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title: concept — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «concept» in the Judaism dictionary: An idea or thought about how something is. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# concept

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**Who acts:** something, material wind, Holy Wisp · **What happens:** think, be, capture, mean · **To what, where:** idea, intermediary concept, wisp, small breeze, underwhelming expression

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An idea or thought about how something is.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:concept:m1:1
# text = An idea or thought about how something is.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | participle · passive |  | a idea |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | present | something |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Perhaps capturing an intermediary concept between the immaterial divine imminence and the material wind is ‘wisp’, meaning both a small breeze and a phantom presence, but ‘Holy Wisp’ is a rather underwhelming expression. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

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*Sentence 1:* Perhaps capturing an intermediary concept between the immaterial divine imminence and the material wind is ‘wisp’, meaning both a small breeze and a phantom presence, but ‘Holy Wisp’ is a rather underwhelming expression.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:concept:x1:1
# text = Perhaps capturing an intermediary concept between the immaterial divine imminence and the material wind is ‘wisp’, meaning both a small breeze and a phantom presence, but ‘Holy Wisp’ is a rather underwhelming expression.
1	Perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	capturing	capture	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	intermediary	intermediary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	concept	concept	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	immaterial	immaterial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	divine	divine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	imminence	imminence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	wisp	wisp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
21	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc:preconj	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	breeze	breeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	phantom	phantom	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
30	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
31	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	Holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	Wisp	Wisp	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	33	punct	_	_
35	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
37	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	underwhelming	underwhelming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **capture** | gerund |  | a intermediary concept |  |  |  | between the immaterial divine imminence and wisp; perhaps *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent concept=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the material wind | wisp |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** | gerund |  | a small breeze and a phantom presence but a underwhelming expression |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breeze=Topic |
| 4 | **is a** | present | Holy Wisp | a underwhelming expression |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:concept: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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**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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