confer

Who acts: judges, you, university, he, they, Adonijah · What happens: talk, share, decide, confer, give, prize · To what, where: ideas, something, honour, someone, degree, son

«confer» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: confer in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To talk together and share ideas before deciding something: the judges conferred.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 talk	mark
2	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	together	together	ADV	_	2 talk	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 share	cc
5	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 talk	conj
6	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 share	obj
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 deciding	mark
8	deciding	decide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 share	advcl
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 deciding	obj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 conferred	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 judges	det
12	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 conferred	nsubj
13	conferred	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 something	acl:relcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 talk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	talk	to-infinitive			together property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	share	present		ideas		tree rules
3	decide	gerund		something		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent something=Topic
4	confer	past	the judges			vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To give someone an honour, title, right or prize: the university conferred a degree on her.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 prize	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 give	obj
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 honour	det
5	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 title	punct
7	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 honour	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 prize	punct
9	right	right	ADV	_	11 prize	advmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 prize	cc
11	prize	prize	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 conferred	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 university	det
14	university	university	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conferred	nsubj
15	conferred	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 prize	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 degree	det
17	degree	degree	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 conferred	obj
18	on	on	ADP	_	19 her	case
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 conferred	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 prize	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive	you not said here	a honour and title	someone		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient honour=Theme
2	prize	imperative	you not said here			right property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	confer	past	the university	a degree		on her = she	tree rules

Example 1

And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they following Adonijah helped him. (Prophets 1KI.1.7, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they following Adonijah helped him.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 conferred	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 conferred	nsubj
3	conferred	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 Joab	case
5	Joab	Joab	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 conferred	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 son	det
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conferred	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Zeruiah	case
9	Zeruiah	Zeruiah	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 son	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 priest	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 priest	cc
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 Abiathar	case
13	Abiathar	Abiathar	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 priest	nmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 priest	det
15	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conferred	obl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 following	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 following	cc
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 following	nsubj
19	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 conferred	advcl
20	Adonijah	Adonijah	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 helped	nsubj
21	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 following	ccomp
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 helped	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 conferred	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	confer	past	he	the son of Zeruiah		with Joab; the priest with Abiathar obl	tree rules
2	follow	gerund	they				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	help	past	Adonijah		Abiathar		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

Sentence 2: (Prophets 1KI.1.7, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	1KI.1.7	1KI.1.7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Prophets	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 1917	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 1917	nmod:unmarked
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 1KI.1.7	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

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

Example 2

And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, upon whom had not been conferred the majesty of the kingdom; but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by blandishments. (Writings DAN.11.21, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, upon whom had not been conferred the majesty of the kingdom; but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by blandishments.

The tree, 36 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	6 stand	cc
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 place	case
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 place	nmod:poss
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stand	obl
5	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stand	aux
6	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 stand	compound:prt
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
9	contemptible	contemptible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stand	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 conferred	punct
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 whom	case
13	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 conferred	obl
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 conferred	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 conferred	advmod
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 conferred	aux:pass
17	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 stand	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 majesty	det
19	majesty	majesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 conferred	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 kingdom	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 kingdom	det
22	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 majesty	nmod
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	27 come	punct
24	but	but	CCONJ	_	27 come	cc
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 come	nsubj
26	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 come	aux
27	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 stand	conj
28	in	in	ADP	_	29 time	case
29	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 come	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 security	case
31	security	security	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 time	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 obtain	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 obtain	cc
34	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 obtain	aux
35	obtain	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 come	conj
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 kingdom	det
37	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 obtain	obj
38	by	by	ADP	_	39 blandishments	case
39	blandishments	blandishment	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 obtain	obl
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 stand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	shall		a contemptible person	his place			tree rules
2	not confer	past · perfect · passive		the majesty of the kingdom				tree rules
3	come	shall	person			time		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	obtain	shall	person not said here	the kingdom			by blandishments	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset kingdom=Theme

Sentence 2: (Writings DAN.11.21, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	DAN.11.21	DAN.11.21	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 DAN.11.21	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 DAN.11.21	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 3

The referees conferred before giving the penalty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 referees	det
2	referees	referee	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 referees	acl
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	5 giving	mark
5	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 conferred	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 penalty	det
7	penalty	penalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 giving	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 referees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	participle		the referees not said here					vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give	gerund		the penalty					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penalty=Theme

Example 4

The team conferred and chose their answer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conferred	nsubj
3	conferred	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 chose	cc
5	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 conferred	conj
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 answer	nmod:poss
7	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chose	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 conferred	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	confer	past	the team		vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	choose	past	the team not said here	their answer	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme
3	answer		their = they		nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

(formal) The headteacher conferred with the parents.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 headteacher	amod
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 headteacher	det
5	headteacher	headteacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 headteacher	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 parents	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parents	det
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 conferred	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 headteacher	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	participle		the formal headteacher not said here				with the parents	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with parent=Co-Agent

Example 6

The Queen conferred a knighthood on the scientist.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Queen	det
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 conferred	nsubj
3	conferred	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 knighthood	det
5	knighthood	knighthood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conferred	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 scientist	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 scientist	det
8	scientist	scientist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conferred	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 conferred	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	past	the Queen	a knighthood		the scientist			tree rules

Example 7

In the quiz, no conferring is allowed in round one!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 quiz	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 quiz	det
3	quiz	quiz	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 allowed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 quiz	punct
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 allowed	nsubj:pass
6	conferring	confer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 no	acl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 allowed	aux:pass
8	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 one	case
10	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 allowed	obl
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 allowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	gerund							vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	allow	present · passive		no		the quiz		in round one	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Example 8

(formal) The award confers the right to free entry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 award	amod
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 formal	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 award	det
5	award	award	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 confers	nsubj
6	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 right	det
8	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 confers	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 free	mark
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 entry	amod
11	entry	entry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 right	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 confers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present	the formal award	the right and free entry					tree rules

Example 9

He reigned for a long time, conferring several benefits upon his brother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reigned	nsubj
2	reigned	reign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 time	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 time	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reigned	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 conferring	punct
8	conferring	confer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 reigned	advcl
9	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 benefits	amod
10	benefits	benefit	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 conferring	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 brother	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 brother	nmod:poss
13	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 conferring	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reigned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reign	past	He				time		tree rules
2	confer	gerund	He not said here	several benefits				upon his brother	tree rules

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