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title: sheol — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sheol» in the Judaism dictionary: In the Bible, the underworld, the place where the dead go. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sheol

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**Who acts:** cords, snares · **What happens:** surround, confront, snare · **To what, where:** me, Death

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In the Bible, the underworld, the place where the dead go.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sheol:m1:1
# text = In the Bible, the underworld, the place where the dead go.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	underworld	underworld	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	go	go	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me. (Prophets 2SA.22.6, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sheol:x1:1
# text = The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cords	cord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Sheol	Sheol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	surrounded	surround	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	snares	snare	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	confronted	confront	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **surround** | participle | the cords of Sheol | me |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **confront** | past | the snares of Death | me |  |  |  |  | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 3 | **snare** |  |  | Death |  |  |  |  | nom snare «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets 2SA.22.6, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sheol:x1:2
# text = (Prophets 2SA.22.6, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	2SA.22.6	2SA.22.6	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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