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title: emendation — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «emendation» in the Judaism dictionary: A change made to a text to fix a mistake or make it clear. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# emendation

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**Who acts:** second word, שְׁטוּתָה shetutah, שָׁטָה shatah · **What happens:** make, fix, not make, sense, appear, pass · **To what, where:** change, mistake, sense, emendation, שָׁטָה shatah, mock

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A change made to a text to fix a mistake or make it clear.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:emendation:m1:1
# text = A change made to a text to fix a mistake or make it clear.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a change *not said here* |  |  |  | to a text | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **fix** | to-infinitive |  | a mistake |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent mistake=Patient |
| 3 | **make** | infinitive |  | mistake |  |  |  | clear *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

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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 second word, שטותה, cannot be made sense of without emendation. שְׁטוּתָה shetutah would appear to be passed on a root שָׁטָה shatah which means ‘to mock, ridicule’, found in words like שְׁטוּת shetut ‘stupidity’. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

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*Sentence 1:* The second word, שטותה, cannot be made sense of without emendation.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:emendation:x1:1
# text = The second word, שטותה, cannot be made sense of without emendation.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	שטותה	שטותה	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
11	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	without	without	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	emendation	emendation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **make** | can · passive | the second word *not said here* | sense of emendation |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: sense=Product |
| 2 | **sense** |  |  | emendation |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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*Sentence 2:* שְׁטוּתָה shetutah would appear to be passed on a root שָׁטָה shatah which means ‘to mock, ridicule’, found in words like שְׁטוּת shetut ‘stupidity’.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:emendation:x1:2
# text = שְׁטוּתָה shetutah would appear to be passed on a root שָׁטָה shatah which means ‘to mock, ridicule’, found in words like שְׁטוּת shetut ‘stupidity’.
1	שְׁטוּתָה	שְׁטוּתָה	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	shetutah	shetutah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	appear	appear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	שָׁטָה	שָׁטָה	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	shatah	shatah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	mock	mock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	ridicule	ridicule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
25	like	like	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	שְׁטוּת	שְׁטוּת	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	shetut	shetut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
28	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	stupidity	stupidity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | would | שְׁטוּתָה shetutah |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive · passive | שְׁטוּתָה shetutah *not said here* |  |  | a שָׁטָה shatah |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: on shatah=Location |
| 3 | **mean** | present | a שָׁטָה shatah | mock |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mock=Topic |
| 4 | **find** | participle |  | mock *not said here* |  | words like שְׁטוּת shetut |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:emendation:x1:3
# 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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