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title: theologian — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «theologian» in the Judaism dictionary: A person who studies religion and God in a careful, learned way. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# theologian

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**Who acts:** person, it, extravagant hypotheses, hypotheses, theologian, king · **What happens:** study, learn, be, know, philosopher, frame · **To what, where:** religion, careful, way, extravagant hypotheses, ancient Jewish philosophers, oriental

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«theologian» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: [theologian in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/theologian.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A person who studies religion and God in a careful, learned way.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:theologian:m1:1
# text = A person who studies religion and God in a careful, learned way.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	studies	study	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | present | a person | religion and God |  | a careful |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent religion=Topic |
| 2 | **learn** | past | a person | way |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=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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A Christian theologian, Johann Friedrich von Meyer D. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:theologian:x1:1
# text = A Christian theologian, Johann Friedrich von Meyer D. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	theologian	theologian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	Johann	Johann	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
6	Friedrich	Friedrich	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	von	von	PROPN	NNP	_	5	flat	_	_
8	Meyer	Meyer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	D.	D.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	Kalisch	Kalisch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:unmarked	_	_
15	1877	1877	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Be this as it may, it is worth while to know the extravagant hypotheses which ancient Jewish philosophers and theologians framed as soon as they began to contemplate and to reason, endeavoring to combine oriental and Greek theories. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

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*Sentence 1:* Be this as it may, it is worth while to know the extravagant hypotheses which ancient Jewish philosophers and theologians framed as soon as they began to contemplate and to reason, endeavoring to combine oriental and Greek theories.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:theologian:x2:1
# text = Be this as it may, it is worth while to know the extravagant hypotheses which ancient Jewish philosophers and theologians framed as soon as they began to contemplate and to reason, endeavoring to combine oriental and Greek theories.
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nsubj	_	_
3	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	csubj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	extravagant	extravagant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	hypotheses	hypothesis	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
16	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
17	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	philosophers	philosopher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	theologians	theologian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	_
22	framed	frame	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
23	as	as	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	27	advmod	_	_
25	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
26	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	contemplate	contemplate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	xcomp	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	TO	_	32	case	_	_
32	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	endeavoring	endeavor	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	32	nmod	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	combine	combine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	xcomp	_	_
37	oriental	oriental	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
39	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	theories	theory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive | it |  |  |  |  | worth *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | to-infinitive |  | the extravagant hypotheses |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer hypothesis=Stimulus |
| 3 | **philosopher** |  | the extravagant hypotheses |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **frame** | participle |  | ancient Jewish philosophers and theologians *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **begin** | past | hypotheses *= hypothesis* |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 6 | **contemplate** | to-infinitive | hypotheses *= hypothesis* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **endeavor** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **combine** | to-infinitive |  | oriental and Greek theories |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oriental=Patient |

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*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:theologian:x2:2
# text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)
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	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Kalisch	Kalisch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	1877	1877	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The theologian read many old books.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:theologian:x3:1
# text = The theologian read many old books.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	theologian	theologian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | the theologian | many old books |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The king asked the theologian for advice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:theologian:x4:1
# text = The king asked the theologian for advice.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	theologian	theologian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the king | the theologian |  |  |  | for advice | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent theologian=Recipient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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A theologian wrote a book about God.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:theologian:x5:1
# text = A theologian wrote a book about God.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	theologian	theologian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past | a theologian | a book |  |  |  | about God | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent book=Recipient about god=Topic |

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