prescribe

Who acts: doctor, they, medicine, rules, salt, you · What happens: prescribe, say, take, do, set, measure · To what, where: medicine, much, rule, uniform, wheat, cream · Speech: someone speaks here

«prescribe» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 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: prescribe in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

When a doctor prescribes a medicine, they say officially which medicine you should take, how much and how often.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 prescribes	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 doctor	det
3	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prescribes	nsubj
4	prescribes	prescribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 say	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 medicine	det
6	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prescribes	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 prescribes	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 say	nsubj
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	officially	officially	ADV	_	9 say	advmod
11	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	12 medicine	det
12	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 take	nsubj
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 take	nsubj
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 take	aux
15	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 say	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 much	punct
17	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	18 much	advmod
18	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 take	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 often	cc
20	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	21 often	advmod
21	often	often	ADV	_	18 much	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	prescribe	present	a doctor	a medicine		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	they		officially property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	take	should	which medicine	much		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To say officially what must be done; to set a rule.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 say	mark
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	officially	officially	ADV	_	2 say	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 done	obj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 done	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 done	aux:pass
7	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 say	ccomp
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 set	punct
9	to	to	PART	_	10 set	mark
10	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 say	ccomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 rule	det
12	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 set	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	to-infinitive		officially property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	must · passive			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: what=Eventuality
3	set	to-infinitive	a rule		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient rule=Result

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

The rules prescribe a uniform.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rules	det
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prescribe	nsubj
3	prescribe	prescribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 uniform	det
5	uniform	uniform	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prescribe	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 prescribe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prescribe	present	the rules	a uniform					tree rules

Example 1

unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. (Writings EZR.7.22, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

The tree, 33 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	unto	unto	ADP	_	4 talents	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hundred	det
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 talents	nummod
4	talents	talent	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 silver	case
6	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talents	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 measures	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 measures	cc
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 hundred	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hundred	det
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 measures	nummod
12	measures	measure	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 talents	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 wheat	case
14	wheat	wheat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 measures	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 baths	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 baths	cc
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 baths	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 hundred	det
19	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 baths	nummod
20	baths	bath	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 talents	conj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 wine	case
22	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 baths	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 baths	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 baths	cc
25	to	to	ADP	_	27 hundred	case
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 hundred	det
27	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	28 baths	nummod
28	baths	bath	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 talents	conj
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 oil	case
30	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 baths	nmod
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 salt	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 salt	cc
33	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talents	conj
34	without	without	SCONJ	_	35 prescribing	mark
35	prescribing	prescribe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	33 salt	acl
36	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	37 much	advmod
37	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 prescribing	obj
38	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 talents	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prescribe	gerund	salt not said here	much					tree rules
2	measure			wheat					nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient

Sentence 2: (Writings EZR.7.22, 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	EZR.7.22	EZR.7.22	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EZR.7.22	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 EZR.7.22	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 2

The doctor prescribed some cream for my rash.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prescribed	nsubj
3	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 cream	det
5	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prescribed	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 rash	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 rash	nmod:poss
8	rash	rash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prescribed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 prescribed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prescribe	past	the doctor	some cream				for my rash	tree rules

Example 3

Take the medicine exactly as prescribed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 medicine	det
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 prescribed	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 prescribed	mark
6	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Take	advcl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	the medicine					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme
2	prescribe	participle	you not said here					exactly property	tree rules

Example 4

She was prescribed 2 tablets a day for 7 days — how many tablets is that?

The tree, 15 words

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	3 prescribed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 prescribed	aux:pass
3	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 tablets	nummod
5	tablets	tablet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prescribed	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prescribed	obl:unmarked
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 days	case
9	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 days	nummod
10	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prescribed	obl
11	—	-	PUNCT	_	14 tablets	punct
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	13 many	advmod
13	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 tablets	amod
14	tablets	tablet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prescribed	obl
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prescribed	cop
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 prescribed	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 prescribed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past · passive		She			day	many tablets obl; prescribe property	tree rules

Example 5

Never take medicine prescribed for someone else.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 take	advmod
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obj
4	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 medicine	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 someone	case
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 prescribed	obl
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 someone	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not take	imperative	you not said here	medicine					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme
2	prescribe	participle		medicine not said here				for someone	tree rules

Example 6

The vet prescribed drops for the cat's eyes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vet	det
2	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prescribed	nsubj
3	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	drops	drop	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prescribed	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	9 eyes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cat	det
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 eyes	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 cat	case
9	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prescribed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 prescribed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prescribe	past	the vet	drops				for the cat's eyes	tree rules

Example 7

The rules prescribe a time limit of one hour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rules	det
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 prescribe	nsubj
3	prescribe	prescribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 limit	det
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 limit	compound
6	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prescribe	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 hour	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 hour	nummod
9	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 limit	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 prescribe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prescribe	present	the rules	a time limit of one hour					tree rules

Example 8

Use the prescribed method to solve the equation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 method	det
3	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 method	amod
4	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 solve	mark
6	solve	solve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Use	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 equation	det
8	equation	equation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 solve	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the prescribed method	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=Patient
2	prescribe	participle			tree rules
3	solve	to-infinitive	you not said here	the equation	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent equation=Topic

Example 9

The doctor prescribed rest and plenty of water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doctor	det
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 doctor	acl
4	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prescribed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 plenty	cc
6	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rest	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plenty	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 doctor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prescribe	participle	the doctor not said here	rest and plenty of water					tree rules

Example 10

A Fox asked him, “How can you pretend to prescribe for others, when you are unable to heal your own lame gait and wrinkled skin?”

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 Fox	det
2	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 asked	iobj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 pretend	punct
6	“	"	PUNCT	_	10 pretend	punct
7	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	10 pretend	advmod
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 pretend	aux
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 pretend	nsubj
10	pretend	pretend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asked	ccomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 prescribe	mark
12	prescribe	prescribe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 pretend	xcomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 others	case
14	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 prescribe	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 unable	punct
16	when	when	SCONJ	_	19 unable	mark
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 unable	nsubj
18	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 unable	cop
19	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pretend	conj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 heal	mark
21	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 unable	xcomp
22	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 gait	nmod:poss
23	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 gait	amod
24	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 gait	amod
25	gait	gait	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 heal	obj
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 skin	cc
27	wrinkled	wrinkle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 skin	amod
28	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 gait	conj
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 pretend	punct
30	”	"	PUNCT	_	10 pretend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	a Fox		him = he		vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	pretend in a quote	can	you				tree rules
3	prescribe in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here			for others	tree rules
4	is in a quote	present	you			unable property	tree rules
5	heal in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here	your own lame gait and wrinkled skin			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gait=Patient
6	wrinkle in a quote	participle					vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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