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title: sanhedrin — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sanhedrin» in the Judaism dictionary: The highest court and council of the Jewish people in ancient times, made up of seventy-one sages. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sanhedrin

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**Who acts:** Some, passage · **What happens:** make up, maintain, mention, accord, comment · **To what, where:** ancient times, essay, Talmud treatise, commentary, Rashi

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«sanhedrin» 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: [sanhedrin in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sanhedrin.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The highest court and council of the Jewish people in ancient times, made up of seventy-one sages.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sanhedrin:m1:1
# text = The highest court and council of the Jewish people in ancient times, made up of seventy-one sages.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
15	up	up	ADP	RP	_	14	compound:prt	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	20	nummod	_	_
20	sages	sage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | participle |  | ancient times *not said here* |  |  |  | of one sages | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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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Some maintain that this essay is mentioned in the Talmud treatise Sanhedrin, p. 66 b. and ibid. 67 b. which passage is according to the commentary of Rashi, to treatise Erubin, p. 63 a., a reliable historical notice. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

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*Sentence 1:* Some maintain that this essay is mentioned in the Talmud treatise Sanhedrin, p. 66 b. and ibid.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sanhedrin:x1:1
# text = Some maintain that this essay is mentioned in the Talmud treatise Sanhedrin, p. 66 b. and ibid.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	maintain	maintain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	essay	essay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	mentioned	mention	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Talmud	Talmud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	treatise	treatise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	Sanhedrin	Sanhedrin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	p.	P.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
15	66	66	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	flat	_	_
16	b.	b.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	ibid	ibid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **maintain** | present | Some |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mention** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | this essay |  | the Talmud treatise |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

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*Sentence 2:* 67 b. which passage is according to the commentary of Rashi, to treatise Erubin, p. 63 a., a reliable historical notice.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sanhedrin:x1:2
# text = 67 b. which passage is according to the commentary of Rashi, to treatise Erubin, p. 63 a., a reliable historical notice.
1	67	67	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	b.	b.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	according	accord	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	commentary	commentary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Rashi	Rashi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	treatise	treatise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
15	Erubin	Erubin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	p.	P.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:unmarked	_	_
18	63	63	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	list	_	_
19	a.	A.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	reliable	reliable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
23	historical	historical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	notice	notice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | present · progressive | which passage |  |  |  |  | to the commentary of Rashi *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to commentary=Goal |
| 2 | **comment** |  |  | Rashi |  |  |  |  | nom commentary «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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*Sentence 3:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sanhedrin:x1:3
# text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)
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	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Kalisch	Kalisch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	1877	1877	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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