priest

Who acts: priest, job, male, Moses, LORD, He · What happens: be, look, make, eat, do, command · To what, where: person, special offerings, religions, Moses, her, priest · Speech: someone speaks here

«priest» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 13 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: priest in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

A priest is a person whose job is to lead religious services and look after people in a church or temple.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 priest	det
2	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	7 job	nmod:poss
7	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lead	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 lead	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	10 lead	mark
10	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 person	acl:relcl
11	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 services	amod
12	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 lead	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 look	cc
14	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 lead	conj
15	after	after	ADP	_	16 people	case
16	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 look	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 church	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 church	det
19	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 people	nmod
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 temple	cc
21	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 church	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a priest	a person			tree rules
2	is	present	job			lead property	tree rules
3	look	infinitive	job not said here		after people in a church or temple		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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

In some religions a priest makes special offerings or prayers for people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 religions	case
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 religions	det
3	religions	religion	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 makes	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 priest	det
5	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 makes	nsubj
6	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 offerings	amod
8	offerings	offering	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 makes	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 prayers	cc
10	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 offerings	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 people	case
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 makes	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	a priest	special offerings or prayers		some religions		for people	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent offering=Product for people=Beneficiary

Example 1

Every male among the priests may eat thereof; it is most holy. (Torah LEV.6.29, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: Every male among the priests may eat thereof; it is most holy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 male	det
2	male	male	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eat	nsubj
3	among	among	ADP	_	5 priests	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 priests	det
5	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 male	nmod
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 eat	aux
7	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	7 eat	advmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 holy	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 holy	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 holy	cop
12	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 holy	amod
13	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 eat	parataxis
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	may	every male among the priests					thereof property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	male					holy property	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Torah LEV.6.29, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 LEV.6.29	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 LEV.6.29	compound
3	LEV.6.29	LEV.6.29	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 LEV.6.29	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 LEV.6.29	punct

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

Example 2

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. (Torah NUM.31.31, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	7 did	cc
2	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 did	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Eleazar	cc
4	Eleazar	Eleazar	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Moses	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 priest	det
6	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 commanded	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 LORD	det
10	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 commanded	nsubj
11	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 did	advcl
12	Moses	Moses	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 commanded	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Moses and Eleazar						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	command	past	the LORD	Moses					vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent moses=Theme

Sentence 2: (Torah NUM.31.31, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 NUM.31.31	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 NUM.31.31	compound
3	NUM.31.31	NUM.31.31	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 NUM.31.31	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 NUM.31.31	punct

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

Example 3

And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD. (Torah NUM.5.16, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	5 bring	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 priest	det
3	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bring	nsubj
4	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 bring	aux
5	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bring	obj
7	near	near	ADV	_	5 bring	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 set	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 set	cc
10	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bring	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 set	obj
12	before	before	ADP	_	14 LORD	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 LORD	det
14	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 set	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bring	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	shall	the priest		her = she			near property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination
2	set	past	the priest not said here	priest			before the LORD		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme before lord=Destination

Sentence 2: (Torah NUM.5.16, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 NUM.5.16	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 NUM.5.16	compound
3	NUM.5.16	NUM.5.16	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 NUM.5.16	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 NUM.5.16	punct

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

Example 4

And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin; (Writings 1CH.9.10, JPS 1917)

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 priests	cc
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 priests	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 priests	det
4	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Jedaiah	punct
6	Jedaiah	Jedaiah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 priests	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Jehoiarib	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Jehoiarib	cc
9	Jehoiarib	Jehoiarib	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Jedaiah	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Jachin	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 Jachin	cc
12	Jachin	Jachin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Jedaiah	conj
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 Writings	punct
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 Writings	punct
15	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Jedaiah	appos
16	1CH.9.10	1CH.9.10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 Writings	flat
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 JPS	punct
18	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Jedaiah	appos
19	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	18 JPS	flat
20	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 JPS	punct

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

Example 5

Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, (Writings NEH.11.10, JPS 1917)

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	3 priests	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 priests	det
3	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 Jedaiah	punct
5	Jedaiah	Jedaiah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 priests	appos
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 son	det
7	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Jedaiah	appos
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Joiarib	case
9	Joiarib	Joiarib	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 son	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Jachin	punct
11	Jachin	Jachin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Jedaiah	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Writings	punct
13	(	(	PUNCT	_	14 Writings	punct
14	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Jedaiah	conj
15	NEH.11.10	NEH.11.10	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Writings	appos
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 JPS	punct
17	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 NEH.11.10	flat
18	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 NEH.11.10	flat
19	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 Jedaiah	punct

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

Example 6

He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty. (Writings JOB.12.19, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: He leadeth priests away stripped, and overthroweth the mighty.

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 leadeth	nsubj
2	leadeth	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 leadeth	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	5 stripped	advmod
5	stripped	strip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 priests	acl:relcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 overthroweth	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 overthroweth	cc
8	overthroweth	overthrow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 leadeth	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mighty	det
10	mighty	mighty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 overthroweth	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 leadeth	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lead	present	He	priests		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priest=Theme
2	strip	past	priests not said here		away property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	overthrow	present	He not said here	the mighty		tree rules

Sentence 2: (Writings JOB.12.19, 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	JOB.12.19	JOB.12.19	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Writings	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOB.12.19	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOB.12.19	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

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

Example 7

The priest welcomed everyone to the church.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 priest	det
2	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 welcomed	nsubj
3	welcomed	welcome	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 welcomed	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 church	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 church	det
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 welcomed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 welcomed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	welcome	past	the priest	everyone				to the church	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme

Example 8

Father O'Brien is the priest at our local church.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Father	Father	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 priest	nsubj
2	O'Brien	O'Brien	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Father	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 priest	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 priest	det
5	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 church	case
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 church	nmod:poss
8	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 church	amod
9	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 priest	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 priest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Father	the priest		our local church			tree rules

Example 9

The priest blessed the new baby.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 priest	det
2	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blessed	nsubj
3	blessed	bless	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 baby	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 baby	amod
6	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blessed	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 blessed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bless	past	the priest	the new baby					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme

Example 10

In ancient Egypt priests worked in the temples.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 priests	case
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 priests	amod
3	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 priests	compound
4	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 worked	obl
5	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 temples	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 temples	det
8	temples	temple	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 worked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 worked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past						in the temples; in ancient Egypt priests	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in priest=Theme

Example 11

The priest read from the Bible.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 priest	det
2	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 priest	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 Bible	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Bible	det
6	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 read	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 priest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	participle		the priest not said here		the Bible			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from bible=Source

Example 12

My uncle is training to become a priest.

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 training	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 training	aux
4	training	train	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 become	mark
6	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 training	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 priest	det
8	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 become	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 training	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	train	present · progressive	My uncle						vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	become	to-infinitive	My uncle not said here	a priest					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 13

It was the captive Christian priest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 priest	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 priest	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 priest	det
4	captive	captive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 priest	amod
5	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 priest	amod
6	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 priest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	the captive Christian priest					tree rules

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