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title: counting — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «counting» in the Judaism dictionary: The act of numbering or reckoning things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# counting

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**Who acts:** act, word sefirot · **What happens:** number, reckon, be, count, mean · **To what, where:** things, plural action noun, countings

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The act of numbering or reckoning things.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:counting:m1:1
# text = The act of numbering or reckoning things.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	numbering	number	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	reckoning	reckon	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	conj	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **number** | gerund | the act *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reckon** | gerund | the act *not said here* | things |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent thing=Attribute |

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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 word sefirot by itself is the plural action noun of סָפַר safar 'to count', thus meaning literally 'countings'. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

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*Sentence 1:* The word sefirot by itself is the plural action noun of סָפַר safar 'to count', thus meaning literally 'countings'.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:counting:x1:1
# text = The word sefirot by itself is the plural action noun of סָפַר safar 'to count', thus meaning literally 'countings'.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sefirot	sefirot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	3	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	plural	plural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	noun	noun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	סָפַר	סָפַר	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	_
13	safar	safar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
14	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
20	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	countings	counting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the word sefirot by sefirot | the plural action noun |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **count** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of safar | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **mean** | gerund |  | countings |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counting=Topic |

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:counting: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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