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title: parapet — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «parapet» in the Judaism dictionary: A parapet is a low wall along the edge of a bridge, roof or tower, to stop people falling off. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# parapet

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**Who acts:** parapet, people, thou, that, man, monster · **What happens:** be, stop, fall off, build, make, not bring · **To what, where:** low wall, people, new house, parapet, blood, claw

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A parapet is a low wall along the edge of a bridge, roof or tower, to stop people falling off.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:parapet:m1:1
# text = A parapet is a low wall along the edge of a bridge, roof or tower, to stop people falling off.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parapet	parapet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	along	along	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
20	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
21	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	acl	_	_
22	off	off	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a parapet | a low wall and roof or tower |  |  |  | along the edge of a bridge | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | people |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality people=Eventuality |
| 3 | **fall off** | gerund | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence. (Torah DEU.22.8, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:parapet:x1:1
# text = When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nsubj	_	_
3	buildest	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
9	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	11	nsubj	_	_
10	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	parapet	parapet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	20	nsubj	_	_
19	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	20	nsubj	_	_
20	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
21	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
22	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
28	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	29	det	_	_
29	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	_
30	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
31	from	from	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	thence	thence	ADV	RB	_	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | thou | a new house |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product |
| 2 | **make** | shall | thou | a parapet |  |  | then | for thy roof | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent parapet=Product for roof=Asset |
| 3 | **not** **bring** | infinitive | that | blood |  |  |  | upon thy house | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent blood=Theme |
| 4 | **fall** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | any man |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from thence=Initial\_Location |

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*Sentence 2:* (Torah DEU.22.8, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:parapet:x1:2
# text = (Torah DEU.22.8, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	DEU.22.8	DEU.22.8	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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The monster rested a claw on the parapet of the bridge.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:parapet:x2:1
# text = The monster rested a claw on the parapet of the bridge.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rested	rest	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	claw	claw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parapet	parapet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | past | the monster | a claw |  | the parapet of the bridge |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent claw=Theme on parapet=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fox leaned over the parapet and smiled.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:parapet:x3:1
# text = The fox leaned over the parapet and smiled.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	leaned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parapet	parapet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	smiled	smile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | the fox |  |  | the parapet |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **smile** | past | the fox *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stand back from the parapet on the roof.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:parapet:x4:1
# text = Stand back from the parapet on the roof.
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parapet	parapet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the parapet |  | on the roof | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on roof=Location |

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