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title: perversion — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «perversion» in the Judaism dictionary: A twisting of something good or natural into something wrong. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# perversion

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**Who acts:** thou, beast, I · **What happens:** twist, not lie, defile, lie down, be, say · **To what, where:** something, woman stand, thyself, perversion, LORD, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«perversion» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 examples, 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: [perversion in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/perversion.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A twisting of something good or natural into something wrong.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:perversion:m1:1
# text = A twisting of something good or natural into something wrong.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	twisting	twisting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nmod	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **twist** |  |  | something |  |  |  |  | nom twisting «act transitive»: of=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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And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto; it is perversion. (Torah LEV.18.23, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto; it is perversion.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:perversion:x1:1
# text = And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto; it is perversion.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	nsubj	_	_
3	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	defile	defile	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	thyself	thyself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch	10	obj	_	_
12	therewith	therewith	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
14	neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
15	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
16	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	18	det	_	_
17	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	stand	stand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
19	before	before	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	lie	lie	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
25	down	down	ADP	RP	_	24	compound:prt	_	_
26	thereto	thereto	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
30	perversion	perversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lie** | shall | thou | any woman stand before a beast |  |  |  | with any beast | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **defile** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | thyself |  |  |  | therewith *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **lie down** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* |  |  |  |  | thereto *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | present | beast | perversion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Torah LEV.18.23, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:perversion:x1:2
# text = (Torah LEV.18.23, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	LEV.18.23	LEV.18.23	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.

## Example 2 {#x2}

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'Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will send thee away from off the face of the earth; this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken perversion against the LORD.' (Prophets JER.28.16, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* 'Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will send thee away from off the face of the earth; this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken perversion against the LORD.'

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:perversion:x2:1
# text = 'Therefore thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will send thee away from off the face of the earth; this year thou shalt die, because thou hast spoken perversion against the LORD.'
1	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
8	Behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	obj	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	off	off	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
23	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	24	det	_	_
24	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl:unmarked	_	_
25	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	27	nsubj	_	_
26	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
30	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	31	nsubj	_	_
31	hast	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	conj	_	_
32	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	amod	_	_
33	perversion	perversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
34	against	against	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  | the LORD |  |  |  | therefore, thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lord=Topic |
| 2 | **send away** | future | I | thee |  | the face of the earth |  | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent thou=Theme from face=Source |
| 3 | **die** | shall | thou |  |  |  | year |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **have** | present | thou | spoken perversion |  |  |  | against the LORD | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent perversion=Patient |
| 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets JER.28.16, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:perversion:x2:2
# text = (Prophets JER.28.16, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	JER.28.16	JER.28.16	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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