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title: homophony — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «homophony» in the Judaism dictionary: Homophony is when different words or letters sound the same, or nearly the same. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# homophony

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**Who acts:** Homophony · **What happens:** be

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«homophony» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil, 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: [homophony in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/homophony.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Homophony is when different words or letters sound the same, or nearly the same.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:homophony:m1:1
# text = Homophony is when different words or letters sound the same, or nearly the same.
1	Homophony	homophony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
4	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	sound	sound	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Homophony |  |  |  |  | sound *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Homophony *not said here* |  |  |  |  | nearly *property* | tree rules |

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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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**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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