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title: affectation — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «affectation» in the Judaism dictionary: A pretended way of speaking, acting or showing a feeling, put on to seem clever or grand, not genuine. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# affectation

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**Who acts:** pretended way, He, old man, grand voice · **What happens:** pretend, speak, act, show, put on, seem · **To what, where:** feeling, great affectation, pure affectation · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«affectation» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [affectation in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/affectation.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A pretended way of speaking, acting or showing a feeling, put on to seem clever or grand, not genuine.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:affectation:m1:1
# text = A pretended way of speaking, acting or showing a feeling, put on to seem clever or grand, not genuine.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:outer	_	_
4	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	acting	act	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	conj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	showing	show	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	seem	seem	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
17	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
22	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | a pretended way *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **act** | gerund | a pretended way *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **show** | gerund | a pretended way *not said here* | a feeling |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient |
| 5 | **put on** | infinitive | a pretended way |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **seem** | to-infinitive | a pretended way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

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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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He spoke with an affectation of interest.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:affectation:x1:1
# text = He spoke with an affectation of interest.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	affectation	affectation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | He |  |  |  |  | with a affectation of interest | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with affectation=Co-Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The old man showed a great affectation of alarm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:affectation:x2:1
# text = The old man showed a great affectation of alarm.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	affectation	affectation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the old man | a great affectation of alarm |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent affectation=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her grand voice was pure affectation.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:affectation:x3:1
# text = Her grand voice was pure affectation.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	affectation	affectation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Her grand voice | pure affectation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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