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title: formative — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «formative» in the Judaism dictionary: Having the power to shape or form something. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# formative

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**Who acts:** Rittangelius, Postellus · **What happens:** have, shape, form, give, replace, restore · **To what, where:** power, something, formative power, device, place

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Having the power to shape or form something.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:formative:m1:1
# text = Having the power to shape or form something.
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	shape	shape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	form	form	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  | the power |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient |
| 2 | **shape** | to-infinitive |  | the power *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **form** | infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location something=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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Rittangelius gives "replace the formative power upon his throne." Postellus gives "restore the device to its place." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

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*Sentence 1:* Rittangelius gives "replace the formative power upon his throne."

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:formative:x1:1
# text = Rittangelius gives "replace the formative power upon his throne."
1	Rittangelius	Rittangelius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	replace	replace	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	formative	formative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Rittangelius |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **replace** *in a quote* | infinitive | Rittangelius *not said here* | the formative power |  |  |  | upon Rittangelius's throne | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme power=Co-Theme |

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*Sentence 2:* Postellus gives "restore the device to its place."

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:formative:x1:2
# text = Postellus gives "restore the device to its place."
1	Postellus	Postellus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Postellus |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **restore** *in a quote* | infinitive | Postellus *not said here* | the device | device's place |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent device=Theme to place=Recipient |

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*Sentence 3:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:formative:x1:3
# 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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**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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