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title: theophany — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «theophany» in the Judaism dictionary: A visible appearance or showing of God to people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# theophany

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**Who acts:** Wind · **What happens:** show, be, make · **To what, where:** people, wind

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A visible appearance or showing of God to people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:theophany:m1:1
# text = A visible appearance or showing of God to people.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund |  |  | people |  |  | of God | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to people=Recipient |

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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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Wind is of course the herald of the storm, the Biblical symbol par excellence of the divine theophany, making wind a potent symbol of divine imminence. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)

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*Sentence 1:* Wind is of course the herald of the storm, the Biblical symbol par excellence of the divine theophany, making wind a potent symbol of divine imminence.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:theophany:x1:1
# text = Wind is of course the herald of the storm, the Biblical symbol par excellence of the divine theophany, making wind a potent symbol of divine imminence.
1	Wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	herald	herald	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	Biblical	biblical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	symbol	symbol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
14	par	par	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	excellence	excellence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	theophany	theophany	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
22	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	potent	potent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	symbol	symbol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	imminence	imminence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Wind |  |  |  |  | of the herald and the Biblical symbol par excellence of the divine theophany; of the storm | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | Wind *not said here* | wind |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset wind=Beneficiary symbol=Product |

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:theophany: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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**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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