calamus

Who acts: you, Vedan, Brer Fox, calamus, Old healers · What happens: smell, use, take, flow, trade, be · To what, where: long root, thou, massive iron, calamus root, pond, root

«calamus» in the Judaism 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: calamus in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

A sweet-smelling water plant with a long root that was once used as medicine.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 plant	det
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 smelling	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 sweet	punct
4	smelling	smell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 water	amod
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plant	compound
6	plant	plant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 root	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 root	det
9	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 root	amod
10	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plant	nmod
11	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 used	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 used	aux:pass
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 used	advmod
14	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 root	acl:relcl
15	as	as	ADP	_	16 medicine	case
16	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 used	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 plant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	gerund							vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	use	past · passive		a long root				as medicine; once property	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as medicine=Attribute

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

'Take thou also unto thee the chief spices, of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty, (Torah EXO.30.23, JPS 1917)

The tree, 38 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	'	'	PUNCT	_	2 Take	punct
2	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	2 Take	obj
4	also	also	ADV	_	2 Take	advmod
5	unto	unto	ADP	_	6 thee	case
6	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	2 Take	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 spices	det
8	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 spices	amod
9	spices	spice	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Take	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 flowing	punct
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 flowing	mark
12	flowing	flow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 shekels	case
13	myrrh	myrrh	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shekels	compound
14	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 hundred	compound
15	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 shekels	nummod
16	shekels	shekel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Take	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 half	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 half	cc
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 half	case
20	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 half	amod
21	cinnamon	cinnamon	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 half	compound
22	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	2 Take	parataxis
23	so	so	ADV	_	24 much	advmod
24	much	much	ADV	_	2 Take	advmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 hundred	punct
26	even	even	ADV	_	28 hundred	advmod
27	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	28 hundred	compound
28	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 Take	obj
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 fifty	cc
30	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	28 hundred	conj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 EXO.30.23	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 EXO.30.23	cc
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 calamus	case
34	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 calamus	amod
35	calamus	calamus	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 EXO.30.23	obl
36	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	37 hundred	compound
37	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	35 calamus	nmod
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 fifty	cc
39	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	37 hundred	conj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 calamus	punct
41	(	(	PUNCT	_	43 EXO.30.23	punct
42	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 EXO.30.23	compound
43	EXO.30.23	EXO.30.23	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Take	obj
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 JPS	punct
45	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 EXO.30.23	conj
46	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	43 EXO.30.23	flat
47	)	)	PUNCT	_	43 EXO.30.23	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	thou				unto thee; flow myrrh hundred shekels	tree rules
2	flow	gerund							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise. (Prophets EZK.27.19, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Vedan	Vedan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 traded	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Javan	cc
3	Javan	Javan	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Vedan	conj
4	traded	trade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 yarn	case
6	yarn	yarn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 traded	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 wares	case
8	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	9 wares	nmod:poss
9	wares	ware	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 traded	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 iron	punct
11	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 iron	amod
12	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 traded	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cassia	punct
14	cassia	cassia	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 iron	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 calamus	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 calamus	cc
17	calamus	calamus	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 iron	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 merchandise	punct
19	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 merchandise	cop
20	among	among	ADP	_	22 merchandise	case
21	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	22 merchandise	nmod:poss
22	merchandise	merchandise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 traded	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 traded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trade	past	Vedan and Javan	massive iron and cassia and calamus				with yarn; for thy wares	vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent for ware=Co-Theme
2	is	past						among thy merchandise	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Prophets EZK.27.19, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	EZK.27.19	EZK.27.19	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EZK.27.19	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 EZK.27.19	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 3

Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices. (Writings SNG.4.14, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spikenard	Spikenard	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 saffron	compound
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 saffron	cc
3	saffron	saffron	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 calamus	punct
5	calamus	calamus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saffron	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cinnamon	cc
7	cinnamon	cinnamon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saffron	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 trees	punct
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 trees	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 trees	det
11	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 saffron	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 frankincense	case
13	frankincense	frankincense	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trees	nmod
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 myrrh	punct
15	myrrh	myrrh	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saffron	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 aloes	cc
17	aloes	aloe	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 myrrh	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 spices	punct
19	with	with	ADP	_	23 spices	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 spices	det:predet
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 spices	det
22	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 spices	amod
23	spices	spice	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 myrrh	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 saffron	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: (Writings SNG.4.14, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	SNG.4.14	SNG.4.14	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 SNG.4.14	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 SNG.4.14	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 4

Brer Fox dug up a calamus root.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brer	Brer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Fox	compound
2	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dug	nsubj
3	dug	dig	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 dug	compound:prt
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 root	det
6	calamus	calamus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 root	compound
7	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dug	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dug	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig up	past	Brer Fox	a calamus root					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent root=Theme

Example 5

The calamus smelled sweet in the pond.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 calamus	det
2	calamus	calamus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smelled	nsubj
3	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smelled	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 pond	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pond	det
7	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smelled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 smelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smell	past	the calamus			the pond		sweet property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Example 6

Old healers used its root as medicine.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 healers	amod
2	healers	healer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 root	nmod:poss
5	root	root	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 medicine	case
7	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 used	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Old healers	its root				as medicine	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent root=Duration as medicine=Attribute

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