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title: mocker — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mocker» in the Judaism dictionary: A person who makes fun of others in an unkind way; a scoffer. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mocker

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**Who acts:** person, mockers, mine · **What happens:** make, be, abide, provoke · **To what, where:** fun, unkind way, provocation

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A person who makes fun of others in an unkind way; a scoffer.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:mocker:m1:1
# text = A person who makes fun of others in an unkind way; a scoffer.
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	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	scoffer	scoffer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | a person and a scoffer | fun |  | a unkind way |  | of others | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fun=Product |

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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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Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation. (Writings JOB.17.2, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:mocker:x1:1
# text = Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.
1	Surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
3	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	mockers	mocker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	mine	my	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	abideth	abide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	provocation	provocation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | mockers with me |  |  | there |  | surely *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **abide** | present | mine |  |  | mockers's provocation |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **provoke** |  | mockers *= mocker* |  |  |  |  |  | nom provocation «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings JOB.17.2, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:mocker:x1:2
# text = (Writings JOB.17.2, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	JOB.17.2	JOB.17.2	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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**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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