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title: truism — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «truism» in the Judaism dictionary: A statement so plainly true that it hardly needs saying. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# truism

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**Who acts:** statement, exuberance, we, many germs, weeds · **What happens:** need, say, be, find, exuberate · **To what, where:** many germs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A statement so plainly true that it hardly needs saying.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:truism:m1:1
# text = A statement so plainly true that it hardly needs saying.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	plainly	plainly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | statement |  |  |  |  | hardly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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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Although there is an exuberance of weeds, we will find, nevertheless, many germs of truisms, which are of the greatest importance. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

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*Sentence 1:* Although there is an exuberance of weeds, we will find, nevertheless, many germs of truisms, which are of the greatest importance.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:truism:x1:1
# text = Although there is an exuberance of weeds, we will find, nevertheless, many germs of truisms, which are of the greatest importance.
1	Although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
3	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	exuberance	exuberance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	weeds	weed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	truisms	truism	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
21	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	25	amod	_	_
25	importance	importance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a exuberance of weeds |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | future | we | many germs of truisms and the greatest importance |  |  |  | nevertheless *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | many germs of truisms and the greatest importance |  |  |  |  | of the greatest importance | tree rules |
| 4 | **exuberate** |  | weeds |  |  |  |  |  | nom exuberance «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:truism: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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