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title: ideographic — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ideographic» in the Judaism dictionary: Describing writing in which a picture or sign stands for a whole idea rather than a sound. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ideographic

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**Who acts:** Describing, purpose, author · **What happens:** describe, stand, be, use, purpose, accord · **To what, where:** writing, picture, superiority

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Describing writing in which a picture or sign stands for a whole idea rather than a sound.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ideographic:m1:1
# text = Describing writing in which a picture or sign stands for a whole idea rather than a sound.
1	Describing	describe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	17	cc	_	_
15	than	than	ADP	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | gerund |  | writing |  | a picture or sign |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent writing=Theme |
| 2 | **stand** | present | Describing |  |  |  |  | for a whole idea rather a sound | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for idea=Attribute |

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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 purpose of the author was to e ..pliiisizc the superiority of alphabetic writing over the non-alphabetic writing (ideographic and syllabic) used by all the nations of antiquity, and even now by a great portion of mankind. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

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*Sentence 1:* The purpose of the author was to e ..pliiisizc the superiority of alphabetic writing over the non-alphabetic writing (ideographic and syllabic) used by all the nations of antiquity, and even now by a great portion of mankind.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ideographic:x1:1
# text = The purpose of the author was to e ..pliiisizc the superiority of alphabetic writing over the non-alphabetic writing (ideographic and syllabic) used by all the nations of antiquity, and even now by a great portion of mankind.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	e	e	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	..	..	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	pliiisizc	pliiisizc	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	superiority	superiority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	alphabetic	alphabetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	over	over	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	non-alphabetic	non-alphabetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
20	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	ideographic	ideographic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	appos	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	syllabic	syllabic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	21	punct	_	_
25	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
26	by	by	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	29	det:predet	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	antiquity	antiquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
34	even	even	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	39	advmod	_	_
36	by	by	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	mankind	mankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the purpose of the author |  |  |  |  | e *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | the superiority of alphabetic writing *not said here* |  |  |  | by all nations of antiquity | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the author |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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