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	JER.2.22	JER.2.22	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. (Writings PRO.25.20, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:nitre:x2:1
# text = As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.
1	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	taketh	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	vinegar	vinegar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	nitre	nitre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
22	singeth	sing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
23	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take off** | present | one | a garment |  | cold weather |  | as vinegar upon nitre | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | to a heavy heart; sing *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings PRO.25.20, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:nitre:x2:2
# text = (Writings PRO.25.20, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PRO.25.20	PRO.25.20	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	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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