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title: spicery — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «spicery» in the Judaism dictionary: Spices, or a mixture of sweet-smelling plant goods that were traded. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# spicery

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**Who acts:** mixture, they, caravan, camels · **What happens:** smell, trade, sit down, eat, lift up, look · **To what, where:** plant goods, bread, eyes, Gilead, spicery, caravan

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Spices, or a mixture of sweet-smelling plant goods that were traded.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:spicery:m1:1
# text = Spices, or a mixture of sweet-smelling plant goods that were traded.
1	Spices	spice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mixture	mixture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	smelling	smell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
10	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	9	obj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	traded	trade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | gerund | a mixture *not said here* | plant goods |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer goods=Stimulus |
| 2 | **trade** | past · passive |  | plant goods |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt. (Torah GEN.37.25, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:spicery:x1:1
# text = And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lifted	lift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	26	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Ishmaelites	Ishmaelite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	_
26	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
27	from	from	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Gilead	Gilead	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	camels	camel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	_
33	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	32	acl	_	_
34	spicery	spicery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	balm	balm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	ladanum	ladanum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	33	conj	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	xcomp	_	_
43	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	_
44	down	down	ADP	RP	_	42	compound:prt	_	_
45	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit down** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | bread |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient |
| 3 | **lift up** | past | they | their eyes |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme |
| 4 | **look** | past | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 5 | **come** | past | a caravan of Ishmaelites |  |  | Gilead |  | with Ishmaelites's camels | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from gilead=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **bear** | gerund | Ishmaelites's camels *not said here* | spicery and balm and ladanum |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spicery=Patient |
| 7 | **go** | gerund | Ishmaelites's camels *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **carry down** | to-infinitive | Ishmaelites's camels *not said here* | caravan | Egypt |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to egypt=Destination |

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*Sentence 2:* (Torah GEN.37.25, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:spicery:x1:2
# text = (Torah GEN.37.25, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	GEN.37.25	GEN.37.25	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	_	_
```

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

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