canon

Who acts: canon, priest, large church, daughters · What happens: be, belong, call, accept, live, read · To what, where: priest, cathedral, old word, fine new house, big book · Speech: someone speaks here

«canon» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: canon in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A canon is a priest who belongs to the staff of a large church, called a cathedral.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 canon	det
2	canon	canon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 priest	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 priest	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 priest	det
5	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 belongs	nsubj
7	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 priest	acl:relcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 staff	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 staff	det
10	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 belongs	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 church	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 church	det
13	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 church	amod
14	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 staff	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 called	punct
16	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 church	acl
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 cathedral	det
18	cathedral	cathedral	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 called	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 priest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a canon	a priest		tree rules
2	belong	present	a priest		to the staff of a large church	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
3	call	participle	a large church not said here	a cathedral		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cathedral=Recipient

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 canon is an old word for a church rule or an accepted standard.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 canon	det
2	canon	canon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 word	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	amod
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 rule	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rule	det
9	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rule	compound
10	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nmod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 standard	cc
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 standard	det
13	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 standard	amod
14	standard	standard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rule	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a canon	a old word				for a church rule or a accepted standard	tree rules
2	accept	participle							vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The canon lived in a fine new house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 canon	det
2	canon	Canon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 house	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 house	det
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 house	amod
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 house	amod
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the canon			a fine new house			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location

Example 2

The canon read from his big book.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 canon	det
2	canon	canon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 read	nsubj
3	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 book	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 book	nmod:poss
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 book	amod
7	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 read	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	the canon			canon's big book			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from book=Source

Example 3

The canon's daughters sat by the bay window.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 canon	det
2	canon	Canon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 daughters	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 canon	case
4	daughters	daughter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sat	nsubj
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 window	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 window	det
8	bay	bay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 window	amod
9	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the canon's daughters					by the bay window	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location

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.

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