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title: jew — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «jew» in the school dictionary: A person whose religion is Judaism, or who belongs to the Jewish people by family and culture. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# jew

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**Who acts:** religion, person, Jews, friend, We, Many Jews · **What happens:** be, belong, celebrate, light, go, learn · **To what, where:** Judaism, Hanukkah, candles, Jew, synagogue, Passover · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«jew» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [jew in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jew.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A person whose religion is Judaism, or who belongs to the Jewish people by family and culture.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jew:m1:1
# text = A person whose religion is Judaism, or who belongs to the Jewish people by family and culture.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	Judaism	Judaism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	culture	culture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Judaism's religion | Judaism |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **belong** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | to the Jewish people by family and culture | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jews celebrate Hanukkah by lighting candles.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jew:x1:1
# text = Jews celebrate Hanukkah by lighting candles.
1	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Hanukkah	Hanukkah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	lighting	light	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | present | Jews | Hanukkah |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hanukkah=Theme |
| 2 | **light** | gerund | Jews *not said here* | candles |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent candle=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My friend Sam is a Jew and goes to synagogue.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jew:x2:1
# text = My friend Sam is a Jew and goes to synagogue.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Jew	Jew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	synagogue	synagogue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My friend | a Jew |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | present | My friend *not said here* |  |  | synagogue |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to synagogue=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Jews around the world celebrate Passover.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jew:x3:1
# text = Jews around the world celebrate Passover.
1	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	around	around	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	Passover	Passover	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | infinitive |  | Passover |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passover=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We learned about Jewish festivals in RE.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jew:x4:1
# text = We learned about Jewish festivals in RE.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	festivals	festival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	RE	RE	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | We |  |  |  |  | about Jewish festivals in RE | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about festival=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many Jews keep Shabbat from Friday evening to Saturday evening.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jew:x5:1
# text = Many Jews keep Shabbat from Friday evening to Saturday evening.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Shabbat	Shabbat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Many Jews | Shabbat |  |  | evening |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shabbat=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The museum tells the story of Jews in our city.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:jew:x6:1
# text = The museum tells the story of Jews in our city.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | the museum | the story of Jews |  | our city |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent story=Recipient |

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