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title: anthropomorphism — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «anthropomorphism» in the Judaism dictionary: Talking about God or other things as if they had a human body or feelings. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# anthropomorphism

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**Who acts:** things, appearance, we, SY · **What happens:** talk, have, serve, embark, ground, not hasten · **To what, where:** human body, reminder, anthropomorphism, such symbolic language

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Talking about God or other things as if they had a human body or feelings.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:anthropomorphism:m1:1
# text = Talking about God or other things as if they had a human body or feelings.
1	Talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about God or other things | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about god=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | past | things *= thing* | a human body or feelings |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=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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The appearance of this root in the SY’s introductory paragraph serves as a reminder that although we embark upon a text rich in vivid, grounded symbolism—even anthropomorphism—we should not hasten to take such symbolic language overly literally. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

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*Sentence 1:* The appearance of this root in the SY’s introductory paragraph serves as a reminder that although we embark upon a text rich in vivid, grounded symbolism—even anthropomorphism—we should not hasten to take such symbolic language overly literally.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:anthropomorphism:x1:1
# text = The appearance of this root in the SY’s introductory paragraph serves as a reminder that although we embark upon a text rich in vivid, grounded symbolism—even anthropomorphism—we should not hasten to take such symbolic language overly literally.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	SY	SY	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	’s	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	introductory	introductory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
12	serves	serve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	reminder	reminder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	obj	_	_
17	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	embark	embark	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
20	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
25	vivid	vivid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
27	grounded	ground	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	amod	_	_
28	symbolism	symbolism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	even	even	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	anthropomorphism	anthropomorphism	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
34	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
35	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	36	advmod	_	_
36	hasten	hasten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	acl:relcl	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	xcomp	_	_
39	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
40	symbolic	symbolic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
42	overly	overly	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
43	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present | the appearance of this root in the SY's introductory paragraph |  |  |  |  | as a reminder | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as reminder=Attribute |
| 2 | **embark** | present | we | a reminder |  |  |  | upon a text | tree rules |
| 3 | **ground** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **hasten** | should | we | anthropomorphism *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | such symbolic language |  |  |  | literally, overly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Theme |
| 6 | **paragraph** |  | the SY |  |  |  |  |  | nom paragraph «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:anthropomorphism:x1:2
# text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	Sefaria	Sefaria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	translation	translation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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