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title: scepter — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «scepter» in the Judaism dictionary: American spelling of «sceptre»: a short rod carried by a king or queen as a sign of power. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# scepter

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**Who acts:** he, queen, crown · **What happens:** carry, spell, sign, sit, hold, show · **To what, where:** short rod, sceptre, power, throne

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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American spelling of «sceptre»: a short rod carried by a king or queen as a sign of power.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:scepter:m1:1
# text = American spelling of «sceptre»: a short rod carried by a king or queen as a sign of power.
1	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	sceptre	sceptre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rod	rod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle |  | a short rod *not said here* |  |  |  | by a king or queen; as a sign of power | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **spell** |  |  | sceptre |  |  |  |  | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **sign** |  |  | power |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=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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There he sat on his throne, with a sceptre in his hand.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:scepter:x1:1
# text = There he sat on his throne, with a sceptre in his hand.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sceptre	sceptre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | he |  |  | his throne; there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The queen held her sceptre high.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:scepter:x2:1
# text = The queen held her sceptre high.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sceptre	sceptre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | the queen | queen's sceptre |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sceptre=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A crown and a sceptre show the king's power.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:scepter:x3:1
# text = A crown and a sceptre show the king's power.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sceptre	sceptre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a crown and a sceptre | the king's power |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent power=Recipient |

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**Text:** the Judaism dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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