ordain

Who acts: king, God, genealogy, bishop, churches, She · What happens: ordain, be, decide, do, happen, meet · To what, where: someone, special religious ceremony, something, it, fate, These · Speech: someone speaks here

«ordain» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 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: ordain in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: church — kept apart, not parsed.

To ordain someone is to make them a priest, minister or rabbi in a special religious ceremony.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ordain	mark
2	ordain	ordain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	csubj
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 ordain	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 make	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 make	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 priest	det
9	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 minister	punct
11	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 priest	appos
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 rabbi	cc
13	rabbi	rabbi	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 priest	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	18 ceremony	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 ceremony	det
16	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 ceremony	amod
17	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 ceremony	amod
18	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ordain	to-infinitive		someone					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	is	present				a special religious ceremony		make 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: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To ordain something is to order or decide it officially, as a king or law does.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ordain	mark
2	ordain	ordain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 order	advcl
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 ordain	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 order	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 order	mark
6	order	order	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 decide	cc
8	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 order	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 decide	obj
10	officially	officially	ADV	_	8 decide	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 does	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 does	mark
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 king	det
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 does	nsubj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 law	cc
16	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 king	conj
17	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 decide	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 order	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ordain	to-infinitive		something		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	is	present			order property	tree rules
3	decide	infinitive		it	officially property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent it=Topic
4	do	present	a king or law			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To decide what will happen, as if by God or fate: «It was ordained that they would meet».

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 decide	mark
2	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 happen	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 happen	aux
5	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 decide	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 God	punct
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 God	case
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 God	mark
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 God	case
10	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 happen	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 fate	cc
12	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 God	conj
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 ordained	punct
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 ordained	punct
15	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 ordained	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 ordained	aux:pass
17	ordained	ordain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 decide	ccomp
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 meet	mark
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 meet	nsubj
20	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 meet	aux
21	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 ordained	advcl
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 ordained	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 decide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	decide	to-infinitive				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	happen	future			as God or fate	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ordain in a quote	past · passive		fate		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	meet in a quote	would	God			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office. (Writings 1CH.9.22, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	These	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	3 reckoned	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reckoned	aux:pass
3	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 genealogy	case
5	genealogy	genealogy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckoned	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 villages	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 villages	nmod:poss
8	villages	village	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 ordain	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 David	punct
10	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 David	nsubj
11	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 villages	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Samuel	cc
13	Samuel	Samuel	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 David	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 seer	det
15	seer	seer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 David	appos
16	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 ordain	aux
17	ordain	ordain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 reckoned	parataxis
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 office	case
19	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 office	nmod:poss
20	set	set	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 office	compound
21	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 ordain	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reckoned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	past · passive	genealogy	These					vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Attribute
2	ordain	past · do-support				their villages David and Samuel		in David's set office	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (Writings 1CH.9.22, 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.9.22	1CH.9.22	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.9.22	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 2

Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto the LORD, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren. (Writings 1CH.16.7, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto the LORD, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 ordain	advmod
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 day	case
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 day	det
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obl
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ordain	aux
6	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 ordain	advmod
8	ordain	ordain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 give	mark
10	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 ordain	xcomp
11	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	obj
12	unto	unto	ADP	_	14 LORD	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 LORD	det
14	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 thanks	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hand	punct
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 hand	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 hand	det
18	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 Asaph	case
20	Asaph	Asaph	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 hand	nmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 brethren	cc
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 brethren	nmod:poss
23	brethren	brethren	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 Asaph	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 ordain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ordain	past · do-support					then	first property	tree rules
2	give	to-infinitive		thanks				unto the LORD; by the hand of Asaph and David's brethren	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme

Sentence 2: (Writings 1CH.16.7, 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.16.7	1CH.16.7	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.16.7	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 3

The bishop ordained three new priests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bishop	det
2	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ordained	nsubj
3	ordained	ordain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 priests	nummod
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 priests	amod
6	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ordained	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ordained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ordain	past	the bishop	three new priests					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priest=Theme

Example 4

My uncle was ordained a minister last summer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ordained	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ordained	aux:pass
4	ordained	ordain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 minister	det
6	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ordained	obj
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 summer	amod
8	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ordained	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ordained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ordain	past · passive		My uncle			summer		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme minister=Attribute

Example 5

Some churches ordain women as priests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 churches	det
2	churches	church	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ordain	nsubj
3	ordain	ordain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ordain	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	6 priests	case
6	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ordain	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ordain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ordain	present	some churches	women				as priests	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent woman=Theme as priest=Attribute

Example 6

The king ordained that a feast be held.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ordained	nsubj
3	ordained	ordain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 held	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 feast	det
6	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 held	nsubj:pass
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 held	aux:pass
8	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ordained	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ordained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ordain	past	the king						vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	hold	infinitive · passive		a feast					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 7

The ceremony to ordain a priest is called ordination.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ceremony	det
2	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 called	nsubj:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	4 ordain	mark
4	ordain	ordain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ceremony	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 priest	det
6	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ordain	obj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 called	aux:pass
8	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	ordination	ordination	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 called	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ordain	to-infinitive		a priest					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priest=Theme
2	call	present · passive		the ceremony					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 8

She felt it was ordained that she would become a nurse.

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ordained	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ordained	aux:pass
5	ordained	ordain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 felt	xcomp
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 become	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 become	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 become	aux
9	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ordained	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 nurse	det
11	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	feel	past	She		vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	ordain	past · passive		it	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	become	would	she	a nurse	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 9

An ordained minister can lead a wedding service.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 minister	det
2	ordained	ordain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 minister	amod
3	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lead	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 lead	aux
5	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 service	det
7	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 service	compound
8	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lead	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ordain	participle							vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	lead	can	a ordained minister	a wedding service					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme

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