Who acts: words, letter, group, signification, level, four winds · What happens: take, mean, figure, translate, use, not exaggerate · To what, where: words, most basic exact meaning, speech, number, numerical signification, wind
«literal» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 10 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: literal in the Judaism dictionary.
Meaning 1
Taking words in their most basic, exact meaning, not as a joke or figure of speech.
The tree, 16 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent word=Theme as joke=Attribute
2
mean
words = word
nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent
3
figure
speech
nom figure «communication transitive»: of=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.
Meaning 2
Translated word for word.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Translated
translate
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
2 word
amod
2
word
word
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
for
for
ADP
_
4 word
case
4
word
word
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 word
nmod
5
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 word
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
translate
participle
vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
Meaning 3
Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Used for real, not exaggerated.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Used
use
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
root
root
2
for
for
ADP
_
3 real
case
3
real
real
ADJ
Degree=Pos
1 Used
obl
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
6 exaggerated
punct
5
not
not
PART
Polarity=Neg
6 exaggerated
advmod
6
exaggerated
exaggerate
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
1 Used
conj
7
.
.
PUNCT
_
1 Used
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
use
participle
for real
vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2
notexaggerate
participle
tree rules
Example 1
tion of numbers and letters ; every letter suggesting a 'number, and every group of letters having a numerical signification, as vital as its literal meaning. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)
Sentence 1: tion of numbers and letters ; every letter suggesting a 'number, and every group of letters having a numerical signification, as vital as its literal meaning.
The tree, 25 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic
2
have
gerund
every group of letters not said here
a numerical signification
vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signification=Patient
3
mean
signification
nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent
Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)
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
_
5 Westcott
punct
5
Westcott
Westcott
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Sefer
conj
6
1893
1893
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
5 Westcott
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Sefer
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 2
But on the most literal level, it means ‘wind’, as in the אַרְבָּע רוּחוֹת arbaʽ ruchot ‘four winds’ corresponding to the four cardinal directions, and is also conjured in the verb הֵרִיחַ heriach ‘to smell, breathe in (with the nostrils)’. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)
Sentence 1: But on the most literal level, it means ‘wind’, as in the אַרְבָּע רוּחוֹת arbaʽ ruchot ‘four winds’ corresponding to the four cardinal directions, and is also conjured in the verb הֵרִיחַ heriach ‘to smell, breathe in (with the nostrils)’.
The tree, 39 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
wind and the אַרְבָּע רוּחוֹת arbaʽ ruchot and four winds
the literal level
vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Topic
2
correspond
gerund
four winds not said here
to the four cardinal directions
vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3
conjure
present · passive
the verb and heriach
vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»
4
smell
to-infinitive
vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5
breathe in
infinitive
vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Example 3
Out of four letters 24 quadri- literal words are formed as: nJ3K, J13K, i3:iK, 2T,), i2iH, 3jnx, (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
The tree, 30 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product
4
word
word translations
nom word «communication transitive»: by=agent
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.