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title: metaphorically — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «metaphorically» in the Judaism dictionary: In a way that uses a comparison or picture, not literally. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# metaphorically

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**Who acts:** way, speech, God, word · **What happens:** use, think, be, make, create, express · **To what, where:** comparison, inseparable unity, divine

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In a way that uses a comparison or picture, not literally.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:metaphorically:m1:1
# text = In a way that uses a comparison or picture, not literally.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | a way | a comparison or picture |  |  |  | literally *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comparison=Patient |

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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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Thought, speech and action are an inseparable unity in the divine being; God made or created, is metaphorically expressed by the word: writing. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

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*Sentence 1:* Thought, speech and action are an inseparable unity in the divine being; God made or created, is metaphorically expressed by the word: writing.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:metaphorically:x1:1
# text = Thought, speech and action are an inseparable unity in the divine being; God made or created, is metaphorically expressed by the word: writing.
1	Thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	inseparable	inseparable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	unity	unity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	divine	divine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	created	create	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	_
21	metaphorically	metaphorically	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
23	by	by	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
27	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | speech and action | a inseparable unity |  | the divine |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **make** | past | God |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **create** | participle | God *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **express** | present · passive | the word and writing |  |  |  |  | metaphorically *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:metaphorically:x1:2
# text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)
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	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Kalisch	Kalisch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	1877	1877	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	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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**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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