commune
part of speech
verb (communes, communed, communing); noun (plural communes)
meaning for a pupil
1) (old use) To commune is to talk quietly, or think deeply, with oneself, a friend or nature. tree →
2) A commune is a group of people who live together and share their work and things. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: To speak quietly and thoughtfully with oneself, searching one's own heart. Interpretation: The tradition reads this as honest self-examination at night, as in the daily bedtime Shema, before calming down to rest. In the primary lessons: in tales a hero communes with his own heart, thinking quietly in his own mind, while in history a commune is a group of people sharing a town or a house.
examples
- Tremble, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. (Writings PSA.4.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- In the night I will call to remembrance my song; I will commune with mine own heart; and my spirit maketh diligent search: (Writings PSA.77.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- He communed with himself on the deck at night. tree →
- She communed with the trees in the quiet wood. tree →
- The villagers formed a commune and shared their food. tree →
- The commune rewarded the man for his help. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «commune» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.