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title: allusion — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «allusion» in the Judaism dictionary: An allusion is a short mention of a story, person or event that points to it without explaining it fully: «a joke with an allusion to the giant». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# allusion

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**Who acts:** allusion, person, poem, you, early Greek poets · **What happens:** be, point, explain, make, spot · **To what, where:** short mention, allusion, giant, scanty allusions

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An allusion is a short mention of a story, person or event that points to it without explaining it fully: «a joke with an allusion to the giant».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:allusion:m1:1
# text = An allusion is a short mention of a story, person or event that points to it without explaining it fully: «a joke with an allusion to the giant».
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	allusion	allusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mention	mention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	points	point	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
18	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	explaining	explain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
23	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
26	with	with	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	allusion	allusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a allusion | a short mention and person or event |  |  |  | of a story | tree rules |
| 2 | **point** | present | person or event |  | allusion |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to it=Recipient |
| 3 | **explain** *speech: assert* | gerund | person or event *not said here* | allusion | the giant |  |  | a joke with a allusion *obl*; fully *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to giant=Recipient |

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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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The poem makes an allusion to a famous king.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:allusion:x1:1
# text = The poem makes an allusion to a famous king.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	allusion	allusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the poem | a allusion |  |  |  | to a famous king | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset allusion=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Did you spot the allusion to the three little pigs?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:allusion:x2:1
# text = Did you spot the allusion to the three little pigs?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	spot	spot	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	allusion	allusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pigs	pig	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | past · do-support | you | the allusion |  |  |  | to the three little pigs | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent allusion=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The early Greek poets make only scanty allusions to Erebus.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:allusion:x3:1
# text = The early Greek poets make only scanty allusions to Erebus.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	poets	poet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	scanty	scanty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	allusions	allusion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Erebus	Erebus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the early Greek poets | scanty allusions to Erebus |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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