dedicate

Who acts: someone, battles, These, David, nations, She · What happens: dedicate, be, honour, name, give, win · To what, where: something, book, front, them, yourself, spoil

«dedicate» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: dedicate in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

To dedicate something is to give it to a person or purpose, often out of love or respect.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 dedicate	mark
2	dedicate	dedicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 give	csubj
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 dedicate	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 give	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 give	mark
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 give	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 person	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 purpose	cc
12	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 person	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 love	punct
14	often	often	ADV	_	17 love	advmod
15	out	out	ADP	_	17 love	case
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 love	case
17	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	parataxis
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 respect	cc
19	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 love	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dedicate	to-infinitive		something					vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	is	present						to a person or purpose; give property	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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

To dedicate a book is to write someone's name at the front to honour them.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 dedicate	mark
2	dedicate	dedicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 write	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 book	det
4	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dedicate	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 write	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 write	mark
7	write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 name	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 someone	case
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 write	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 front	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 front	det
13	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 write	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 honour	mark
15	honour	honour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 write	advcl
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 honour	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	dedicate	to-infinitive		a book			vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent book=Theme
2	is	present			the front	write property	tree rules
3	honour	to-infinitive		them = they			tree rules
4	name		someone				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Meaning 3

To dedicate yourself is to promise to give your time and effort to something.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 dedicate	mark
2	dedicate	dedicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 promise	advcl
3	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 dedicate	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 promise	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 promise	mark
6	promise	promise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 give	mark
8	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 promise	xcomp
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 time	nmod:poss
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 give	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 effort	cc
12	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 time	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 something	case
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 effort	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 promise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	dedicate	to-infinitive	yourself			vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent yourself=Theme
2	is	present			promise property	tree rules
3	give not said to happen	to-infinitive		time		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Example 1

Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of the LORD. (Writings 1CH.26.27, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of the LORD.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Out	out	ADP	_	4 spoil	case
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 spoil	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 spoil	det
4	spoil	spoil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 won	obl
5	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	SCONJ	_	10 dedicate	mark
7	battles	battle	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 dedicate	nsubj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dedicate	aux
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dedicate	nsubj
10	dedicate	dedicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 won	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 repair	mark
12	repair	repair	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 dedicate	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 house	det
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 repair	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 LORD	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 LORD	det
17	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 house	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 won	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	win	past			the spoil	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	dedicate	past · do-support	battles			tree rules
3	repair	to-infinitive	battles not said here	the house of the LORD		vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent house=Patient

Sentence 2: (Writings 1CH.26.27, 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	1CH.26.27	1CH.26.27	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Writings	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 1CH.26.27	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 2

These also did king David dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued: (Prophets 2SA.8.11, JPS 1917)

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	These	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 dedicate	nsubj
2	also	also	ADV	_	5 David	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 David	aux
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 David	nmod:desc
5	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 These	nmod
6	dedicate	dedicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	unto	unto	ADP	_	9 LORD	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 LORD	det
9	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dedicate	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 silver	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 silver	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 silver	det
13	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dedicate	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 gold	cc
15	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 silver	conj
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 dedicated	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 dedicated	nsubj
18	dedicated	dedicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 silver	advcl
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 nations	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 nations	det:predet
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 nations	det
22	nations	nation	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 dedicated	obl
23	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 subdued	nsubj
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 subdued	nsubj
25	subdued	subdue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 nations	acl:relcl
26	:	:	PUNCT	_	28 Prophets	punct
27	(	(	PUNCT	_	28 Prophets	punct
28	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dedicate	obl
29	2SA.8.11	2SA.8.11	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	28 Prophets	flat
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 JPS	punct
31	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 Prophets	appos
32	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	31 JPS	flat
33	)	)	PUNCT	_	31 JPS	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	dedicate	present	These	Prophets	unto the LORD	vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	dedicate	past	David		of all nations	vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	subdue	past	all nations			vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 3

She dedicated her picture to her grandmother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dedicated	nsubj
2	dedicated	dedicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 picture	nmod:poss
4	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dedicated	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 grandmother	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 grandmother	nmod:poss
7	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dedicated	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dedicated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dedicate	past	She	her picture	her grandmother				vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent picture=Theme to grandmother=Goal

Example 4

The author dedicated the book to her teacher.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 author	det
2	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dedicated	nsubj
3	dedicated	dedicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 book	det
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dedicated	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 teacher	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 teacher	nmod:poss
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 book	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dedicated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dedicate	past	the author	the book	author's teacher				vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent book=Theme to teacher=Goal

Example 5

He dedicated his whole summer to learning the piano.

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 dedicated	nsubj
2	dedicated	dedicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 summer	nmod:poss
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 summer	amod
5	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dedicated	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 learning	case
7	learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 dedicated	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 piano	det
9	piano	piano	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 learning	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dedicated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dedicate	past	He				summer		vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	learn	gerund		the piano					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piano=Topic

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