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title: winnow — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «winnow» in the Judaism dictionary: To toss grain into the wind so the light husks blow away and the good grain falls. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# winnow

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**Who acts:** light husks, good grain, young asses, ground · **What happens:** toss, blow away, fall, till, eat, winnow · **To what, where:** grain, wind, savoury provender

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To toss grain into the wind so the light husks blow away and the good grain falls.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:winnow:m1:1
# text = To toss grain into the wind so the light husks blow away and the good grain falls.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	toss	toss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
3	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	husks	husk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	blow	blow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss** | to-infinitive | the light husks *not said here* | grain |  | the wind |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent grain=Patient into wind=Recipient |
| 2 | **blow away** | present | the light husks |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **fall** | present | the good grain |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP 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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The oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savoury provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. (Prophets ISA.30.24, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* The oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savoury provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:winnow:x1:1
# text = The oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savoury provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oxen	oxen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	likewise	likewise	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	asses	ass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	till	till	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
14	savoury	savoury	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	provender	provender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	winnowed	winnow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl:relcl	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	shovel	shovel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **till** | present | the young asses |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **eat** | shall | the ground | savoury provender |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provender=Patient |
| 3 | **winnow** | present · perfect · passive |  | savoury provender |  |  |  | with the shovel and the fan | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: subject=Source |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets ISA.30.24, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:winnow:x1:2
# text = (Prophets ISA.30.24, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	ISA.30.24	ISA.30.24	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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