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title: ontological — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ontological» in the Judaism dictionary: About what exists and how things are, the nature of being. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ontological

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**Who acts:** conception, SY · **What happens:** exist, be, refer, see, conceive, combine · **To what, where:** nature, 231 gates, SY, 6:2, Creation, gates

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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About what exists and how things are, the nature of being.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ontological:m1:1
# text = About what exists and how things are, the nature of being.
1	About	about	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the nature |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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The conception of Creation as a network of ontological interdependencies is perhaps apparent in the ‘231 gates’ referred to above in SY 2:4; see also SY 6:2.\] How did He combine them? (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

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*Sentence 1:* The conception of Creation as a network of ontological interdependencies is perhaps apparent in the ‘231 gates’ referred to above in SY 2:4; see also SY 6:2.\]

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ontological:x1:1
# text = The conception of Creation as a network of ontological interdependencies is perhaps apparent in the ‘231 gates’ referred to above in SY 2:4; see also SY 6:2.]
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conception	conception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Creation	creation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	network	network	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	ontological	ontological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	interdependencies	interdependency	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	apparent	apparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	231	231	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	referred	refer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	above	above	ADV	RB	_	20	obl	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	SY	SY	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
25	2:4	2:4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	24	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
27	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
28	also	also	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
29	SY	SY	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod:unmarked	_	_
30	6:2	6:2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the conception of Creation as a network of ontological interdependencies |  |  | the 231 gates |  | apparent, perhaps *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **refer** | participle |  | the 231 gates *not said here* |  | SY |  |  | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to above=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive |  | 6:2  SY |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 6:2=Stimulus |
| 4 | **conceive** |  |  | Creation |  |  |  | as a network of ontological interdependencies | nom conception «cognition transitive»: of=patient as=obl |

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*Sentence 2:* How did He combine them?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ontological:x1:2
# text = How did He combine them?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	combine	combine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **combine** | past · do-support | SY | gates *= gate* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ontological:x1:3
# 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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**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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