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title: tortuous — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tortuous» in the Judaism dictionary: Twisting, winding, full of turns and bends. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tortuous

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**Who acts:** LORD, dragon · **What happens:** twist, wind, punish, slay, be · **To what, where:** leviathan, dragon, sea

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Twisting, winding, full of turns and bends.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:tortuous:m1:1
# text = Twisting, winding, full of turns and bends.
1	Twisting	twist	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	winding	wind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	turns	turn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bends	bend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twist** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wind** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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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In that day the LORD with His sore and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the slant serpent, and leviathan the tortuous serpent; and He will slay the dragon that is in the sea. (Prophets ISA.27.1, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* In that day the LORD with His sore and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the slant serpent, and leviathan the tortuous serpent; and He will slay the dragon that is in the sea.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:tortuous:x1:1
# text = In that day the LORD with His sore and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the slant serpent, and leviathan the tortuous serpent; and He will slay the dragon that is in the sea.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
7	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
8	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
13	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
14	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	punish	punish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
16	leviathan	leviathan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	slant	slant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	leviathan	leviathan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	parataxis	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	tortuous	tortuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
28	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	slay	slay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
33	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	37	nsubj	_	_
34	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
35	in	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | future | the LORD with LORD's sore sword | leviathan |  |  | day |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **slay** | future | LORD | the dragon |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | the dragon |  |  | the sea |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets ISA.27.1, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:tortuous:x1:2
# text = (Prophets ISA.27.1, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	ISA.27.1	ISA.27.1	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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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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