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title: transposition — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «transposition» in the Judaism dictionary: The act of switching the order or place of letters or things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# transposition

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**Who acts:** act, He, letters · **What happens:** switch, mean, say, be, signify, letter · **To what, where:** order, opposite ideas, words, transposition · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The act of switching the order or place of letters or things.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:transposition:m1:1
# text = The act of switching the order or place of letters or things.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	switching	switch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **switch** | gerund | the act *not said here* | the order or place of letters or things |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=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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He means to say, that the letters of the words ענג and נגע are the same, but they signify nevertheless, opposite ideas on account of transposition. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

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*Sentence 1:* He means to say, that the letters of the words ענג and נגע are the same, but they signify nevertheless, opposite ideas on account of transposition.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:transposition:x1:1
# text = He means to say, that the letters of the words ענג and נגע are the same, but they signify nevertheless, opposite ideas on account of transposition.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	ענג	ענג	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	נגע	נגע	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	signify	signify	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
22	nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	opposite	opposite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
26	on	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	transposition	transposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | the letters of the words |  |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **signify** | present | letters *= letter* | opposite ideas on account of transposition |  |  |  | nevertheless *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 5 | **letter** |  |  | the words |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **account** |  |  | transposition |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:transposition:x1:2
# 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.

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