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title: necromancer — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «necromancer» in the Judaism dictionary: A person who tries to speak with the dead to learn secrets or the future. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# necromancer

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**Who acts:** person · **What happens:** try, speak, learn, consult · **To what, where:** secrets, ghost · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A person who tries to speak with the dead to learn secrets or the future.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:necromancer:m1:1
# text = A person who tries to speak with the dead to learn secrets or the future.
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	tries	try	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	csubj	_	_
12	secrets	secret	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | present | a person |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **learn** | to-infinitive |  | secrets or the future |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Topic |

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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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or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer. (Torah DEU.18.11, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:necromancer:x1:1
# text = or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.
1	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	charmer	charmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	appos	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	consulteth	consult	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	familiar	familiar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	necromancer	necromancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consult** | present |  | a ghost or a familiar spirit or a necromancer |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ghost=Theme |

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*Sentence 2:* (Torah DEU.18.11, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:necromancer:x1:2
# text = (Torah DEU.18.11, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	DEU.18.11	DEU.18.11	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	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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