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title: timbrel — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «timbrel» in the Judaism dictionary: A small hand drum or tambourine, played with dancing. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# timbrel

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**Who acts:** Miriam, women, you, They · **What happens:** play, take, go out, take up, sound, sing · **To what, where:** small hand drum, timbrel, hand, melody, sound, Him

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A small hand drum or tambourine, played with dancing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:timbrel:m1:1
# text = A small hand drum or tambourine, played with dancing.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	tambourine	tambourine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | participle |  | a small hand drum or tambourine *not said here* |  |  |  | with dancing | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with dancing=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 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. (Torah EXO.15.20, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

<!-- fold The tree, 27 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:timbrel:x1:1
# text = And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
2	Miriam	Miriam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prophetess	prophetess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Aaron	Aaron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	timbrel	timbrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
19	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	21	det:predet	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
23	out	out	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
24	after	after	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	_
26	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	timbrels	timbrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	dances	dance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | Miriam | a timbrel |  | Miriam's hand |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent timbrel=Value in hand=Location |
| 2 | **go out** | past | all women |  |  |  | after Miriam | with timbrels and dances; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with timbrel=Co-Agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Torah EXO.15.20, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:timbrel:x1:2
# text = (Torah EXO.15.20, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	EXO.15.20	EXO.15.20	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.

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery. (Writings PSA.81.3, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:timbrel:x2:1
# text = Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	melody	melody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sound	sound	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	timbrel	timbrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	psaltery	psaltery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the melody |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent melody=Theme |
| 2 | **sound** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the timbrel |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location timbrel=Theme |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings PSA.81.3, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:timbrel:x2:2
# text = (Writings PSA.81.3, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PSA.81.3	PSA.81.3	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 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe. (Writings JOB.21.12, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:timbrel:x3:1
# text = They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	timbrel	timbrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	rejoice	rejoice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | They |  | the timbrel and harp |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to timbrel=Recipient |
| 2 | **rejoice** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  | the sound of the pipe |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings JOB.21.12, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:timbrel:x3:2
# text = (Writings JOB.21.12, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	JOB.21.12	JOB.21.12	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 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and the pipe. (Writings PSA.150.4, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and the pipe.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:timbrel:x4:1
# text = Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and the pipe.
1	Praise	praise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	timbrel	timbrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	praise	praise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	stringed	stringed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	instruments	instrument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | imperative | you *not said here* | Him *= he* |  |  |  | with the timbrel and dance | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **praise** | infinitive | you *not said here* | Him *= he* |  |  |  | with stringed instruments and the pipe | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Writings PSA.150.4, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:timbrel:x4:2
# text = (Writings PSA.150.4, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PSA.150.4	PSA.150.4	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.

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