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title: winnowing — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «winnowing» in the Judaism dictionary: The act of tossing grain in the wind to blow the husks away. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# winnowing

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**Who acts:** act, thou · **What happens:** toss, blow away, threshing, hear, declare, winnow · **To what, where:** grain, wind, husks, winnowing, threshing, floor

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The act of tossing grain in the wind to blow the husks away.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:winnowing:m1:1
# text = The act of tossing grain in the wind to blow the husks away.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	tossing	toss	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	husks	husk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss** | gerund | the act *not said here* | grain |  | the wind |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent grain=Theme in wind=Destination |
| 2 | **blow away** | to-infinitive | the act *not said here* | the husks |  |  |  | away *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent husk=Patient |

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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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O thou my threshing, and the winnowing of my floor, that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. (Prophets ISA.21.10, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* O thou my threshing, and the winnowing of my floor, that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:winnowing:x1:1
# text = O thou my threshing, and the winnowing of my floor, that which I have heard from the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
1	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	threshing	threshing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	winnowing	winnowing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	hosts	host	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
29	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
30	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	declared	declare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
32	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	31	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **threshing** |  | thou |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | present · perfect · passive |  | the winnowing of my floor |  |  |  | from the LORD of hosts and the God of Israel | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Topic from lord=Source |
| 3 | **declare** *speech: other* | present · perfect · passive |  | my threshing |  |  |  | unto you | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |
| 4 | **winnow** |  |  | my floor |  |  |  |  | nom winnowing «act transitive»: of=patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets ISA.21.10, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:winnowing:x1:2
# text = (Prophets ISA.21.10, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	ISA.21.10	ISA.21.10	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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