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title: revolve — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «revolve» in the Judaism dictionary: To revolve is to move in a circle around a central point. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# revolve

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**Who acts:** your, Earth, Moon, We, life, sushi · **What happens:** revolve, be, mind, go, move, lose · **To what, where:** circle, own centre, something, mind, Earth, revolving door

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«revolve» in the Judaism dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [revolve in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/revolve.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To revolve is to move in a circle around a central point.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:revolve:m1:1
# text = To revolve is to move in a circle around a central point.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	revolve	revolve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	circle	circle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	around	around	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	central	central	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revolve** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | a circle around a central point |  | move *property* | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To revolve is to turn around on its own centre, like a wheel.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:revolve:m2:1
# text = To revolve is to turn around on its own centre, like a wheel.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	revolve	revolve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	around	around	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revolve** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  | its own centre |  | like a wheel; around, turn *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To revolve around something is to have it as the most important thing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:revolve:m3:1
# text = To revolve around something is to have it as the most important thing.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	revolve	revolve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	around	around	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	12	advmod	_	_
12	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revolve** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | something |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around something=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | as the important thing; have *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To revolve something in your mind is to think about it again and again.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:revolve:m4:1
# text = To revolve something in your mind is to think about it again and again.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	revolve	revolve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	think	think	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revolve** | to-infinitive |  | something |  | your mind |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | again | about mind; think *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mind** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Earth revolves around the Sun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:revolve:x1:1
# text = The Earth revolves around the Sun.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	revolves	revolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sun.	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revolve** | present | the Earth |  |  |  | sunday |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Moon revolves around the Earth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:revolve:x2:1
# text = The Moon revolves around the Earth.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	revolves	revolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	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 | **revolve** | present | the Moon |  |  | the Earth |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around earth=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We went through the revolving door.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:revolve:x3:1
# text = We went through the revolving door.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	revolving	revolve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | We |  |  | the revolving door |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through door=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **revolve** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her life revolves around her horse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:revolve:x4:1
# text = Her life revolves around her horse.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	revolves	revolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	horse	horse	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 | **revolve** | present | Her life |  |  |  |  | around life's horse | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around horse=Trajectory |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sushi revolves on a moving belt.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:revolve:x5:1
# text = The sushi revolves on a moving belt.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sushi	sushi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	revolves	revolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revolve** | present | the sushi |  |  | a moving belt |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on belt=Trajectory |
| 2 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The wheel revolved slowly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:revolve:x6:1
# text = The wheel revolved slowly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	revolved	revolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revolve** | past | the wheel |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The story revolves around a lost dog.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:revolve:x7:1
# text = The story revolves around a lost dog.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	revolves	revolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revolve** | present | the story |  |  |  |  | around a lost dog | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme around dog=Trajectory |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Instead, he revolved this mystery in his mind: why do they find Smee lovable?

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:revolve:x8:1
# text = Instead, he revolved this mystery in his mind: why do they find Smee lovable?
1	Instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	revolved	revolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	mystery	mystery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
15	Smee	Smee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	lovable	lovable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revolve** | past | he | this mystery |  | his mind |  | instead *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent mystery=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | present · do-support | they | Smee |  |  |  | lovable *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smee=Topic |
| 3 | **mind** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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