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title: מַס — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «מַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: body of forced labourers. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# מַס

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**What happens:** force

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«מַס‎» in the Tanakh dictionary: its 3 English meanings, 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 verses: [מַס‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4522.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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body of forced labourers

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4522:m1:1
# text = body of forced labourers
1	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	labourers	labourer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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n.m. coll. body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour-band gang forced service, task-work, serfdom forced service

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4522:m2:1
# text = n.m. coll. body of forced labourers, task-workers, labour-band gang forced service, task-work, serfdom forced service
1	n.m	n.m	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	coll	coll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
5	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	labourers	labourer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	labour	labour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	gang	gang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
18	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	serfdom	serfdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
26	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	amod	_	_
27	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **force** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **force** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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labor; forced labor; a tax

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4522:m3:1
# text = labor; forced labor; a tax
1	labor	labor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	labor	labor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**Text:** the English meanings of the Tanakh dictionary: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 (public domain, via Sefaria) as their short meanings, and MACULA Hebrew's glosses (CC BY 4.0) when they read as English; the whole entries, dense with abbreviations and Hebrew, are not parsed. **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. Trees and frames: Elamur Cosmic License.

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