cassock
Who acts: cassock, priest, He · What happens: be, wear, keep · To what, where: long robe, long black cassock, biscuit, pocket
«cassock» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: cassock in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A cassock is a long robe worn by priests and church helpers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cassock | det |
| 2 | cassock | cassock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 robe | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 robe | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 robe | det |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 robe | amod |
| 6 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 robe | acl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 priests | case |
| 9 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 worn | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 helpers | cc |
| 11 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 helpers | compound |
| 12 | helpers | helper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 priests | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 robe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a cassock | a long robe | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wear | participle | a long robe not said here | by priests and church helpers | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
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.
Example 1
The priest wore a long black cassock.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 priest | det |
| 2 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wore | nsubj |
| 3 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cassock | det |
| 5 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cassock | amod |
| 6 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cassock | amod |
| 7 | cassock | cassock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wore | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | past | the priest | a long black cassock | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent cassock=Source |
Example 2
The altar boy's cassock was red.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 boy | det |
| 2 | altar | altar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 boy | compound |
| 3 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cassock | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 boy | case |
| 5 | cassock | cassock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 red | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 red | cop |
| 7 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 red | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the altar boy's cassock | red property | tree rules |
Example 3
He kept a biscuit in the pocket of his cassock.
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 kept | nsubj |
| 2 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 biscuit | det |
| 4 | biscuit | biscuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kept | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 pocket | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pocket | det |
| 7 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kept | obl | ||
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 cassock | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 cassock | nmod:poss |
| 10 | cassock | cassock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pocket | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 kept | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | He | a biscuit | the pocket of his cassock | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent biscuit=Theme in pocket=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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