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title: depute — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «depute» in the Judaism dictionary: To appoint someone to act for you or to do a task on your behalf. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# depute

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**Who acts:** Absalom, matters, man, thy · **What happens:** appoint, act, do, say, see, be · **To what, where:** someone, task, behalf, man, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«depute» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: [depute in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/depute.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To appoint someone to act for you or to do a task on your behalf.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:depute:m1:1
# text = To appoint someone to act for you or to do a task on your behalf.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	appoint	appoint	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	act	act	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appoint** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme |
| 2 | **act** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for you | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | a task |  | your behalf |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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And Absalom said unto him: 'See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.' (Prophets 2SA.15.3, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* And Absalom said unto him: 'See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.'

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:depute:x1:1
# text = And Absalom said unto him: 'See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Absalom	Absalom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	See	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	parataxis	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
17	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	19	expl	_	_
19	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
20	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	21	det	_	_
21	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
22	deputed	depute	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	advcl	_	_
28	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Absalom |  |  |  |  | unto him *= he* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | Absalom *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | present | thy matters |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | thy matters *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **be** | present | no man |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **depute** | participle |  | no man *not said here* |  |  |  | of the king | tree rules |
| 7 | **hear** | to-infinitive |  | thee |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus |
| 8 | **matter** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Prophets 2SA.15.3, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:depute:x1:2
# text = (Prophets 2SA.15.3, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	2SA.15.3	2SA.15.3	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	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the Judaism dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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