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title: crystallization — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «crystallization» in the Judaism dictionary: The process by which something becomes firm and fixed, like a crystal. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# crystallization

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**Who acts:** something, work, later authors, one writer · **What happens:** become, fix, be, add, revise, crystallize · **To what, where:** essence, work, later authors, centuries

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The process by which something becomes firm and fixed, like a crystal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:crystallization:m1:1
# text = The process by which something becomes firm and fixed, like a crystal.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	process	process	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
6	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	firm	firm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	crystal	crystal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | something |  |  |  |  | by the process; firm *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **fix** | participle | something *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a crystal | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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In essence the work was, doubtless, the crystallization of centuries of tradition by one writer, and it has been added to from time to time, by later authors, who have also revised it. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

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*Sentence 1:* In essence the work was, doubtless, the crystallization of centuries of tradition by one writer, and it has been added to from time to time, by later authors, who have also revised it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:crystallization:x1:1
# text = In essence the work was, doubtless, the crystallization of centuries of tradition by one writer, and it has been added to from time to time, by later authors, who have also revised it.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	essence	essence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	doubtless	doubtless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	crystallization	crystallization	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	xcomp	_	_
25	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	by	by	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	later	late	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	32	amod	_	_
32	authors	author	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	37	nsubj:pass	_	_
35	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
36	also	also	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	revised	revise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	acl:relcl	_	_
38	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the work |  |  | essence |  | doubtless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | present · perfect · passive | later authors | work |  |  | time |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 3 | **revise** | present · perfect · passive |  | later authors |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **crystallize** |  | one writer | centuries |  |  |  |  | nom crystallization «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:crystallization:x1:2
# text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)
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	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Westcott	Westcott	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	1893	1893	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	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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