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title: steppe — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «steppe» in the Judaism dictionary: A huge, flat area of grassland with few trees, especially in eastern Europe and Asia. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# steppe

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**Who acts:** Saul, I, David, Herds, steppes, Few trees · **What happens:** cast, say, smite, step, roam, stretch · **To what, where:** spear, David, presence, steppe, tents, wide steppes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«steppe» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: [steppe in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/steppe.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A huge, flat area of grassland with few trees, especially in eastern Europe and Asia.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:steppe:m1:1
# text = A huge, flat area of grassland with few trees, especially in eastern Europe and Asia.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	grassland	grassland	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	eastern	eastern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And Saul cast the spear; for he said: 'I will smite David even to the wall.' And David stepped aside out of his presence twice. (Prophets 1SA.18.11, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And Saul cast the spear; for he said: 'I will smite David even to the wall.'

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:steppe:x1:1
# text = And Saul cast the spear; for he said: 'I will smite David even to the wall.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cast	cast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	spear	spear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	smite	smite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
15	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	even	even	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | past | Saul | the spear |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Product |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Saul |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **smite** | future | I | David |  |  |  | to the wall *result* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent david=Patient to wall=Result |

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*Sentence 2:* And David stepped aside out of his presence twice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:steppe:x1:2
# text = And David stepped aside out of his presence twice.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stepped	step	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	aside	aside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step** | past | David |  |  | David's presence |  | aside, twice *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out presence=Trajectory |

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*Sentence 3:* (Prophets 1SA.18.11, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:steppe:x1:3
# text = (Prophets 1SA.18.11, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	1SA.18.11	1SA.18.11	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.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Herds of horses roamed the steppe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:steppe:x2:1
# text = Herds of horses roamed the steppe.
1	Herds	herd	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	roamed	roam	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	steppe	steppe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roam** | past | Herds of horses | the steppe |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme steppe=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The steppes of Central Asia stretch for thousands of miles.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:steppe:x3:1
# text = The steppes of Central Asia stretch for thousands of miles.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	steppes	steppe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Central	Central	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
5	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	stretch	stretch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	thousands	thousand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch** | present | the steppes of Central Asia |  |  |  |  | for thousands of miles | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Few trees grow on the steppe because it is dry.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:steppe:x4:1
# text = Few trees grow on the steppe because it is dry.
1	Few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	steppe	steppe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Few trees |  |  | the steppe |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on steppe=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | steppe |  |  |  |  | dry *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nomads lived in tents on the steppe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:steppe:x5:1
# text = Nomads lived in tents on the steppe.
1	Nomads	nomad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	tents	tent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	steppe	steppe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | Nomads |  |  | tents |  | on the steppe | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tent=Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The steppe is like the prairie of North America.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:steppe:x6:1
# text = The steppe is like the prairie of North America.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	steppe	steppe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prairie	prairie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the steppe |  |  |  |  | like the prairie; of North America | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ukraine has wide steppes in the south.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:steppe:x7:1
# text = Ukraine has wide steppes in the south.
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	steppes	steppe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Ukraine | wide steppes |  | the south |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steppe=Patient |

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