midrash

Who acts: Jewish way, Bible, I, alliteration, Wondrous Ways · What happens: explain, look, tell, word, translate, find · To what, where: Bible, stories, phrase, choice · Speech: someone speaks here

«midrash» 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: midrash in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

A Jewish way of explaining the Bible by looking closely at its words and telling stories about them; also a book of such explanations.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 way	det
2	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 way	amod
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 explaining	mark
5	explaining	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 way	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Bible	det
7	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 explaining	obj
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 looking	mark
9	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 explaining	advcl
10	closely	closely	ADV	_	9 looking	advmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 words	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 words	nmod:poss
13	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 looking	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 telling	cc
15	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 looking	conj
16	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 telling	obj
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 stories	nmod
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 book	punct
20	also	also	ADV	_	22 book	advmod
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 book	det
22	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 way	conj
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 explanations	case
24	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 explanations	amod
25	explanations	explanation	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 book	nmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	gerund	a Jewish way and a book of such explanations not said here	the Bible		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bible=Topic
2	look	gerund	a Jewish way and a book of such explanations not said here		at Bible's words; closely property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at word=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	gerund	a Jewish way and a book of such explanations not said here	stories	about stories = story	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent story=Recipient about they=Topic
4	word		Bible			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

Midrash Tanchuma 1:5 on [Genesis 1:1], Zohar 1:3a inter alia.] [note 8: Though the phrase is usually translated the ‘Thirty-Two Paths’, I find that the alliteration of ‘Wondrous Ways of Wisdom’ neatly approximates the SY’s choice of poetic vocabulary. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

Sentence 1: Midrash Tanchuma 1:5 on [Genesis 1:1], Zohar 1:3a inter alia.]

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Midrash	Midrash	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	Tanchuma	Tanchuma	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Midrash	flat
3	1:5	1:5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 Midrash	list
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 Genesis	case
5	[	[	PUNCT	_	6 Genesis	punct
6	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Midrash	nmod
7	1:1	1:1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 Genesis	flat
8	]	]	PUNCT	_	6 Genesis	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Zohar	punct
10	Zohar	Zohar	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Genesis	flat
11	1:3a	1:3a	X	_	10 Zohar	dep
12	inter	int	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 alia	amod
13	alia	alia	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 1:3a	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Midrash	punct
15	]	]	PUNCT	_	1 Midrash	punct

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

Sentence 2: [note 8: Though the phrase is usually translated the ‘Thirty-Two Paths’, I find that the alliteration of ‘Wondrous Ways of Wisdom’ neatly approximates the SY’s choice of poetic vocabulary.

The tree, 31 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 note	punct
2	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 note	flat
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 translated	punct
5	Though	though	SCONJ	_	10 translated	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 phrase	det
7	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 translated	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 translated	aux:pass
9	usually	usually	ADV	_	10 translated	advmod
10	translated	translate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 note	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Paths	det
12	‘	'	PUNCT	_	16 Paths	punct
13	Thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 Two	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 Thirty	punct
15	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 Paths	nummod
16	Paths	path	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 translated	obj
17	’	'	PUNCT	_	16 Paths	punct
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 find	punct
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 find	nsubj
20	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 translated	conj
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 approximates	mark
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 alliteration	det
23	alliteration	alliteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 approximates	nsubj
24	of	of	ADP	_	27 Ways	case
25	‘	'	PUNCT	_	27 Ways	punct
26	Wondrous	wondrous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 Ways	amod
27	Ways	Way	PROPN	Number=Plur	23 alliteration	nmod
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 Wisdom	case
29	Wisdom	Wisdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 Ways	nmod
30	’	'	PUNCT	_	27 Ways	punct
31	neatly	neatly	ADV	_	32 approximates	advmod
32	approximates	approximate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 find	ccomp
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 SY	det
34	SY	SY	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 choice	nmod:poss
35	’s	's	PART	_	34 SY	case
36	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 approximates	obj
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 vocabulary	case
38	poetic	poetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 vocabulary	amod
39	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 choice	nmod
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 note	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	translate	present · passive		the phrase	usually property	tree rules
2	find	present	I			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	approximate	present	the alliteration of Wondrous Ways of Wisdom	the SY's choice of poetic vocabulary	neatly property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent choice=Value
4	alliterate		Wondrous Ways of Wisdom			nom alliteration «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Sentence 3: (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 translation	punct
5	Sefaria	Sefaria	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 translation	compound
6	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 translation	compound
7	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	appos
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct

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

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