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title: nursling — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nursling» in the Judaism dictionary: A baby or child being looked after and fed. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# nursling

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**Who acts:** I, delight · **What happens:** look after, feed, be, play · **To what, where:** baby, delight

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A baby or child being looked after and fed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:nursling:m1:1
# text = A baby or child being looked after and fed.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	looked	look	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look after** | gerund · passive |  | a baby or child |  |  |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **feed** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: 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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Then I was by Him, as a nursling; and I was daily all delight, playing always before Him, (Writings PRO.8.30, JPS 1917)

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:nursling:x1:1
# text = Then I was by Him, as a nursling; and I was daily all delight, playing always before Him, (Writings PRO.8.30, JPS 1917)
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	nursling	nursling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	daily	daily	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	delight	delight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	acl	_	_
19	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	18	advmod	_	_
20	before	before	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Him	Him	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
25	PRO.8.30	PRO.8.30	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	flat	_	_
28	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	25	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | I |  |  |  | then | by Him *= he* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | I | all delight and Writings |  |  |  | daily *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** | gerund | all delight and Writings *not said here* |  |  |  | before Him | always *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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