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title: pondering — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pondering» in the Judaism dictionary: Pondering is thinking deeply and slowly about something; it is the -ing form of ponder. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pondering

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**Who acts:** it, Kai, She, Ben · **What happens:** ponder, think, be, sit, stand, find · **To what, where:** ing form, silence, question, sums, mistake, last

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«pondering» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [pondering in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/pondering.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Pondering is thinking deeply and slowly about something; it is the -ing form of ponder.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:pondering:m1:1
# text = Pondering is thinking deeply and slowly about something; it is the -ing form of ponder.
1	Pondering	ponder	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	deeply	deeply	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	ing	ing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	ponder	ponder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ponder** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  | about something; deeply *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about something=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** | present | it | the ing form |  |  |  | of ponder | tree rules |

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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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Kai sat by the fire, pondering.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:pondering:x1:1
# text = Kai sat by the fire, pondering.
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	pondering	ponder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | Kai |  |  |  |  | by the fire | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by fire=Location |
| 2 | **ponder** | gerund | Kai *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She stood in silence, pondering the question.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:pondering:x2:1
# text = She stood in silence, pondering the question.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	pondering	ponder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | She |  |  | silence |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in silence=Location |
| 2 | **ponder** | gerund | She *not said here* | the question |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Pondering over the sums, Ben at last found his mistake.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:pondering:x3:1
# text = Pondering over the sums, Ben at last found his mistake.
1	Pondering	ponder	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
2	over	over	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sums	sum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ponder** | gerund |  |  |  | the sums |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **find** | past |  | Ben's mistake |  | last |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent mistake=Theme at last=Asset |
| 3 | **mistake** |  | Ben |  |  |  |  |  | nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=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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