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title: seduce — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «seduce» in the Judaism dictionary: To lead someone astray, to tempt them into doing wrong. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# seduce

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**Who acts:** they, Manasseh, that · **What happens:** lead, tempt, do, not hearken, seduce, be · **To what, where:** someone, them, nations

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To lead someone astray, to tempt them into doing wrong.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:seduce:m1:1
# text = To lead someone astray, to tempt them into doing wrong.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	lead	lead	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	astray	astray	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	tempt	tempt	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	into	into	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
11	wrong	wrong	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme |
| 2 | **tempt** | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 3 | **do** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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But they hearkened not; and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations, whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel. (Prophets 2KI.21.9, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* But they hearkened not; and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations, whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:seduce:x1:1
# text = But they hearkened not; and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations, whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hearkened	hearken	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	Manasseh	Manasseh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	seduced	seduce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	_
16	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	18	advmod	_	_
17	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	fixed	_	_
18	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
26	before	before	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hearken** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seduce** | past | Manasseh | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | Manasseh *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | evil *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **do** | past | that *not said here* | the nations |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nation=Eventuality |
| 6 | **destroy** | participle · passive |  | the nations |  |  | before the children of Israel |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets 2KI.21.9, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:seduce:x1:2
# text = (Prophets 2KI.21.9, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	2KI.21.9	2KI.21.9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	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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**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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