Who acts: act, burial, Archaeologists, Egyptians, sailors, family · What happens: put, bury, take, find, build, have · To what, where: dead body, ground, act, dead person, ceremony, something · Speech: someone speaks here
«burial» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 10 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: burial in the English dictionary.
Everyday, meaning 1
The act of putting a dead body in the ground or a grave.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
2 act
det
2
act
act
NOUN
Number=Sing
root
root
3
of
of
SCONJ
_
4 putting
mark
4
putting
put
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
2 act
acl
5
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
7 body
det
6
dead
dead
ADJ
Degree=Pos
7 body
amod
7
body
body
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 putting
obj
8
in
in
ADP
_
10 ground
case
9
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
10 ground
det
10
ground
ground
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 putting
obl
11
or
or
CCONJ
_
13 grave
cc
12
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
13 grave
det
13
grave
grave
NOUN
Number=Sing
10 ground
conj
14
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 act
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
put
gerund
the act not said here
a dead body
the ground or a grave
vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent body=Theme in ground=Destination
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.
Everyday, meaning 2
A ceremony when a dead person is buried; a funeral.
vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent beyond gate=Destination
4
bury
a ass
nom burial «event transitive»: of=patient
Sentence 2: (Prophets JER.22.19, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
2
Prophets
prophet
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
3
JER.22.19
JER.22.19
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Prophets
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 JER.22.19
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 JER.22.19
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 9
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named for ever. (Prophets ISA.14.20, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named for ever.
The tree, 31 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with they=Co-Patient
2
destroy
present · passive
thou
thy land obj
tree rules
3
have
present
thou
slain
thy people obj
tree rules
4
notname
shall · passive
the seed of evil doers
vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Sentence 2: (Prophets ISA.14.20, JPS 1917)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
(
(
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
2
Prophets
prophet
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
3
ISA.14.20
ISA.14.20
PROPN
Number=Sing
2 Prophets
appos
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
5 JPS
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
3 ISA.14.20
flat
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 ISA.14.20
flat
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Prophets
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 10
So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said: 'He is a leper'; and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. (Writings 2CH.26.23, JPS 1917)
Sentence 1: So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said: 'He is a leper'; and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
The tree, 38 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in field=Destination
3
belong
past
burial
to the kings
vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
4
sayspeech: assert
past
fathers = father
vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5
is a
present
Uzziah
a leper
tree rules
6
reign
past
Uzziah's Jotham son
Uzziah's stead
tree rules
Sentence 2: (Writings 2CH.26.23, 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
2CH.26.23
2CH.26.23
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
2 Writings
flat
4
,
,
PUNCT
_
6 1917
punct
5
JPS
JPS
PROPN
Number=Sing
6 1917
nmod:unmarked
6
1917
1917
NUM
NumForm=Digit NumType=Card
3 2CH.26.23
conj
7
)
)
PUNCT
_
2 Writings
punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Text: the English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader, each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.