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title: professor — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «professor» in the Judaism dictionary: A professor is a senior teacher at a university, often an expert in one subject. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# professor

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**Who acts:** professor, aunt, Lee, mad professor, She, you · **What happens:** be, show, accord, teach, explain, build · **To what, where:** senior teacher, university, university teacher, stories, Evans, professor · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«professor» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 10 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: [professor in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/professor.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A professor is a senior teacher at a university, often an expert in one subject.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:professor:m1:1
# text = A professor is a senior teacher at a university, often an expert in one subject.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	professor	professor	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	senior	senior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	university	university	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	expert	expert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a professor | a senior teacher and a expert in one subject |  | a university |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: US — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A professor is any university teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:professor:m2:1
# text = A professor is any university teacher.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	professor	professor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	university	university	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a professor | any university teacher |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In stories, «the professor» is often a clever, sometimes absent-minded scientist.

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:professor:m3:1
# text = In stories, «the professor» is often a clever, sometimes absent-minded scientist.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	professor	professor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	often	often	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	17	advmod	_	_
14	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	minded	minded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the professor |  |  | stories |  | clever, often *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Evans and Professor Minders Petrie have shown that certain linear characters which (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:professor:x1:1
# text = Evans and Professor Minders Petrie have shown that certain linear characters which (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
1	Evans	evan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	Professor	professor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Minders	minder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	Petrie	Petrie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	linear	linear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	characters	character	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	xcomp	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Origin	Origin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	_
22	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	case	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	fixed	_	_
24	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
25	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	flat	_	_
26	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	1914	1914	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	))	))	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	14	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · perfect · passive |  | Evans  Petrie and Professor Minders |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My aunt is a professor of chemistry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:professor:x2:1
# text = My aunt is a professor of chemistry.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	professor	professor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	chemistry	chemistry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My aunt | a professor |  |  |  | of chemistry | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Professor Lee teaches at the university.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:professor:x3:1
# text = Professor Lee teaches at the university.
1	Professor	Professor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	Lee	Lee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	teaches	teach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	university	university	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | Lee  Professor |  |  | the university |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The professor explained the experiment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:professor:x4:1
# text = The professor explained the experiment.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	professor	professor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	explained	explain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	experiment	experiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | the professor | the experiment |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent experiment=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the cartoon, the mad professor built a robot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:professor:x5:1
# text = In the cartoon, the mad professor built a robot.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	professor	professor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | the mad professor | a robot |  | the cartoon |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robot=Product |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She wants to be a professor one day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:professor:x6:1
# text = She wants to be a professor one day.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	professor	professor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | a professor |  |  | day |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The professor wrote a book about dinosaurs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:professor:x7:1
# text = The professor wrote a book about dinosaurs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	professor	professor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wrote	write	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	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | the professor | a book |  |  |  | about dinosaurs | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent book=Recipient about dinosaur=Topic |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ask the professor your question.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:professor:x8:1
# text = Ask the professor your question.
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	professor	professor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the professor |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent professor=Recipient |
| 2 | **question** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The professor forgot his glasses again.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:professor:x9:1
# text = The professor forgot his glasses again.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	professor	professor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | the professor | professor's glasses |  |  | again |  | tree rules |

## Example 10 {#x10}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Professor Huxley thinks there are none.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:professor:x10:1
# text = Professor Huxley thinks there are none.
1	Professor	Professor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Huxley	Huxley	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
5	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Professor |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | present | none |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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