astrology

Who acts: belief, practice, Astrology, star sign, your, Scientists · What happens: bear, affect, happen, make, base, say · To what, where: positions, character, horoscopes, star signs, evidence, future · Speech: someone speaks here

«astrology» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: astrology in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The belief that the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars at the time someone is born, or on a certain day, affect people's character and what will happen to them.

The tree, 33 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 belief	det
2	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 born	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 positions	det
5	positions	position	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 born	nsubj:pass
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Sun	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Sun	det
8	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 positions	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Moon	punct
10	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Sun	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 planets	punct
12	planets	planet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 positions	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 stars	cc
14	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 positions	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 time	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 time	det
17	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 positions	nmod
18	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	20 born	nsubj:pass
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 born	aux:pass
20	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 belief	acl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 affect	punct
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	28 affect	cc
23	on	on	ADP	_	26 day	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 day	det
25	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 day	amod
26	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 affect	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 day	punct
28	affect	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 born	conj
29	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 character	nmod:poss
30	's	's	PART	_	29 people	case
31	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 affect	obj
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 happen	cc
33	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	35 happen	nsubj
34	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	35 happen	aux
35	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 affect	conj
36	to	to	ADP	_	37 them	case
37	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 happen	obl
38	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 belief	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	bear	present · passive	the belief not said here	the positions of the Sun and Moon at the time and planets and stars			vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	affect	present	the belief not said here	people's character		day	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus character=Experiencer
3	happen	future			positions = position		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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

The practice of making horoscopes based on star signs (such as Aries, Leo, Capricorn).

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 practice	det
2	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 making	mark
4	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 practice	acl
5	horoscopes	horoscope	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 making	obj
6	based	base	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 horoscopes	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 signs	case
8	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 signs	compound
9	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 based	obl
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	13 Aries	punct
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 Aries	case
12	as	as	ADP	_	11 such	fixed
13	Aries	Aries	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 signs	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Leo	punct
15	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Aries	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 Capricorn	punct
17	Capricorn	Capricorn	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Aries	conj
18	)	)	PUNCT	_	13 Aries	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 practice	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund	the practice not said here	horoscopes					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset horoscope=Product
2	base	participle		horoscopes not said here		star signs			vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on sign=Source

Example 1

Astrology says your star sign depends on your birthday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Astrology	astrology	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 sign	nmod:poss
4	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	compound
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 depends	nsubj
6	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 birthday	case
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 birthday	nmod:poss
9	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 depends	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Astrology		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	depend	present	your star sign	on your birthday	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on birthday=Theme
3	sign		your		nom sign «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

Scientists have found no evidence that astrology predicts the future.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 found	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 evidence	det
5	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 predicts	mark
7	astrology	astrology	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 predicts	nsubj
8	predicts	predict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 evidence	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 future	det
10	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 predicts	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · perfect	Scientists	no evidence					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Topic
2	predict	present	astrology	the future					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot future=Topic

Example 3

My aunt reads the astrology page for fun.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 aunt	nmod:poss
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reads	nsubj
3	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 page	det
5	astrology	astrology	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 page	compound
6	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reads	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 fun	case
8	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 page	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reads	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	present	My aunt	the astrology page				for fun	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Topic

Example 4

Astronomy is a science, but astrology is not.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Astronomy	astronomy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 science	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 science	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 science	det
4	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 is	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 is	cc
7	astrology	astrology	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 is	nsubj
8	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 science	acl:relcl
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 is	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 science	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Astronomy	a science					tree rules
2	not be	present	astrology	a science not said here					vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot science=Theme

Example 5

Long ago, astrology and astronomy were studied together.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 ago	advmod
2	ago	ago	ADV	_	8 studied	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 ago	punct
4	astrology	astrology	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 studied	nsubj:pass
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 astronomy	cc
6	astronomy	astronomy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 astrology	conj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 studied	aux:pass
8	studied	study	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	together	together	ADV	_	8 studied	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 studied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	study	past · passive		astrology and astronomy				ago, together property	vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Example 6

In astrology there are twelve signs of the zodiac.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 astrology	case
2	astrology	astrology	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 are	obl
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 are	expl
4	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 signs	nummod
6	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 are	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 zodiac	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 zodiac	det
9	zodiac	zodiac	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 signs	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 are	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	does	present	twelve signs of the zodiac			astrology; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in astrology=Location
2	sign			the zodiac					nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 7

He had been in many countries and learnt many things, including astrology.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 countries	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 countries	case
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 countries	amod
6	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 learnt	cc
8	learnt	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	conj
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 things	amod
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 learnt	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 astrology	punct
12	including	including	ADP	_	13 astrology	case
13	astrology	astrology	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 things	appos
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	have	past	He			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	participle			many countries	tree rules
3	learn	past	He not said here	many things		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

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