celibacy

Who acts: Celibacy, state, She, priests, goddess · What happens: be, not marry, not have, vow, choose, remain · To what, where: state, husband, patroness, life, maiden life

«celibacy» 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: celibacy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Celibacy is the state of not marrying and not having a husband or wife, often by choice and often for religious reasons.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Celibacy	celibacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 state	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 state	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 state	det
4	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 marrying	mark
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 marrying	advmod
7	marrying	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 state	acl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 having	cc
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 having	advmod
10	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 marrying	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 husband	det
12	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 having	obj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 wife	cc
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 husband	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 choice	punct
16	often	often	ADV	_	18 choice	advmod
17	by	by	ADP	_	18 choice	case
18	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 having	parataxis
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 reasons	cc
20	often	often	ADV	_	23 reasons	advmod
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 reasons	case
22	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 reasons	amod
23	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 choice	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Celibacy	the state	tree rules
2	not marry	gerund	the state not said here		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	not have	gerund	the state not said here	a husband or wife	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Patient

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

She was the patroness of those vowed to celibacy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 patroness	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 patroness	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 patroness	det
4	patroness	patroness	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 those	case
6	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	4 patroness	nmod
7	vowed	vow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 those	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 celibacy	case
9	celibacy	celibacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 vowed	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 patroness	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	the patroness				of those	tree rules
2	vow	participle						to celibacy	tree rules

Example 2

Some priests chose a life of celibacy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 priests	det
2	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chose	nsubj
3	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 life	det
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chose	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 celibacy	case
7	celibacy	celibacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 life	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	some priests	a life of celibacy					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme

Example 3

The goddess remained a maiden all her life.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goddess	det
2	goddess	goddess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remained	nsubj
3	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 life	det
5	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 life	amod
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 life	det:predet
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 life	nmod:poss
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remained	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 remained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	the goddess	goddess's maiden life					vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme life=Attribute

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