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title: blasphemy — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «blasphemy» in the Judaism dictionary: Speaking with disrespect or contempt about God or holy things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# blasphemy

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**Who acts:** thou, I · **What happens:** speak, know, hear, have, say, lay · **To what, where:** blasphemies, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Speaking with disrespect or contempt about God or holy things.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:blasphemy:m1:1
# text = Speaking with disrespect or contempt about God or holy things.
1	Speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	disrespect	disrespect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	contempt	contempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with disrespect or contempt about God or holy things | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with disrespect=Co-Agent |

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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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And thou shalt know that I the LORD have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying: They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour. (Prophets EZK.35.12, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And thou shalt know that I the LORD have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying: They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:blasphemy:x1:1
# text = And thou shalt know that I the LORD have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying: They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	33	advcl	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
12	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	blasphemies	blasphemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obj	_	_
15	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	16	nsubj	_	_
16	hast	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
18	against	against	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
26	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	ccomp	_	_
29	desolate	desolate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
31	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
32	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
34	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	33	iobj	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	devour	devour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | shall | thou |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | thy blasphemies |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer blasphemy=Stimulus |
| 3 | **have** | present | thou | thy blasphemies |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient |
| 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  | thy blasphemies *not said here* |  |  |  | against the mountains of Israel | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 6 | **lay** | present · passive |  | blasphemies *= blasphemy* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **desolate** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **give** | present · passive |  | blasphemies *= blasphemy* | us |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient we=Theme |
| 9 | **devour** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets EZK.35.12, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:blasphemy:x1:2
# text = (Prophets EZK.35.12, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	EZK.35.12	EZK.35.12	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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