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title: ugliness — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ugliness» in the Judaism dictionary: Ugliness is the quality of being ugly or very unpleasant to look at. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# ugliness

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**Who acts:** Ugliness, people, antithesis, Beauty, outward ugliness, book · **What happens:** be, look, mean, behave, tease, not matter · **To what, where:** quality, nastiness, foolishness, Ugly Duckling, inside, ugliness

<!-- .vabout -->
«ugliness» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [ugliness in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ugliness.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ugliness is the quality of being ugly or very unpleasant to look at.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ugliness:m1:1
# text = Ugliness is the quality of being ugly or very unpleasant to look at.
1	Ugliness	ugliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	unpleasant	unpleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ugliness | the quality |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | ugly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **look** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

<!-- .note -->
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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ugliness can also mean nastiness or cruelty in how people behave, like the ugliness of bullying or war.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ugliness:m2:1
# text = Ugliness can also mean nastiness or cruelty in how people behave, like the ugliness of bullying or war.
1	Ugliness	ugliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	nastiness	nastiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	behave	behave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ugliness	ugliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	bullying	bullying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Ugliness | nastiness or cruelty |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nastiness=Topic |
| 2 | **behave** | present | people |  |  |  |  | like the ugliness of bullying or war | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent like ugliness=Attribute |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The antithesis of wisdom is foolishness; of wealth, poverty; of fruitfulness, childlessness; of life, death; of dominion, dependence; of peace, war; and of beauty, ugliness. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* The antithesis of wisdom is foolishness; of wealth, poverty; of fruitfulness, childlessness; of life, death; of dominion, dependence; of peace, war; and of beauty, ugliness.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ugliness:x1:1
# text = The antithesis of wisdom is foolishness; of wealth, poverty; of fruitfulness, childlessness; of life, death; of dominion, dependence; of peace, war; and of beauty, ugliness.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	antithesis	antithesis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	foolishness	foolishness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	poverty	poverty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	fruitfulness	fruitfulness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	childlessness	childlessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	dominion	dominion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	dependence	dependence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
37	ugliness	ugliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the antithesis of wisdom | foolishness and fruitfulness and childlessness and life and death and dominion and dependence and peace and war and beauty ugliness |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ugliness: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	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Ugly Duckling was teased for his ugliness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ugliness:x2:1
# text = The Ugly Duckling was teased for his ugliness.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Duckling	Duckling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	teased	tease	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	ugliness	ugliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tease** | past · passive |  | the Ugly Duckling |  |  |  | for Duckling's ugliness | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beauty is on the inside, so outward ugliness does not matter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ugliness:x3:1
# text = Beauty is on the inside, so outward ugliness does not matter.
1	Beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	inside	inside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	outward	outward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ugliness	ugliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Beauty |  |  | the inside |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | outward ugliness |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The book shows the ugliness of war.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ugliness:x4:1
# text = The book shows the ugliness of war.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ugliness	ugliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | the book | the ugliness of war |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ugliness=Recipient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old car park's ugliness spoiled the view.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ugliness:x5:1
# text = The old car park's ugliness spoiled the view.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	ugliness	ugliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	spoiled	spoil	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spoil** | past | the old car park's ugliness | the view |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bullying shows the ugliness in how people can treat others.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ugliness:x6:1
# text = Bullying shows the ugliness in how people can treat others.
1	Bullying	bullying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ugliness	ugliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | Bullying | the ugliness |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ugliness=Recipient |
| 2 | **treat** | can | people | others |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Belle looked past the Beast's ugliness and saw his kindness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ugliness:x7:1
# text = Belle looked past the Beast's ugliness and saw his kindness.
1	Belle	Belle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	past	past	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Beast	Beast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	ugliness	ugliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | Belle |  |  |  |  | past the Beast's ugliness | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent past ugliness=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | Belle *not said here* | Belle's kindness |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kindness=Stimulus |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Setting aside my ugliness and deformity, is there any thing in me which displeases you?

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:ugliness:x8:1
# text = Setting aside my ugliness and deformity, is there any thing in me which displeases you?
1	Setting	set	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	csubj	_	_
2	aside	aside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	ugliness	ugliness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	deformity	deformity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	displeases	displease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | gerund |  | my ugliness and deformity |  |  |  | aside *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient ugliness=Result |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Setting | any thing |  |  |  | in me | tree rules |
| 3 | **displease** | present | any thing | you |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |

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