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title: attestation — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «attestation» in the Judaism dictionary: proof or witness that something is true. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# attestation

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**Who acts:** something, this, former time, man · **What happens:** be, concern, redeem, exchange, confirm, draw off · **To what, where:** proof, custom, things, shoe, neighbour, attestation

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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proof or witness that something is true.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:attestation:m1:1
# text = proof or witness that something is true.
1	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	witness	witness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | something | proof or witness *not said here* |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

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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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Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour; and this was the attestation in Israel. — (Writings RUT.4.7, JPS 1917)

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:attestation:x1:1
# text = Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour; and this was the attestation in Israel. — (Writings RUT.4.7, JPS 1917)
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	custom	custom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
12	redeeming	redeem	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	xcomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	conj	_	_
15	exchanging	exchange	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	confirm	confirm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
20	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	_
25	off	off	ADP	RP	_	24	compound:prt	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	shoe	shoe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
37	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	40	nsubj	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	cop	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	attestation	attestation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	40	punct	_	_
44	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
45	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	46	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	conj	_	_
47	RUT.4.7	RUT.4.7	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
49	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	flat	_	_
50	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	47	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	40	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | this | the custom and the attestation and Writings |  |  | now; time |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | former time in Israel *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **redeem** | gerund | former time in Israel *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | former time in Israel *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **exchange** | gerund | former time in Israel *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **confirm** | to-infinitive | former time in Israel *not said here* | all things |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot thing=Topic |
| 7 | **draw off** | past | a man | man's shoe |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |
| 8 | **give** | past | a man *not said here* | shoe | man's neighbour |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to neighbour=Recipient |
| 9 | **is a** | past | this | the attestation and Writings |  | Israel |  |  | 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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