---
title: seedtime — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «seedtime» in the Judaism dictionary: the time of year when seeds are planted. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seedtime/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/) / [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/) / seedtime

# seedtime

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** earth · **What happens:** plant, remain, not cease · **To what, where:** time, seedtime

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the time of year when seeds are planted.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:seedtime:m1:1
# text = the time of year when seeds are planted.
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
6	seeds	seed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	planted	plant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | present · passive |  | the time of year |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.' (Torah GEN.8.22, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.'

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:seedtime:x1:1
# text = While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.'
1	While	while	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	remaineth	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	seedtime	seedtime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
21	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl:unmarked	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
24	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	26	advmod	_	_
26	cease	cease	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | the earth | seedtime and harvest |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme seedtime=Attribute |
| 2 | **not** **cease** | shall |  |  |  |  | day |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Torah GEN.8.22, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:seedtime:x1:2
# text = (Torah GEN.8.22, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	GEN.8.22	GEN.8.22	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [seed](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seed/)
- next →: [seek](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seek/)
- ↑ back to [S in Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/)