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title: roam — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «roam» in the Judaism dictionary: To walk or travel around with no fixed plan, often over a wide area. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# roam

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** network, you, We, Wild ponies, dog, data · **What happens:** walk, travel around, fix, use, roam, move · **To what, where:** wide area, mobile phone, network, place, people, large · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«roam» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 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: [roam in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/roam.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To walk or travel around with no fixed plan, often over a wide area.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:roam:m1:1
# text = To walk or travel around with no fixed plan, often over a wide area.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	travel	travel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	around	around	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
8	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	over	over	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a wide area |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over area=Trajectory |
| 2 | **travel around** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with no fixed plan; around *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

<!-- .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: phones — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To use a mobile phone abroad through another network («roaming»).

<!-- fold The tree, 10 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:roam:m2:1
# text = To use a mobile phone abroad through another network («roaming»).
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mobile	mobile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	network	network	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	roaming	roam	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | to-infinitive |  | a mobile phone |  | another network |  | abroad *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient |
| 2 | **roam** *in a quote* | gerund | another network *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: of eyes or thoughts — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To move from place to place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:roam:m3:1
# text = To move from place to place.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	place	place	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 | **move** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | place |  | to place | vn slide-11.2 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from place=Initial\_Location to place=Destination |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wherefore say My people: 'We roam at large; we will come no more unto Thee'? (Prophets JER.2.31, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Wherefore say My people: 'We roam at large; we will come no more unto Thee'?

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:roam:x1:1
# text = Wherefore say My people: 'We roam at large; we will come no more unto Thee'?
1	Wherefore	wherefore	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	roam	roam	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
15	no	no	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	obj	_	_
17	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | My people |  |  |  | wherefore *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **roam** | present | We |  |  | large |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at large=Trajectory |
| 3 | **come** | future | we | more |  |  |  | unto Thee | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location more=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Prophets JER.2.31, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:roam:x1:2
# text = (Prophets JER.2.31, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	JER.2.31	JER.2.31	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	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wild ponies roam across the moor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:roam:x2:1
# text = Wild ponies roam across the moor.
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ponies	pony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	roam	roam	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	moor	moor	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 | **roam** | present | Wild ponies |  |  | the moor |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across moor=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We roamed the beach looking for shells.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:roam:x3:1
# text = We roamed the beach looking for shells.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	roamed	roam	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	shells	shell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roam** | past | We | the beach |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme beach=Trajectory |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | We *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for shells | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for shell=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dog was free to roam the farm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:roam:x4:1
# text = The dog was free to roam the farm.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	roam	roam	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the dog |  |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **roam** | to-infinitive | the dog *not said here* | the farm |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme farm=Trajectory |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Turn off data roaming when you go abroad.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:roam:x5:1
# text = Turn off data roaming when you go abroad.
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	data	data	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	roaming	roam	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn off** | imperative | you *not said here* | data |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent data=Patient |
| 2 | **roam** | gerund | data *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | present | you |  |  |  |  | abroad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her eyes roamed around the busy room.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:roam:x6:1
# text = Her eyes roamed around the busy room.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	roamed	roam	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	room	room	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 | **roam** | past | Her eyes |  |  | the busy room |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around room=Trajectory |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dinosaurs once roamed the Earth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:roam:x7:1
# text = Dinosaurs once roamed the Earth.
1	Dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
3	roamed	roam	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	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 | **roam** | past | Dinosaurs | the Earth |  |  |  | once *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Trajectory |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A LION, roaming through a forest, trod upon a thorn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:roam:x8:1
# text = A LION, roaming through a forest, trod upon a thorn.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	LION	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	roaming	roam	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	trod	tread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	thorn	thorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roam** | gerund | a LION *not said here* |  |  | a forest |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory |
| 2 | **tread** | past | a LION |  |  | a thorn |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon thorn=Trajectory |

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