anthropomorphism
Who acts: things, appearance, we, SY · What happens: talk, have, serve, embark, ground, not hasten · To what, where: human body, reminder, anthropomorphism, such symbolic language
«anthropomorphism» 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: anthropomorphism in the Judaism dictionary.
Meaning 1
Talking about God or other things as if they had a human body or feelings.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | about | about | ADP | _ | 3 God | case |
| 3 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Talking | obl |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 things | cc |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 things | amod |
| 6 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 God | conj |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 had | mark |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 had | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 had | nsubj |
| 10 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Talking | advcl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 body | det |
| 12 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 body | amod |
| 13 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 had | obj |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 feelings | cc |
| 15 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 body | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Talking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | gerund | about God or other things | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about god=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | past | things = thing | a human body or feelings | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient |
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
The appearance of this root in the SY’s introductory paragraph serves as a reminder that although we embark upon a text rich in vivid, grounded symbolism—even anthropomorphism—we should not hasten to take such symbolic language overly literally. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
Sentence 1: The appearance of this root in the SY’s introductory paragraph serves as a reminder that although we embark upon a text rich in vivid, grounded symbolism—even anthropomorphism—we should not hasten to take such symbolic language overly literally.
The tree, 40 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 appearance | det |
| 2 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 serves | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 root | case |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 root | det |
| 5 | root | root | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 appearance | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 paragraph | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 SY | det |
| 8 | SY | SY | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 paragraph | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 8 SY | case |
| 10 | introductory | introductory | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 paragraph | amod |
| 11 | paragraph | paragraph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 root | nmod |
| 12 | serves | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 reminder | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 reminder | det |
| 15 | reminder | reminder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 serves | obl |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 embark | obj |
| 17 | although | although | SCONJ | _ | 19 embark | mark |
| 18 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 embark | nsubj |
| 19 | embark | embark | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 reminder | acl:relcl |
| 20 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 22 text | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 text | det |
| 22 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 embark | obl |
| 23 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 text | amod |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 symbolism | case |
| 25 | vivid | vivid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 symbolism | amod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 vivid | punct |
| 27 | grounded | ground | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 symbolism | amod |
| 28 | symbolism | symbolism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 rich | obl |
| 29 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 31 anthropomorphism | punct |
| 30 | even | even | ADV | _ | 31 anthropomorphism | advmod |
| 31 | anthropomorphism | anthropomorphism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 symbolism | appos |
| 32 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 hasten | punct |
| 33 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 hasten | nsubj |
| 34 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 hasten | aux |
| 35 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 36 hasten | advmod |
| 36 | hasten | hasten | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 anthropomorphism | acl:relcl |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 take | mark |
| 38 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 hasten | xcomp |
| 39 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 language | amod |
| 40 | symbolic | symbolic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 language | amod |
| 41 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 take | obj |
| 42 | overly | overly | ADV | _ | 38 take | advmod |
| 43 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 38 take | advmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 serves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | present | the appearance of this root in the SY's introductory paragraph | as a reminder | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as reminder=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | embark | present | we | a reminder | upon a text | tree rules | |||
| 3 | ground | participle | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | not hasten | should | we | anthropomorphism not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | take | to-infinitive | we not said here | such symbolic language | literally, overly property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Theme | |||
| 6 | paragraph | the SY | nom paragraph «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sefer | punct |
| 2 | Sefer | Sefer | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | Yetzirah | Yetzirah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Sefer | flat |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 translation | punct |
| 5 | Sefaria | Sefaria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 translation | compound |
| 6 | community | community | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 translation | compound |
| 7 | translation | translation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Sefer | appos |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sefer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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