---
title: worshipped — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «worshipped» in the school dictionary: Worshipped is the past of "worship": to show love, praise and honour to God or a god, by praying, singing and attending services. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipped/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/) / worshipped

# worshipped

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** Worshipped, people, idols, early Christians, ancient Egyptians, Bible · **What happens:** be, show, pray, sing, attend, mean · **To what, where:** past, love, services, worshipped footballer, idols, Bible · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«worshipped» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [worshipped in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/worshipped.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Worshipped is the past of "worship": to show love, praise and honour to God or a god, by praying, singing and attending services.

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:worshipped:m1:1
# text = Worshipped is the past of "worship": to show love, praise and honour to God or a god, by praying, singing and attending services.
1	Worshipped	Worshipped	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	past	past	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	worship	worship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
12	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
24	praying	pray	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	conj	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	attending	attend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	conj	_	_
29	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Worshipped | the past |  |  |  | of worship | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive |  | love and praise and honour to God or a god |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent love=Recipient |
| 3 | **pray** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **attend** | gerund |  | services |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme service=Goal |

<!-- .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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Worshipped can mean loved and admired very much, as in "a worshipped footballer".

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:worshipped:m2:1
# text = Worshipped can mean loved and admired very much, as in "a worshipped footballer".
1	Worshipped	Worshipped	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	admired	admire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	worshipped	worshipped	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	footballer	footballer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Worshipped |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **love** *not said to happen* | participle | Worshipped *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **admire** | participle | Worshipped *not said here* |  |  | a worshipped footballer |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the Bible, people who worshipped idols (statues of false gods) were told to turn back to God.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:worshipped:m3:1
# text = In the Bible, people who worshipped idols (statues of false gods) were told to turn back to God.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	worshipped	worshipp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	idols	idol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	10	punct	_	_
15	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	back	back	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worshipp** | past | people |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | people's idols |  | the Bible |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **turn back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | people's idols *not said here* |  | God |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to god=Destination |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The early Christians worshipped in each other's homes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:worshipped:x1:1
# text = The early Christians worshipped in each other's homes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	worshipped	worshipp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worshipp** | past | the early Christians |  |  | each other homes |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ancient Egyptians worshipped the Sun god, Ra.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:worshipped:x2:1
# text = The ancient Egyptians worshipped the Sun god, Ra.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Egyptians	Egyptian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	worshipped	worshipp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	god	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Ra	Ra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worshipp** | past | the ancient Egyptians | the Sun god and Ra |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
(Bible) The Israelites worshipped a golden calf while Moses was on the mountain.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:worshipped:x3:1
# text = (Bible) The Israelites worshipped a golden calf while Moses was on the mountain.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Israelites	Israelite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	worshipped	worshipp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	Moses	Moses	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worshipp** | past | Bible | a golden calf |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | Moses |  |  | the mountain |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The family worshipped at the local synagogue every Saturday.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:worshipped:x4:1
# text = The family worshipped at the local synagogue every Saturday.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	worshipped	worshipp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	synagogue	synagogue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worshipp** | past | the family |  |  | the local synagogue | saturday |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The younger boys worshipped the captain of the team.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:worshipped:x5:1
# text = The younger boys worshipped the captain of the team.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	worshipped	worshipp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worshipp** | past | the younger boys | the captain of the team |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She worshipped the ground her grandmother walked on.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:worshipped:x6:1
# text = She worshipped the ground her grandmother walked on.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	worshipped	worshipp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	on	on	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worshipp** | past | She | the ground |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk on** | past | her grandmother |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ananke was worshipped in Rome under the name of Necessitas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:worshipped:x7:1
# text = Ananke was worshipped in Rome under the name of Necessitas.
1	Ananke	ananke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	worshipped	worshipp	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Necessitas	Necessitas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worshipp** | past · passive |  | Ananke |  | Rome |  | under the name of Necessitas | tree rules |
| 2 | **name** |  |  | Necessitas |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- div src -->

**Text:** the school 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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [worshipful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipful/)
- next →: [worshipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worshipper/)
- ↑ back to [W in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/)