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title: dedicate — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dedicate» in the Judaism dictionary: To dedicate something is to give it to a person or purpose, often out of love or respect. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dedicate

<!-- .vintro -->
**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

<!-- .vabout -->
«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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dedicate.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To dedicate something is to give it to a person or purpose, often out of love or respect.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:dedicate:m1:1
# text = To dedicate something is to give it to a person or purpose, often out of love or respect.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dedicate	dedicate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	csubj	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	often	often	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#m2}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To dedicate a book is to write someone's name at the front to honour them.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:dedicate:m2:1
# text = To dedicate a book is to write someone's name at the front to honour them.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dedicate	dedicate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	honour	honour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To dedicate yourself is to promise to give your time and effort to something.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:dedicate:m3:1
# text = To dedicate yourself is to promise to give your time and effort to something.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dedicate	dedicate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	promise	promise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | 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 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of the LORD. (Writings 1CH.26.27, JPS 1917)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of the LORD.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:dedicate:x1:1
# text = Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of the LORD.
1	Out	out	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	spoil	spoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
5	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	battles	battle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	dedicate	dedicate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	repair	repair	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | 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 |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (Writings 1CH.26.27, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:dedicate:x1:2
# text = (Writings 1CH.26.27, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	1CH.26.27	1CH.26.27	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
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)

<!-- fold The tree, 28 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:dedicate:x2:1
# text = 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)
1	These	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:desc	_	_
5	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	dedicate	dedicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	dedicated	dedicate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	22	det:predet	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
23	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	subdued	subdue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
27	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	28	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
29	2SA.8.11	2SA.8.11	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	28	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	_
32	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	31	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	31	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She dedicated her picture to her grandmother.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:dedicate:x3:1
# text = She dedicated her picture to her grandmother.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dedicated	dedicate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The author dedicated the book to her teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:dedicate:x4:1
# text = The author dedicated the book to her teacher.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dedicated	dedicate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He dedicated his whole summer to learning the piano.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:dedicate:x5:1
# text = He dedicated his whole summer to learning the piano.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dedicated	dedicate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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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