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title: seemly — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «seemly» in the Judaism dictionary: Proper and fitting; suitable for the occasion. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# seemly

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**Who acts:** Luxury, honour · **What happens:** be, have · **To what, where:** rule

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«seemly» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [seemly in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/seemly.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Proper and fitting; suitable for the occasion.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:seemly:m1:1
# text = Proper and fitting; suitable for the occasion.
1	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	fitting	fitting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Luxury is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. (Writings PRO.19.10, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Luxury is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:seemly:x1:1
# text = Luxury is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
1	Luxury	luxury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	seemly	seemly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	much	much	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
16	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	over	over	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Luxury |  |  |  |  | for a fool; seemly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Luxury *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a servant | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | to-infinitive | Luxury *not said here* | rule |  |  |  | over princes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings PRO.19.10, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:seemly:x1:2
# text = (Writings PRO.19.10, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PRO.19.10	PRO.19.10	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. (Writings PRO.26.1, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:seemly:x2:1
# text = As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	harvest	harvest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
13	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	seemly	seemly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | honour |  |  |  |  | for a fool; seemly *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings PRO.26.1, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:seemly:x2:2
# text = (Writings PRO.26.1, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PRO.26.1	PRO.26.1	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	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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**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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