nothingness
Who acts: state, word, Nothingness, forms · What happens: be, not exist, make, create, thing, bring · To what, where: AIN, something, solid earth, empty void, Life, non-existent
«nothingness» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: nothingness in the Judaism dictionary.
Meaning 1
The state of being nothing; not existing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 state | det |
| 2 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 existing | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 nothing | case |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 nothing | cop |
| 5 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 state | nmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 existing | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 existing | advmod |
| 8 | existing | exist | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 existing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | of nothing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not exist | gerund | the state | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Non-existent ; the word is AIN, nothingness. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)
Sentence 1: Non-existent ; the word is AIN, nothingness.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Non-existent | non-existent | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 AIN | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 word | det |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 AIN | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 AIN | cop |
| 6 | AIN | ain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Non-existent | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 nothingness | punct |
| 8 | nothingness | nothingness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 AIN | appos |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Non-existent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the word | AIN | tree rules |
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
And from Nothingness did He make something, and all forms of speech and every created thing, and from the empty void He made the solid earth, and from the non-existent He brought forth Life. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)
Sentence 1: And from Nothingness did He make something, and all forms of speech and every created thing, and from the empty void He made the solid earth, and from the non-existent He brought forth Life.
The tree, 34 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 make | cc |
| 2 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 4 did | mark |
| 3 | Nothingness | Nothingness | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 make | aux |
| 5 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | nsubj |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 thing | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 thing | cc |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 forms | det |
| 11 | forms | form | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 thing | nsubj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 speech | case |
| 13 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 forms | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 thing | cc |
| 15 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 thing | det |
| 16 | created | create | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 thing | amod |
| 17 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | parataxis |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 made | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 made | cc |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 23 void | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 void | det |
| 22 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 void | amod |
| 23 | void | void | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 made | obl |
| 24 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 made | nsubj |
| 25 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 thing | parataxis |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 earth | det |
| 27 | solid | solid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 earth | amod |
| 28 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 made | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 brought | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 brought | cc |
| 31 | from | from | ADP | _ | 33 non-existent | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 non-existent | det |
| 33 | non-existent | non-existent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 brought | obl |
| 34 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 brought | nsubj |
| 35 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 made | conj |
| 36 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 35 brought | advmod |
| 37 | Life | Life | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 brought | obj |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · do-support | Nothingness | something | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Product | ||||
| 2 | create | participle | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | thing | all forms of speech | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | make | past | Nothingness | the solid earth | the empty void | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent earth=Product from void=Material | |||
| 5 | bring | past | Nothingness | Life | the non-existent | forth property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent life=Theme from non-existent=Initial_Location | ||
| 6 | form | speech | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)
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 | 1887 | 1887 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 Westcott | flat |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 Sefer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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