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title: The name Jerusalem is variously etymologised to mean 'foundation of… — Jerusalem · tree and pragmatics
description: The name Jerusalem is variously etymologised to mean 'foundation of the god Shalem', from the Semitic root yry which can mean 'to found, to lay a cornerstone' and is used that way at least twice in the Hebrew Bible, in Job and Genesis. Who acts: Semitic root yry. A sentence of Wikipedia's «Jerusalem
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# Jerusalem, sentence 30

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From Wikipedia, [«Jerusalem»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The trees and pragmatics of these pages, Mova's parse of that text, are CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

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The name Jerusalem is variously etymologised to mean 'foundation of the god Shalem', from the Semitic root yry which can mean 'to found, to lay a cornerstone' and is used that way at least twice in the Hebrew Bible, in Job and Genesis.

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**Who acts:** Semitic root yry · **What happens:** etymologis, mean, found, lay, use · **To what, where:** name, foundation, cornerstone, way, Hebrew Bible · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Jerusalem». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Semitic root yry), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. The article's note marks are left out of the parse.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = wikipedia:Jerusalem:30
# text = The name Jerusalem is variously etymologised to mean 'foundation of the god Shalem', from the Semitic root yry which can mean 'to found, to lay a cornerstone' and is used that way at least twice in the Hebrew Bible, in Job and Genesis.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	variously	variously	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	etymologised	etymologis	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	foundation	foundation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	Shalem	Shalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	Semitic	semitic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	yry	yry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
21	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
22	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	parataxis	_	_
24	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	found	found	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	conj	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	cornerstone	cornerstone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	31	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux:pass	_	_
35	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	conj	_	_
36	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	37	det	_	_
37	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	at	at	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	40	obl	_	_
40	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	35	advmod	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	Hebrew	Hebrew	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	compound	_	_
44	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Job	Job	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **etymologis** | present · passive |  | the name |  |  |  | variously *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | to-infinitive |  | foundation of the god from the Semitic root yry |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foundation=Topic |
| 3 | **mean** | can | the Semitic root yry |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **found** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **lay** | to-infinitive |  | a cornerstone |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cornerstone=Result |
| 6 | **use** | present · passive |  | that way |  | the Hebrew Bible and Job and Genesis |  | twice *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: way=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.

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**Text:** the English Wikipedia, «Jerusalem», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. **Tree:** Mova's own parse, CC BY-SA 4.0 as the text is. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the article read in order, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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