dah

Who acts: Dah, short one, people, it, spelling, that · What happens: be, write, say, show, mean, not be · To what, where: long sound, dit, sound, something, spelling, English word · Speech: someone speaks here

«dah» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: dah in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Dah is the long sound or long signal in Morse code, written as a dash (−); the short one is «dit».

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dah	Dah	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sound	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sound	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sound	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sound	amod
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 signal	cc
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 signal	amod
8	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sound	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 code	case
10	Morse	Morse	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 code	compound
11	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 signal	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 written	punct
13	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sound	acl
14	as	as	ADP	_	16 dash	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 dash	det
16	dash	dash	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 written	obl
17	(	(	PUNCT	_	18 −	punct
18	−	−	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dash	appos
19	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 −	punct
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 dit	punct
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 one	det
22	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 one	amod
23	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 dit	nsubj
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 dit	cop
25	«	«	PUNCT	_	26 dit	punct
26	dit	dit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sound	parataxis
27	»	»	PUNCT	_	26 dit	punct
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Dah	the long sound or long signal in Morse code		tree rules
2	write	participle		the long sound or long signal in Morse code not said here	as a dash	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as dash=Attribute
3	is a in a quote	present	the short one	dit		tree rules

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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

«Dah» is a sound people say, as in «ta-dah!», when showing something proudly; it can also be a spelling of «duh» meaning «that's obvious».

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Dah	punct
2	Dah	Dah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sound	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Dah	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sound	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sound	det
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 say	nsubj
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sound	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 dah	punct
10	as	as	ADP	_	15 dah	case
11	in	in	ADP	_	15 dah	case
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 dah	punct
13	ta	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	15 dah	case
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 ta	punct
15	dah	dah	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	ccomp
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	15 dah	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 dah	punct
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 showing	punct
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 showing	advmod
20	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 say	advcl
21	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	20 showing	obj
22	proudly	proudly	ADV	_	20 showing	advmod
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 spelling	punct
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 spelling	nsubj
25	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	29 spelling	aux
26	also	also	ADV	_	29 spelling	advmod
27	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	29 spelling	cop
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 spelling	det
29	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sound	conj
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 duh	case
31	«	«	PUNCT	_	32 duh	punct
32	duh	duh	INTJ	_	34 meaning	discourse
33	»	»	PUNCT	_	32 duh	punct
34	meaning	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	29 spelling	acl
35	«	«	PUNCT	_	38 obvious	punct
36	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	38 obvious	nsubj
37	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 obvious	cop
38	obvious	obvious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 meaning	ccomp
39	»	»	PUNCT	_	38 obvious	punct
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sound	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Dah	a sound and a spelling		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	people	a sound and a spelling not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sound=Topic
3	show	gerund	people not said here	something	proudly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient
4	is a	can	it	a spelling		tree rules
5	mean	gerund	a spelling not said here			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
6	is in a quote	present	that		obvious property	tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: a name — kept apart, not parsed.

Dah is not an English word in other uses; it may be a part of a name or a word in another language.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dah	Dah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 word	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 word	advmod
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	amod
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 other	case
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 uses	nsubj
9	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 word	acl:relcl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 part	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 part	nsubj
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 part	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 part	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 part	det
15	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	parataxis
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 name	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 name	det
18	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 part	nmod
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 word	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 word	det
21	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 part	conj
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 language	case
23	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	24 language	det
24	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 word	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	Dah	a English word		tree rules
2	use	present	other	a English word not said here		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
3	is a	may	word	a part or a word in another language	of a name	tree rules

Example 1

Deswegen spricht auch Stobaeus von bios vier Elementen, . . . weil das Juenfte Element als reiner Urgrund noch keine Zahl und daher im Kosmos nicht voshanden ist." (S. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: Deswegen spricht auch Stobaeus von bios vier Elementen, . . . weil das Juenfte Element als reiner Urgrund noch keine Zahl und daher im Kosmos nicht voshanden ist."

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deswegen	Deswegen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 auch	compound
2	spricht	spricht	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 auch	compound
3	auch	auch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Elementen	nmod:desc
4	Stobaeus	Stobaeus	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 bios	compound
5	von	von	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bios	compound
6	bios	bio	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 Elementen	nsubj
7	vier	vi	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 Elementen	amod
8	Elementen	Elementen	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 das	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Elementen	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Elementen	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Elementen	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 Elementen	punct
13	weil	weil	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 das	compound
14	das	da	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
15	Juenfte	Juenfte	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 keine	compound
16	Element	Element	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Juenfte	flat
17	als	al	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 reiner	compound
18	reiner	reiner	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 Juenfte	list
19	Urgrund	Urgrund	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Juenfte	flat
20	noch	noch	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 keine	compound
21	keine	keine	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 das	nmod
22	Zahl	Zahl	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 keine	appos
23	und	und	ADV	_	24 daher	advmod
24	daher	daher	X	Foreign=Yes	14 das	conj
25	im	im	ADP	_	29 ist	case
26	Kosmos	Kosmos	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 nicht	compound
27	nicht	nicht	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 ist	compound
28	voshanden	voshanden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 ist	amod
29	ist	ist	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 daher	nmod
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 das	punct
31	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 das	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: (S. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 S.	punct
2	S.	S.	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 Mordell	punct
4	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 S.	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Origin	punct
6	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Origin	det
7	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Mordell	appos
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Letters	case
9	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Origin	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Numerals	cc
11	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 Letters	conj
12	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 Sefer	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	12 according	fixed
14	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Letters	nmod
15	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Sefer	flat
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	17 1914	punct
17	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 S.	conj
18	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 S.	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Example 2

In Morse code, the letter A is dit-dah.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 code	case
2	Morse	Morse	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 code	compound
3	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dah	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 code	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 letter	det
6	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dah	nsubj
7	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 letter	flat
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dah	cop
9	dit	dit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dah	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 dit	punct
11	dah	dah	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 dah	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the letter	dit dah		Morse code			tree rules

Example 3

SOS is three dits, three dahs and three dits.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	SOS	sos	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dits	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dits	cop
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 dits	nummod
4	dits	dit	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dahs	punct
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 dahs	nummod
7	dahs	dah	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dits	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dits	cc
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 dits	nummod
10	dits	dit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dits	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	SOS	three dits and three dahs and three dits					tree rules

Example 4

Ta-dah! said the magician, pulling out a rabbit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ta	Ta	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 dah	punct
3	dah	dah	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ta	conj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Ta	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 magician	det
7	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pulling	punct
9	pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 said	advcl
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 pulling	compound:prt
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 rabbit	det
12	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pulling	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Ta and dah						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	pull out	gerund	Ta and dah not said here	a rabbit					tree rules

Example 5

Hold the button longer for a dah than for a dit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 button	det
3	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Hold	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 dah	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dah	det
7	dah	dah	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl
8	than	than	ADP	_	11 dit	case
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 dit	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dit	det
11	dit	dit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	the button				for a dah; than a dit; long property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme

Example 6

«Is water wet?» «Dah, of course!»

Sentence 1: «Is water wet?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 wet	punct
2	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wet	cop
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wet	compound
4	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wet	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 wet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present						wet property	tree rules

Sentence 2: «Dah, of course!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Dah	punct
2	Dah	Dah	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 course	punct
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 course	case
5	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Dah	appos
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Dah	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Dah	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 7

We tapped out dahs and dits on the desk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 tapped	nsubj
2	tapped	tap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 tapped	compound:prt
4	dahs	dah	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tapped	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 dits	cc
6	dits	dit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dahs	conj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 desk	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 desk	det
9	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tapped	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 tapped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tap out	past	We	dahs and dits				on the desk	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent dah=Instrument on desk=Patient

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