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title: conceit — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «conceit» in the Judaism dictionary: Thinking far too well of yourself; being too proud of how clever, good-looking or important you are. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# conceit

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**Who acts:** Thinking, wealth, conceit, her, He, hare · **What happens:** think, be, look, grow, sing, make · **To what, where:** strong city, song, her, hare, race, clever conceit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«conceit» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [conceit in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/conceit.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Thinking far too well of yourself; being too proud of how clever, good-looking or important you are.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:conceit:m1:1
# text = Thinking far too well of yourself; being too proud of how clever, good-looking or important you are.
1	Thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	csubj	_	_
2	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	cop	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
12	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
13	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	_
20	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
21	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | Thinking |  |  |  |  | proud *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | gerund | Thinking *not said here* |  |  |  |  | important *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

<!-- .note -->
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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: in poetry, formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a clever, surprising comparison or idea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:conceit:m2:1
# text = a clever, surprising comparison or idea.
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	surprising	surprising	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit. (Writings PRO.18.11, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:conceit:x1:1
# text = The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
18	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	conceit	conceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the rich man's wealth | man's strong city |  |  |  | as a high wall in man's own conceit | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Writings PRO.18.11, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:conceit:x1:2
# text = (Writings PRO.18.11, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PRO.18.11	PRO.18.11	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	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Toad's conceit grew with every song he sang about himself.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:conceit:x2:1
# text = Toad's conceit grew with every song he sang about himself.
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	conceit	conceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Toad's conceit |  |  |  |  | with every song | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | conceit | every song *not said here* |  |  |  | about conceit | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her conceit made her hard to like.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:conceit:x3:1
# text = Her conceit made her hard to like.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	conceit	conceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Her conceit | her *= she* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product |
| 2 | **like** | to-infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was clever, but without any conceit.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:conceit:x4:1
# text = He was clever, but without any conceit.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	conceit	conceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hare's conceit made him lose the race.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:conceit:x5:1
# text = The hare's conceit made him lose the race.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hare	hare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	conceit	conceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the hare's conceit | hare |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | infinitive | hare *not said here* | the race |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent race=Eventuality |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«I'm the best,» he said, full of conceit.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:conceit:x6:1
# text = «I'm the best,» he said, full of conceit.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	conceit	conceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the best *= good* |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the best |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The story warns against pride and conceit.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:conceit:x7:1
# text = The story warns against pride and conceit.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	warns	warn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	conceit	conceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | the story |  |  |  |  | against pride and conceit | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent against pride=Topic |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The poet used a clever conceit, comparing love to a compass.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:conceit:x8:1
# text = The poet used a clever conceit, comparing love to a compass.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	conceit	conceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	comparing	compare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	compass	compass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | the poet | a clever conceit |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conceit=Patient |
| 2 | **compare** | gerund | the poet *not said here* | love |  |  |  | to a compass | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Patient |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:conceit:x9:1
# text = The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	conceit	conceit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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