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title: metaphorical — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «metaphorical» in the Judaism dictionary: Used as a picture or comparison, not meant literally. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# metaphorical

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**Who acts:** level · **What happens:** use, not mean, refer, encounter · **To what, where:** level, term, primary metaphorical sense

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Used as a picture or comparison, not meant literally.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:metaphorical:m1:1
# text = Used as a picture or comparison, not meant literally.
1	Used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
10	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | as a picture or comparison | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **mean** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | literally *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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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And on yet another level, it refers to the physical body, the primary metaphorical sense in which the term is encountered in the SY. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

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*Sentence 1:* And on yet another level, it refers to the physical body, the primary metaphorical sense in which the term is encountered in the SY.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:metaphorical:x1:1
# text = And on yet another level, it refers to the physical body, the primary metaphorical sense in which the term is encountered in the SY.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	refers	refer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	primary	primary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	metaphorical	metaphorical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	obl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	encountered	encounter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl:relcl	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	SY	SY	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refer** | present | level |  |  | another level |  | to the physical body | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to body=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **encounter** | present · passive |  | the term |  | the primary metaphorical sense |  | in the SY | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:metaphorical: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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