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title: ruminant — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ruminant» in the Judaism dictionary: A ruminant is an animal such as a cow, sheep or goat that chews its cud and has a stomach in several parts. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ruminant

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**Who acts:** ruminant, that, It · **What happens:** be, chew, have, mean, signify, not understand · **To what, where:** animal, cud, stomach, several parts, four, four stomachs

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«ruminant» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: [ruminant in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ruminant.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A ruminant is an animal such as a cow, sheep or goat that chews its cud and has a stomach in several parts.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ruminant:m1:1
# text = A ruminant is an animal such as a cow, sheep or goat that chews its cud and has a stomach in several parts.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ruminant	ruminant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	chews	chew	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	cud	cud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a ruminant | a animal |  |  |  | such a cow and sheep or goat | tree rules |
| 2 | **chew** | present | that | ruminant's cud |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cud=Patient |
| 3 | **have** | present | that *not said here* | a stomach |  | several parts |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stomach=Patient |

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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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It’s possible that these four are meant to signify the four stomachs of ruminants, the functions of which were not wholly understood in the past and may have been believed to be present in humans. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

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*Sentence 1:* It’s possible that these four are meant to signify the four stomachs of ruminants, the functions of which were not wholly understood in the past and may have been believed to be present in humans.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ruminant:x1:1
# text = It’s possible that these four are meant to signify the four stomachs of ruminants, the functions of which were not wholly understood in the past and may have been believed to be present in humans.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	’s	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	signify	signify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	stomachs	stomach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	ruminants	ruminant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	functions	function	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	24	obl	_	_
21	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
22	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	24	advmod	_	_
23	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	understood	understand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl:relcl	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
29	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
30	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	aux	_	_
31	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	believed	believe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	conj	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
34	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	35	cop	_	_
35	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	xcomp	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | possible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present · passive |  | this four |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **signify** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the four stomachs of ruminants and the functions |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot stomach=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **understand** | past · passive |  |  |  | the past |  | of the functions; wholly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: of which=Stimulus |
| 5 | **believe** | may · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» |
| 6 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | in humans; present *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ruminant:x1:2
# text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	Sefaria	Sefaria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	translation	translation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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