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title: laud — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «laud» in the Judaism dictionary: To praise someone or something highly. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# laud

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**Who acts:** you, ye, One generation, Thy · **What happens:** praise, nation, laud, people, work, declare · **To what, where:** someone, LORD, Him, mighty acts

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«laud» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [laud in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/laud.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To praise someone or something highly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:laud:m1:1
# text = To praise someone or something highly.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	praise	praise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	conj	_	_
6	highly	highly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  | highly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme |

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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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O praise the LORD, all ye nations; laud Him, all ye peoples. (Writings PSA.117.1, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* O praise the LORD, all ye nations; laud Him, all ye peoples.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:laud:x1:1
# text = O praise the LORD, all ye nations; laud Him, all ye peoples.
1	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	praise	praise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	8	nsubj	_	_
8	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	laud	laud	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
14	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	15	nsubj	_	_
15	peoples	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **praise** | imperative | you *not said here* | the LORD |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme |
| 2 | **nation** |  | ye |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **laud** | present | you *not said here* | Him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 4 | **people** |  | ye |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings PSA.117.1, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:laud:x1:2
# text = (Writings PSA.117.1, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PSA.117.1	PSA.117.1	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 2 {#x2}

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One generation shall laud Thy works to another, and shall declare Thy mighty acts. (Writings PSA.145.4, JPS 1917)

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*Sentence 1:* One generation shall laud Thy works to another, and shall declare Thy mighty acts.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:laud:x2:1
# text = One generation shall laud Thy works to another, and shall declare Thy mighty acts.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	generation	generation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	laud	laud	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	acts	act	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laud** | shall | One generation |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | present | One generation *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to another | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **declare** *speech: other* | shall | One generation *not said here* | Thy mighty acts |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent act=Attribute |
| 4 | **act** |  | Thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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*Sentence 2:* (Writings PSA.145.4, JPS 1917)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:laud:x2:2
# text = (Writings PSA.145.4, JPS 1917)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	PSA.145.4	PSA.145.4	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	flat	_	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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