postulate
What happens: take · To what, where: statement
«postulate» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil, 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: postulate in the Judaism dictionary.
Meaning 1
An idea or statement that is taken as true as the starting point for an argument.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 idea | det |
| 2 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 statement | cc |
| 4 | statement | statement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 idea | conj |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 taken | aux:pass |
| 7 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 statement | acl:relcl |
| 8 | as | as | ADV | _ | 9 true | advmod |
| 9 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 taken | xcomp |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 point | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 point | det |
| 12 | starting | starting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 point | compound |
| 13 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 taken | obl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 argument | case |
| 15 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 argument | det |
| 16 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 point | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 idea | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present · passive | statement | as the starting point for a argument; true property | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as point=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.
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