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title: erst — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «erst» in the Judaism dictionary: An old word meaning formerly or at first. In the text it is a German word meaning only or not until. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# erst

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**Who acts:** old word, text, German word · **What happens:** mean, be, accord · **To what, where:** German word, text

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An old word meaning formerly or at first. In the text it is a German word meaning only or not until.

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*Sentence 1:* An old word meaning formerly or at first.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:erst:m1:1
# text = An old word meaning formerly or at first.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	formerly	formerly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | gerund | a old word *not said here* |  |  |  |  | formerly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* In the text it is a German word meaning only or not until.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:erst:m1:2
# text = In the text it is a German word meaning only or not until.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	German	German	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | text | a German word |  | the text |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | gerund | a German word *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Zur Harmonic wird sie erst, wenn sie aus sich selbsi ztim Vielen wird." (S. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

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*Sentence 1:* Zur Harmonic wird sie erst, wenn sie aus sich selbsi ztim Vielen wird."

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:erst:x1:1
# text = Zur Harmonic wird sie erst, wenn sie aus sich selbsi ztim Vielen wird."
1	Zur	Zur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
2	Harmonic	Harmonic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	wird	wird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	sie	sie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	erst	erst	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	wenn	wenn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	sie	sie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	aus	au	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	compound	_	_
10	sich	sich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	selbsi	selbsi	X	FW	_	12	compound	_	_
12	ztim	ztim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
13	Vielen	Vielen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	wird	wird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* (S. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:erst:x1:2
# text = (S. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	S.	S.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Origin	Origin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	case	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
15	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	1914	1914	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	))	))	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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