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title: imbue — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «imbue» in the Judaism dictionary: To fill something with a quality or feeling. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# imbue

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**Who acts:** way, more concrete instantions · **What happens:** fill, think, imbue, descend, crystallize · **To what, where:** something, Hebrew root, entity, concrete speech

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To fill something with a quality or feeling.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:imbue:m1:1
# text = To fill something with a quality or feeling.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fill	fill	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | to-infinitive |  | something |  |  |  | with a quality or feeling | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent something=Patient with quality=Instrument |

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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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This way of thinking about language imbues the Hebrew root itself with a certain metaphysical reality, an entity from which more concrete instantions of individual words may ontologically descend and ultimately crystallize into concrete speech or material reality. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

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*Sentence 1:* This way of thinking about language imbues the Hebrew root itself with a certain metaphysical reality, an entity from which more concrete instantions of individual words may ontologically descend and ultimately crystallize into concrete speech or material reality.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:imbue:x1:1
# text = This way of thinking about language imbues the Hebrew root itself with a certain metaphysical reality, an entity from which more concrete instantions of individual words may ontologically descend and ultimately crystallize into concrete speech or material reality.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	imbues	imbue	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	10	nmod:unmarked	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	metaphysical	metaphysical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	reality	reality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	entity	entity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	30	obl	_	_
22	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	24	amod	_	_
23	concrete	concrete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	instantions	instantion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	individual	individual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	_
28	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	ontologically	ontologically	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
30	descend	descend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	acl:relcl	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	ultimately	ultimately	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	crystallize	crystallize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	conj	_	_
34	into	into	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	concrete	concrete	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
37	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
38	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	reality	reality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | this way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about language | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about language=Topic |
| 2 | **imbue** | present | this way | the Hebrew root  way |  |  |  | with a certain metaphysical reality | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent root=Destination with reality=Theme |
| 3 | **descend** | may | more concrete instantions of individual words |  |  | a entity |  | ontologically *property* | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from which=Location |
| 4 | **crystallize** | infinitive | more concrete instantions of individual words *not said here* |  |  | concrete speech or material reality |  | ultimately *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:imbue:x1:2
# 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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**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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