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title: thrum — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «thrum» in the Judaism dictionary: To strum or pluck a stringed instrument, playing it in a rough or idle way. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# thrum

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**Who acts:** that · **What happens:** strum, pluck, play, devise · **To what, where:** stringed instrument, instrument, rough way

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To strum or pluck a stringed instrument, playing it in a rough or idle way.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:thrum:m1:1
# text = To strum or pluck a stringed instrument, playing it in a rough or idle way.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	strum	strum	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	pluck	pluck	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	stringed	stringed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
13	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	idle	idle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strum** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pluck** | infinitive |  | a stringed instrument |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instrument=Patient |
| 3 | **play** | gerund |  | instrument |  | a rough way |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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That thrum on the psaltery, that devise for themselves instruments of music, like David; (Prophets AMO.6.5, JPS 1917)

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:thrum:x1:1
# text = That thrum on the psaltery, that devise for themselves instruments of music, like David; (Prophets AMO.6.5, JPS 1917)
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	thrum	thrum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	psaltery	psaltery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	devise	devise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	11	nsubj	_	_
11	instruments	instrument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
20	AMO.6.5	AMO.6.5	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	flat	_	_
23	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	20	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devise** | present | that |  |  |  |  | for instruments of music; like David | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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