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title: imposter — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «imposter» in the Judaism dictionary: A person who pretends to be someone else, or a fraud. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# imposter

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**Who acts:** person, That · **What happens:** pretend, be, frustrate, make, turn · **To what, where:** someone, tokens, diviners, wise men, knowledge foolish

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A person who pretends to be someone else, or a fraud.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:imposter:m1:1
# text = A person who pretends to be someone else, or a fraud.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pretends	pretend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	xcomp	_	_
8	else	else	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fraud	fraud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | present | a person or a fraud |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a person or a fraud *not said here* | someone |  |  |  | else *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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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That frustrateth the tokens of the imposters, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; (Prophets ISA.44.25, JPS 1917)

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:imposter:x1:1
# text = That frustrateth the tokens of the imposters, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; (Prophets ISA.44.25, JPS 1917)
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	frustrateth	frustrate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tokens	token	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	imposters	imposter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	maketh	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	diviners	diviner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	_
15	turneth	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
16	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	backward	backward	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	maketh	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
23	knowledge	knowledgeable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
26	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	_
28	ISA.44.25	ISA.44.25	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	flat	_	_
31	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	28	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	27	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **frustrate** | present | That | the tokens of the imposters |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus token=Experiencer |
| 2 | **make** | present | That *not said here* | diviners |  |  |  | mad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset diviner=Product |
| 3 | **turn** | present | that | wise men |  |  |  | backward *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme man=Result |
| 4 | **make** | present | that *not said here* | men's knowledge foolish |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset foolish=Product |

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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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