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title: turtledove — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «turtledove» in the Judaism dictionary: A turtledove is a small, gentle wild bird like a pigeon. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# turtledove

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**Who acts:** turtledove, he · **What happens:** be, bring · **To what, where:** small gentle wild bird, two turtledoves, door

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A turtledove is a small, gentle wild bird like a pigeon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:turtledove:m1:1
# text = A turtledove is a small, gentle wild bird like a pigeon.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	turtledove	turtledove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a turtledove | a small gentle wild bird |  |  |  | like a pigeon | tree rules |

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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 on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting. (Torah NUM.6.10, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:turtledove:x1:1
# text = And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	eighth	eighth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	turtledoves	turtledove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
14	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | shall | he | two turtledoves or two young pigeons and the priest |  | the door of the tent of meeting | day |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent turtledove=Theme to door=Destination |

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*Sentence 2:* (Torah NUM.6.10, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:turtledove:x1:2
# text = (Torah NUM.6.10, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	NUM.6.10	NUM.6.10	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.

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