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title: slothfulness — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «slothfulness» in the Judaism dictionary: The habit of being lazy. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# slothfulness

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**Who acts:** Slothfulness, idle soul, rafters · **What happens:** be, cast, suffer, sink in, leak · **To what, where:** deep sleep, hunger, idleness

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The habit of being lazy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:slothfulness:m1:1
# text = The habit of being lazy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	habit	habit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |

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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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Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger. (Writings PRO.19.15, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:slothfulness:x1:1
# text = Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
1	Slothfulness	slothfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	casteth	cast	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	soul	soul	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	suffer	suffer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
14	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | present | Slothfulness |  |  | a deep sleep |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into sleep=Product |
| 2 | **suffer** | shall | the idle soul | hunger |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hunger=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings PRO.19.15, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:slothfulness:x1:2
# text = (Writings PRO.19.15, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PRO.19.15	PRO.19.15	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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By slothfulness the rafters sink in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh. (Writings ECC.10.18, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* By slothfulness the rafters sink in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:slothfulness:x2:1
# text = By slothfulness the rafters sink in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	slothfulness	slothfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	rafters	rafter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sink	sink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
9	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	idleness	idleness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	iobj	_	_
16	leaketh	leak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink in** | present | the rafters |  |  |  |  | by slothfulness | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **leak** | present | the rafters *not said here* |  |  | idleness of the hands |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through idleness=Location |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings ECC.10.18, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:slothfulness:x2:2
# text = (Writings ECC.10.18, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	ECC.10.18	ECC.10.18	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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