wedge

Who acts: other material, space, tongue, you, axe, He · What happens: be, use, hold, split, shape, push · To what, where: one end, other, something, place, piece, tight space

«wedge» in the Judaism dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: wedge in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

A piece of wood, metal or other material that is thick at one end and thin at the other, used to hold something in place or split something.

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 piece	det
2	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 wood	case
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 piece	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 metal	punct
6	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 piece	conj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 material	cc
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 material	amod
9	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 piece	conj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 thick	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 thick	cop
12	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 material	acl:relcl
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 end	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 end	nummod
15	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 thick	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 thin	cc
17	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thick	conj
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 other	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 other	det
20	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 thin	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 used	punct
22	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 thick	conj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 hold	mark
24	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 used	xcomp
25	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	24 hold	obj
26	in	in	ADP	_	27 place	case
27	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 something	nmod
28	or	or	CCONJ	_	29 split	cc
29	split	split	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 hold	conj
30	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	29 split	obj
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 piece	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	other material			at one end	thick property	tree rules
2	be		other material not said here		the other			tree rules
3	use	participle	other material not said here					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	hold	to-infinitive	other material not said here	something	place			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent something=Theme in place=Location
5	split	infinitive	other material not said here	something				vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient

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 2

A piece shaped like this: a wedge of cheese or lemon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 piece	det
2	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 piece	acl
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 this	case
5	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 shaped	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 wedge	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 wedge	det
8	wedge	wedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 piece	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 cheese	case
10	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wedge	nmod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 lemon	cc
12	lemon	lemon	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cheese	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 piece	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shape	participle		a piece and a wedge of cheese or lemon not said here				like this	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Meaning 3

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To push or squeeze something into a tight space so it stays there.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 push	mark
2	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 stays	advcl
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 squeeze	cc
4	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 push	conj
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 squeeze	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 space	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 space	det
8	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 space	amod
9	space	space	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 squeeze	obl
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 stays	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stays	nsubj
12	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 stays	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 stays	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	push	to-infinitive	space not said here			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	squeeze	infinitive	space not said here	something	a tight space	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent something=Material into space=Product
3	stay	present	space		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Meaning 4

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To hold something in place with a wedge: wedge the door open.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hold	mark
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 hold	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 place	case
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hold	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 wedge	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 wedge	det
8	wedge	wedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hold	obl
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 wedge	punct
10	wedge	wedge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 hold	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 door	det
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wedge	obj
13	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wedge	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	to-infinitive		something		place		with a wedge	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent something=Theme in place=Location
2	wedge	infinitive		the door				open property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent door=Theme

Example 1

Elsewhere in the SY, the ‘tongue’ (or ‘wedge’) appears as the symbol of a central balance between two extremities, e.g. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	_	16 appears	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 SY	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 SY	det
4	SY	SY	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 appears	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tongue	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tongue	det
7	‘	'	PUNCT	_	8 tongue	punct
8	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 appears	nsubj
9	’	'	PUNCT	_	8 tongue	punct
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	13 wedge	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 wedge	cc
12	‘	'	PUNCT	_	13 wedge	punct
13	wedge	wedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tongue	appos
14	’	'	PUNCT	_	13 wedge	punct
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	13 wedge	punct
16	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	as	as	ADP	_	19 symbol	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 symbol	det
19	symbol	symbol	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 appears	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 balance	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 balance	det
22	central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 balance	amod
23	balance	balance	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 symbol	nmod
24	between	between	ADP	_	26 extremities	case
25	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	26 extremities	nummod
26	extremities	extremity	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 balance	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 e.g.	punct
28	e.g.	e.g.	ADV	_	23 balance	conj
29	(	(	PUNCT	_	31 Yetzirah	punct
30	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 Yetzirah	compound
31	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 e.g.	appos
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 translation	punct
33	Sefaria	Sefaria	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 translation	compound
34	community	community	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 translation	compound
35	translation	translation	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 Yetzirah	appos
36	)	)	PUNCT	_	31 Yetzirah	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appear	present	the tongue			the SY		as the symbol of a central balance between two extremities; elsewhere property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sy=Location

Example 2

Put a wedge under the door to keep it open.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wedge	det
3	wedge	wedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Put	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keep	obj
10	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 keep	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	a wedge		the door			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wedge=Theme under door=Destination
2	keep	to-infinitive	you not said here	wedge				open property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Example 3

An axe works like a wedge to split the log.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 axe	det
2	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 works	nsubj
3	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 wedge	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 wedge	det
6	wedge	wedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 works	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 split	mark
8	split	split	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 works	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 log	det
10	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 split	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 works	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	a axe					like a wedge	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	split	to-infinitive	a axe not said here	the log					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent log=Patient

Example 4

He cut a wedge of cheese for his sandwich.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wedge	det
4	wedge	wedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 cheese	case
6	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wedge	nmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 sandwich	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sandwich	nmod:poss
9	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cut	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	He	a wedge of cheese				for his sandwich	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent wedge=Product for sandwich=Asset

Example 5

My foot got wedged between two rocks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 foot	nmod:poss
2	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wedged	nsubj:pass
3	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wedged	aux:pass
4	wedged	wedge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 rocks	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 rocks	nummod
7	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wedged	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wedged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wedge	past · passive		My foot		two rocks			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme between rock=Destination

Example 6

We had potato wedges with dinner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	potato	potato	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wedges	compound
4	wedges	wedge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 dinner	case
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	We	potato wedges				with dinner	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedge=Patient

Example 7

A cake cut into 8 equal wedges gives each piece one eighth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cake	det
2	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	nsubj
3	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cake	acl
4	into	into	ADP	_	7 wedges	case
5	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 wedges	nummod
6	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wedges	amod
7	wedges	wedge	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 cut	obl
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 piece	det
10	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	obj
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 eighth	nummod
12	eighth	eighth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	participle		a cake not said here				into 8 equal wedges	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent into wedge=Patient
2	give	present	a cake	each piece					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent piece=Recipient eighth=Theme

Example 8

Going into the large yard, he cut two oaken wedges, took a new wheel, and drove a wedge firmly into one end of its axle-box.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 cut	advcl
2	into	into	ADP	_	5 yard	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 yard	det
4	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 yard	amod
5	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Going	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Going	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cut	nsubj
8	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 wedges	nummod
10	oaken	oaken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wedges	amod
11	wedges	wedge	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cut	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 took	punct
13	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cut	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 wheel	det
15	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 wheel	amod
16	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 took	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 drove	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 drove	cc
19	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 cut	conj
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 wedge	det
21	wedge	wedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 drove	obj
22	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	19 drove	advmod
23	into	into	ADP	_	25 end	case
24	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	25 end	nummod
25	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 drove	obl
26	of	of	ADP	_	30 box	case
27	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 box	nmod:poss
28	axle	axle	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 box	compound
29	-	-	PUNCT	_	28 axle	punct
30	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 end	nmod
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 cut	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund	he not said here			into the large yard	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into yard=Initial_Location
2	cut	past	he	two oaken wedges			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedge=Product
3	take	past	he not said here	a new wheel			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheel=Theme
4	drive	past	he not said here	a wedge	into one end of end's axle box	firmly property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wedge=Theme into end=Trajectory

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