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title: sipper — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sipper» in the Judaism dictionary: Sipper is the Hebrew word for "he told," from the same root as number and book. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sipper

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**Who acts:** Sipper, he, one, safar, counting, sippur · **What happens:** be, tell, describe, count, speak, account · **To what, where:** Hebrew word, three, writing, mispar number, sipper, sippur · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Sipper is the Hebrew word for "he told," from the same root as number and book.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sipper:m1:1
# text = Sipper is the Hebrew word for "he told," from the same root as number and book.
1	Sipper	sipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	root	root	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Sipper | the Hebrew word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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However, only one, ספ״ר SPR, is capable of describing all three: counting (סָפַר safar 'he counted', מִסְפָּר mispar 'number, count'), writing (סֵפֶר sefer 'book, scroll'), and speaking (סִפֵּר sipper 'he told, accounted', סִפּוּר sippur 'telling, account'). (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

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*Sentence 1:* However, only one, ספ״ר SPR, is capable of describing all three: counting (סָפַר safar 'he counted', מִסְפָּר mispar 'number, count'), writing (סֵפֶר sefer 'book, scroll'), and speaking (סִפֵּר sipper 'he told, accounted', סִפּוּר sippur 'telling, account').

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sipper:x1:1
# text = However, only one, ספ״ר SPR, is capable of describing all three: counting (סָפַר safar 'he counted', מִסְפָּר mispar 'number, count'), writing (סֵפֶר sefer 'book, scroll'), and speaking (סִפֵּר sipper 'he told, accounted', סִפּוּר sippur 'telling, account').
1	However	however	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	ספ	ספ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	״	״	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	ר	ר	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	SPR	SPR	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	capable	capable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	describing	describe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
18	counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	55	csubj:pass	_	_
19	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	סָפַר	סָפַר	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	_
21	safar	safar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
22	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	counted	count	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	',	',	PART	POS	_	24	obl	_	_
26	מִסְפָּר	מִסְפָּר	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	_
27	mispar	mispar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
28	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
36	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	סֵפֶר	סֵפֶר	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	_
38	sefer	sefer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	_
39	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	scroll	scroll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	40	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	conj	_	_
48	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	סִפֵּר	סִפֵּר	PUNCT	``	_	50	punct	_	_
50	sipper	sipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
51	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
55	accounted	account	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	',	',	PART	POS	_	55	dep	_	_
57	סִפּוּר	סִפּוּר	PUNCT	``	_	58	punct	_	_
58	sippur	sippur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
59	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	58	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	58	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
62	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	62	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	60	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | one |  |  |  |  | capable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | gerund | one *not said here* | all three |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent three=Theme |
| 3 | **count** | gerund |  | writing |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **count** | past | safar | mispar number |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 5 | **count** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  | sipper |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | safar |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **account** | participle | counting | sippur |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | sippur *not said here* | account |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent account=Recipient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:sipper:x1:2
# 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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