brahman

Who acts: Brahman, Hindus, things, teacher, Brahmin priests, Brahman cattle · What happens: be, believe, come, spell, find, explain · To what, where: one ultimate reality, Hinduism, gods, Brahman, member, breed · Speech: someone speaks here

«brahman» 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: brahman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: Hindu belief — kept apart, not parsed.

In Hinduism, Brahman is the one ultimate reality or supreme spirit behind everything; Hindus believe all gods and all things come from Brahman.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Hinduism	case
2	Hinduism	Hinduism	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 reality	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Hinduism	punct
4	Brahman	Brahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 reality	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 reality	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reality	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reality	compound
8	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 reality	amod
9	reality	reality	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 spirit	cc
11	supreme	supreme	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 spirit	amod
12	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reality	conj
13	behind	behind	ADP	_	14 everything	case
14	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 spirit	nmod
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 believe	punct
16	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	Number=Plur	17 believe	nsubj
17	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 reality	parataxis
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 gods	det
19	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 believe	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 come	cc
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 things	det
22	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 come	nsubj
23	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 believe	conj
24	from	from	ADP	_	25 Brahman	case
25	Brahman	Brahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 come	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 reality	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	Brahman	the one ultimate reality or supreme spirit behind everything	Hinduism	tree rules
2	believe	present	Hindus	all gods		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus
3	come	present	all things		Brahman	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from brahman=Initial_Location

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

A member of the highest priestly group (caste) in traditional Hindu society; also spelled Brahmin.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 member	det
2	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 spelled	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 group	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 group	det
5	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 group	amod
6	priestly	priestly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 group	amod
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 member	nmod
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	9 caste	punct
9	caste	caste	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 group	appos
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	9 caste	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 society	case
12	traditional	traditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 society	amod
13	Hindu	hindu	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 society	amod
14	society	society	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 member	nmod
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 spelled	punct
16	also	also	ADV	_	17 spelled	advmod
17	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
18	Brahmin	Brahmin	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 spelled	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 spelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	participle · passive		a member of the highest priestly group in traditional Hindu society					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme brahmin=Manner

Meaning 3

A breed of cattle with a big hump on its shoulders, found in India, the USA and Australia.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 breed	det
2	breed	breed	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 found	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 cattle	case
4	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 breed	nmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 hump	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hump	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hump	amod
8	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cattle	nmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 shoulders	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 shoulders	nmod:poss
11	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hump	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 found	punct
13	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 India	case
15	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 found	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 USA	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 USA	det
18	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 India	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 Australia	cc
20	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 India	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	participle · passive		a breed of cattle with a big hump on breed's shoulders		India and the USA and Australia			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Example 1

Hindus believe Brahman is in everything.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 believe	nsubj
2	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Brahman	Brahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 everything	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 everything	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 everything	case
6	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 believe	ccomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present	Hindus						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	Brahman			everything			tree rules

Example 2

Our teacher explained that Brahman is not the same as the god Brahma.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 teacher	nmod:poss
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 explained	nsubj
3	explained	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 same	mark
5	Brahman	Brahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 same	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 same	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 same	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 same	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 explained	ccomp
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 god	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 god	det
12	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 same	obl
13	Brahma	Brahma	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 god	appos
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 explained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	past	Our teacher						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is	present	Brahman					as the god; same property	tree rules

Example 3

Brahmin priests lead prayers at the temple.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brahmin	brahmin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 priests	compound
2	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lead	nsubj
3	lead	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lead	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 temple	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 temple	det
7	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lead	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present	Brahmin priests	prayers		the temple			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prayer=Theme at temple=Destination

Example 4

Brahman cattle have a hump and big floppy ears.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brahman	brahman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cattle	compound
2	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hump	det
5	hump	hump	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ears	cc
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ears	amod
8	floppy	floppy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 ears	amod
9	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hump	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Brahman cattle	a hump and big floppy ears					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hump=Patient

Example 5

Farmers in Queensland raise Brahman cattle because they cope with the heat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 raise	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Queensland	case
3	Queensland	Queensland	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Farmers	nmod
4	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Brahman	Brahman	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cattle	compound
6	cattle	cattle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 raise	obj
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 cope	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 cope	nsubj
9	cope	cope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 raise	advcl
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 heat	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 heat	det
12	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cope	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 raise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	present	Farmers in Queensland	Brahman cattle					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cattle=Theme
2	cope	present	Farmers = farmer					with the heat	vn cope-83-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with heat=Theme

Example 6

Many Hindus see their gods as faces of the one Brahman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Hindus	amod
2	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 see	nsubj
3	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 gods	nmod:poss
5	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 see	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 faces	case
7	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 see	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 Brahman	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Brahman	det
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 Brahman	nummod
11	Brahman	brahman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 faces	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	Many Hindus	Hindus's gods				as faces of the one Brahman	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus as face=Attribute

Example 7

By chance a poor Brahman came by.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 chance	case
2	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	obl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 Brahman	det
4	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Brahman	amod
5	Brahman	brahman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	nsubj
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	6 came	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come by	past	a poor Brahman					by chance	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by chance=Location

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