abstraction

Who acts: abstraction, that, you, It, sense, its · What happens: be, not be, touch, mean, lose, not notice · To what, where: idea, real object, thought, easiest continuations, American things, thousand school essays · Speech: someone speaks here

«abstraction» in the mysticism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: abstraction in the mysticism dictionary.

Meaning 1

An abstraction is an idea or quality that is not a real object you can touch, such as love, freedom or number.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 abstraction	det
2	abstraction	abstraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 idea	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 idea	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 idea	det
5	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 quality	cc
7	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 idea	conj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 object	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 object	cop
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 object	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 object	det
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 object	amod
13	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 idea	parataxis
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 touch	nsubj
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 touch	aux
16	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 object	acl:relcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 love	punct
18	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	20 love	case
19	as	as	ADP	_	18 such	fixed
20	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 object	parataxis
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 freedom	punct
22	freedom	freedom	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 love	conj
23	or	or	CCONJ	_	24 number	cc
24	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 love	conj
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a abstraction	a idea or quality	tree rules
2	not is a	present	that	a real object	tree rules
3	touch	can	you	a real object not said here	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme object=Co-Theme

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

Abstraction can mean being lost in thought, so you do not notice what is around you.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abstraction	abstraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 lost	aux:pass
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mean	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 thought	case
7	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 notice	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 notice	advmod
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 notice	nsubj
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 notice	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 notice	advmod
13	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 mean	conj
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 you	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 you	cop
16	around	around	ADP	_	17 you	case
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 notice	ccomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Abstraction			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose	gerund · passive		thought		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: in thought=Eventuality
3	not notice	present · do-support	you			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	present			around you	tree rules

Example 1

It means that its easiest continuations, its safest abstractions, its default moral vocabulary, and its sense of what counts as a normal explanation are pulled toward that cultural regime. (note 03)

Sentence 1: It means that its easiest continuations, its safest abstractions, its default moral vocabulary, and its sense of what counts as a normal explanation are pulled toward that cultural regime.

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	28 pulled	mark
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 continuations	nmod:poss
5	easiest	easy	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 continuations	amod
6	continuations	continuation	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 pulled	nsubj:pass
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 abstractions	punct
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 abstractions	nmod:poss
9	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 abstractions	amod
10	abstractions	abstraction	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 continuations	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 vocabulary	punct
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 vocabulary	nmod:poss
13	default	default	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 vocabulary	compound
14	moral	moral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 vocabulary	amod
15	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 continuations	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sense	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 sense	cc
18	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 sense	nmod:poss
19	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 vocabulary	appos
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 what	case
21	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 counts	nsubj
22	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 sense	acl:relcl
23	as	as	ADP	_	26 explanation	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 explanation	det
25	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 explanation	amod
26	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 counts	obl
27	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 pulled	aux:pass
28	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
29	toward	toward	ADP	_	32 regime	case
30	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	32 regime	det
31	cultural	cultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 regime	amod
32	regime	regime	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 pulled	obl
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	count	present	vocabulary's sense		as a normal explanation	vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as explanation=Attribute
3	pull	present · passive		its easiest continuations and its safest abstractions and its default moral vocabulary	toward that cultural regime	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	continue		its = it			nom continuation «act transitive»: poss=agent
5	abstract		its = it			nom abstraction «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
6	sense		vocabulary			nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Sentence 2: (note 03)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 note	punct
2	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	03	03	NUM	ExtPos=PROPN NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 note	flat
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 note	punct

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

Example 2

The note does not say the model "believes American things"; it says its easiest continuations, safest abstractions and sense of a "normal" explanation are pulled toward that culture — like a pupil who has read a thousand school essays and writes every new one in the same shape without noticing. (lesson 005)

Sentence 1: The note does not say the model "believes American things"; it says its easiest continuations, safest abstractions and sense of a "normal" explanation are pulled toward that culture — like a pupil who has read a thousand school essays and writes every new one in the same shape without noticing.

The tree, 49 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 note	det
2	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 say	advmod
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 model	det
7	model	model	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 believes	nsubj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 model	punct
9	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
10	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 things	amod
11	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 believes	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 things	punct
13	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 says	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 says	nsubj
15	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	parataxis
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 continuations	nmod:poss
17	easiest	easy	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 continuations	amod
18	continuations	continuation	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 pulled	nsubj:pass
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 abstractions	punct
20	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	21 abstractions	amod
21	abstractions	abstraction	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 continuations	conj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 sense	cc
23	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 continuations	conj
24	of	of	ADP	_	29 explanation	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 explanation	det
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 normal	punct
27	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 explanation	amod
28	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 normal	punct
29	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 sense	nmod
30	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 pulled	aux:pass
31	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 says	ccomp
32	toward	toward	ADP	_	34 culture	case
33	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	34 culture	det
34	culture	culture	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 pulled	obl
35	—	-	PUNCT	_	38 pupil	punct
36	like	like	ADP	_	38 pupil	case
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 pupil	det
38	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 writes	nsubj
39	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	41 read	nsubj
40	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 read	aux
41	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	38 pupil	acl:relcl
42	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	43 thousand	det
43	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	45 essays	nummod
44	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 essays	compound
45	essays	essay	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 read	obj
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 read	cc
47	writes	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	parataxis
48	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	50 one	det
49	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 one	amod
50	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 writes	obj
51	in	in	ADP	_	54 shape	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 shape	det
53	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 shape	amod
54	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 writes	obl
55	without	without	SCONJ	_	56 noticing	mark
56	noticing	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	54 shape	acl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	present · do-support	the note				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	believe in a quote	present	the model	American things			vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	present	model				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	pull	present · passive		model's easiest continuations and safest abstractions and sense of a normal explanation		toward that culture	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
5	read	present · perfect	a pupil	thousand school essays			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent essay=Topic
6	write	present	a pupil	every new one	the same shape		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent one=Theme in shape=Destination
7	notice	gerund	the same shape not said here				vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
8	continue		model				nom continuation «act transitive»: poss=agent
9	sense			a normal explanation			nom sense «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Sentence 2: (lesson 005)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 lesson	punct
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	005	005	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 lesson	flat
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 lesson	punct

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

Example 3

Love is an abstraction; you cannot touch it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 abstraction	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 abstraction	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 abstraction	det
4	abstraction	abstraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 touch	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 touch	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 touch	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 touch	advmod
9	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 abstraction	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 touch	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 abstraction	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Love	a abstraction					tree rules
2	not touch	can	you	Love					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

Example 4

In algebra, x is an abstraction for an unknown number.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 algebra	case
2	algebra	algebra	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 x	compound
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 algebra	punct
4	x	x	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 abstraction	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 abstraction	cop
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 abstraction	det
7	abstraction	abstraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 number	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 number	det
10	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 number	amod
11	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 abstraction	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 abstraction	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	algebra x	a abstraction				for a unknown number	tree rules

Example 5

His abstraction made him forget the time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 abstraction	nmod:poss
2	abstraction	abstraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	obj
5	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 made	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forget	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	make	past	His abstraction	him = he		tree rules
2	forget	infinitive	him = he not said here		time	tree rules
3	abstract		His = he			nom abstraction «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

The pieces in chess are like abstractions for soldiers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pieces	det
2	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 abstractions	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 chess	case
4	chess	chess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pieces	nmod
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 abstractions	cop
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 abstractions	case
7	abstractions	abstraction	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 soldiers	case
9	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 abstractions	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 abstractions	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the pieces in chess					like abstractions; for soldiers	tree rules

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