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title: indictment — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «indictment» in the Judaism dictionary: A formal written charge accusing someone of a wrong. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# indictment

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**Who acts:** formal written charge, I, one, Almighty · **What happens:** write, accuse, have, hear, be, let · **To what, where:** someone, that, me, signature, Almighty, indictment

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A formal written charge accusing someone of a wrong.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:indictment:m1:1
# text = A formal written charge accusing someone of a wrong.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	accusing	accuse	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **accuse** | gerund | a formal written charge *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent someone=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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Oh that I had one to hear me! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written! (Writings JOB.31.35, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Oh that I had one to hear me! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:indictment:x1:1
# text = Oh that I had one to hear me! — Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me — and that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath written!
1	Oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	advcl	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
10	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
11	Lo	lo	INTJ	UH	_	16	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
13	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	signature	signature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Almighty	almighty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
22	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
25	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
26	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	advcl	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	indictment	indictment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nsubj:pass	_	_
30	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	obj	_	_
31	mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	compound	_	_
32	adversary	adversary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
33	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux:pass	_	_
34	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	34	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | I | that |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | one | me |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | my signature |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **let** | infinitive | one *not said here* | the Almighty |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the Almighty *not said here* |  | me |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent i=Eventuality |
| 6 | **have** | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **write** | present · passive |  | the indictment |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings JOB.31.35, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:indictment:x1:2
# text = (Writings JOB.31.35, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	JOB.31.35	JOB.31.35	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	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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