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title: sooth — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sooth» in the Judaism dictionary: Truth. The phrases «in sooth» and «for sooth» mean truly or indeed. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sooth

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**Who acts:** phrases, soothing tongue, perverseness, she, this, I · **What happens:** mean, be, have, play, say · **To what, where:** tree, wound, equal, sooth, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«sooth» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [sooth in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sooth.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Truth. The phrases «in sooth» and «for sooth» mean truly or indeed.

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*Sentence 1:* Truth.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sooth:m1:1
# text = Truth.
1	Truth	Truth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* The phrases «in sooth» and «for sooth» mean truly or indeed.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sooth:m1:2
# text = The phrases «in sooth» and «for sooth» mean truly or indeed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	phrases	phrase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sooth	sooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sooth	sooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	truly	truly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the phrases and sooth and sooth |  |  |  |  | truly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit. (Writings PRO.15.4, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sooth:x1:1
# text = A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	soothing	soothing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	perverseness	perverseness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	therein	therein	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a soothing tongue | a tree but a wound |  |  |  | of life | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | perverseness | a wound |  |  |  | to the spirit | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings PRO.15.4, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sooth:x1:2
# text = (Writings PRO.15.4, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PRO.15.4	PRO.15.4	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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In sooth, she has no equal!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sooth:x2:1
# text = In sooth, she has no equal!
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sooth	sooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | she | no equal |  | sooth |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent equal=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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For sooth, this is a man I play with.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sooth:x3:1
# text = For sooth, this is a man I play with.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	sooth	sooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | this | a man |  |  |  | for sooth | tree rules |
| 2 | **play** | present | I | a man *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Sooth to say, the king was angry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sooth:x4:1
# text = Sooth to say, the king was angry.
1	Sooth	sooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Sooth |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the king |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | tree rules |

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