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title: admonition — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «admonition» in the Judaism dictionary: A warning or a piece of advice telling someone to change their ways. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# admonition

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**Who acts:** warning, old king · **What happens:** tell, change, be, not know, receive · **To what, where:** someone, ways, Better poor child, admonition · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«admonition» 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: [admonition in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/admonition.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A warning or a piece of advice telling someone to change their ways.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:admonition:m1:1
# text = A warning or a piece of advice telling someone to change their ways.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | a warning or a piece of advice *not said here* |  | someone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient |
| 2 | **change** | to-infinitive | a warning or a piece of advice *not said here* | warning's ways |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient |

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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 {#x1}

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Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more. (Writings ECC.4.13, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:admonition:x1:1
# text = Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to receive admonition any more.
1	Better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	knoweth	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
18	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	ccomp	_	_
21	admonition	admonition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	any	any	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a Better poor child |  |  |  | than a old king | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **know** | present | a old king |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **receive** | to-infinitive |  | admonition |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent admonition=Theme |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings ECC.4.13, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:admonition:x1:2
# text = (Writings ECC.4.13, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	ECC.4.13	ECC.4.13	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the Judaism dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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