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title: overflowing — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «overflowing» in the Judaism dictionary: A flood or spill of water over its edges; a flowing over. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# overflowing

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**Who acts:** waters, overflowings, Thou, man · **What happens:** flow over, wear, wash away, destroy, hope · **To what, where:** stones, dust, hope

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A flood or spill of water over its edges; a flowing over.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:overflowing:m1:1
# text = A flood or spill of water over its edges; a flowing over.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flood	flood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	spill	spill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	edges	edge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	conj	_	_
12	flowing	flow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	over	over	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow over** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man. (Writings JOB.14.19, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:overflowing:x1:1
# text = The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth; so Thou destroyest the hope of man.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	overflowings	overflowing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	wash	wash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	20	nsubj	_	_
20	destroyest	destroy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	hope	hope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | present | the waters | the stones |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent stone=Source |
| 2 | **wash away** | present | the overflowings | the dust of the earth |  |  |  | away, thereof *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dust=Patient |
| 3 | **destroy** | present | Thou | the hope of man |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hope=Patient |
| 4 | **hope** |  | man |  |  |  |  |  | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings JOB.14.19, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:overflowing:x1:2
# text = (Writings JOB.14.19, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	JOB.14.19	JOB.14.19	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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**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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