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title: deride — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «deride» in the Judaism dictionary: To laugh at something with scorn and mock it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# deride

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**Who acts:** they, princes · **What happens:** laugh, mock, scoff, be, deride, heap up · **To what, where:** something, scorn, derision, stronghold, earth

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To laugh at something with scorn and mock it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:deride:m1:1
# text = To laugh at something with scorn and mock it.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	scorn	scorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	mock	mock	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | something |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mock** | infinitive |  | scorn |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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And they scoff at kings, and princes are a derision unto them; they deride every stronghold, for they heap up earth, and take it. (Prophets HAB.1.10, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And they scoff at kings, and princes are a derision unto them; they deride every stronghold, for they heap up earth, and take it.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:deride:x1:1
# text = And they scoff at kings, and princes are a derision unto them; they deride every stronghold, for they heap up earth, and take it.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	scoff	scoff	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	derision	derision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
12	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	deride	deride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
17	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	stronghold	stronghold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
21	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	heap	heap	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
23	up	up	ADP	RP	_	22	compound:prt	_	_
24	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scoff** | present | they |  |  |  |  | at kings | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | princes | a derision |  |  |  | unto kings *= king* | tree rules |
| 3 | **deride** | present | princes *= prince* | every stronghold |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stronghold=Theme |
| 4 | **heap up** | present | princes *= prince* | earth |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent earth=Theme |
| 5 | **take** | infinitive | princes *= prince* *not said here* | earth |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets HAB.1.10, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:deride:x1:2
# text = (Prophets HAB.1.10, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	HAB.1.10	HAB.1.10	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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