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title: transliterate — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «transliterate» in the Judaism dictionary: To write the letters of a word in another alphabet, so that its sounds can be shown in our letters. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# transliterate

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**Who acts:** our, teacher · **What happens:** write, show, letter, transliterate · **To what, where:** letters, sounds, word, Greek name, English letters, Words

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To write the letters of a word in another alphabet, so that its sounds can be shown in our letters.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:transliterate:m1:1
# text = To write the letters of a word in another alphabet, so that its sounds can be shown in our letters.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	alphabet	alphabet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | to-infinitive |  | the letters of a word in another alphabet |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | can · passive |  | alphabet's sounds |  |  |  | in our letters | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in letter=Topic |
| 3 | **letter** |  |  | a word in another alphabet |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **letter** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=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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The teacher transliterated the Greek name into English letters.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:transliterate:x1:1
# text = The teacher transliterated the Greek name into English letters.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	transliterated	transliterate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	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 | **transliterate** | past | the teacher | the Greek name |  | English letters |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Words written in Russian can be transliterated into our alphabet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:transliterate:x2:1
# text = Words written in Russian can be transliterated into our alphabet.
1	Words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Russian	Russian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	transliterated	transliterate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	alphabet	alphabet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  | Words *not said here* |  | Russian |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **transliterate** | can · passive |  | Words |  | our alphabet |  |  | tree rules |

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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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