--- title: sterility — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics description: «sterility» in the Judaism dictionary: The condition of being unable to have children or to produce crops; barrenness. 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The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [sterility in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sterility.md). ## Meaning 1 {#m1} The condition of being unable to have children or to produce crops; barrenness. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:judaism:sterility:m1:1 # text = The condition of being unable to have children or to produce crops; barrenness. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 produce produce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 12 crops crop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 14 barrenness barrenness NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | the condition | | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | the condition *not said here* | children | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 3 | **produce** | to-infinitive | the condition *not said here* | crops | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crop=Result | 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} These are double, because their opposites take part in life, opposed to Life is Death; to Peace, War; to Riches, Poverty; to Beauty or Reputation, Deformity or Disrepute; to Wisdom, Ignorance; to Fruitfulness, Sterility; to Power, Slavery. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) *Sentence 1:* These are double, because their opposites take part in life, opposed to Life is Death; to Peace, War; to Riches, Poverty; to Beauty or Reputation, Deformity or Disrepute; to Wisdom, Ignorance; to Fruitfulness, Sterility; to Power, Slavery. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:judaism:sterility:x1:1 # text = These are double, because their opposites take part in life, opposed to Life is Death; to Peace, War; to Riches, Poverty; to Beauty or Reputation, Deformity or Disrepute; to Wisdom, Ignorance; to Fruitfulness, Sterility; to Power, Slavery. 1 These this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 opposites opposite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 opposed oppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 Life Life PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 Death Death PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Peace Peace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 War War PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 Poverty Poverty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 Reputation reputation NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Deformity deformity NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 Disrepute disrepute NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Wisdom Wisdom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Ignorance Ignorance PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Fruitfulness fruitfulness NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 Sterility sterility NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 51 Slavery slavery NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | These | | | | | to Beauty to Wisdom and Ignorance or Reputation and Deformity or Disrepute and Fruitfulness and Sterility and Power and Slavery; double *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | present | their opposites | part | Peace and War | life | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent part=Theme to peace=Destination | | 3 | **oppose** | participle | | life *not said here* | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | to Life Death | tree rules | *Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) ```conllu # sent_id = dict:judaism:sterility:x1:2 # text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sefer Sefer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 Yetzirah Yetzirah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Westcott Westcott PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 6 1887 1887 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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