censer

Who acts: censer, chains, priests, censers · What happens: be, hang, hold, burn, swing, fill · To what, where: metal container, chains, incense, censer, church, air

«censer» 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: censer in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A censer is a metal container, often hung on chains, that holds burning incense; it is swung in church to fill the air with sweet smoke.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 censer	det
2	censer	censer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 container	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 container	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 container	det
5	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 container	compound
6	container	container	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hung	punct
8	often	often	ADV	_	9 hung	advmod
9	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 container	acl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 chains	case
11	chains	chain	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hung	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 holds	punct
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 holds	nsubj
14	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 chains	acl:relcl
15	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 holds	xcomp
16	incense	incense	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 burning	obj
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 swung	punct
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 swung	nsubj:pass
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 swung	aux:pass
20	swung	swing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 container	conj
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 church	case
22	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 swung	obl
23	to	to	PART	_	24 fill	mark
24	fill	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 swung	advcl
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 air	det
26	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 fill	obj
27	with	with	ADP	_	29 smoke	case
28	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 smoke	amod
29	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 fill	obl
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 container	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a censer	a metal container			tree rules
2	hang	participle		a metal container not said here	chains	often property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chain=Location
3	hold	present	chains				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	burn	gerund	chains not said here	incense			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent incense=Theme
5	swing	present · passive		censer	church		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme in church=Location
6	fill	to-infinitive		the air		with sweet smoke	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent air=Patient with smoke=Instrument

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 priests waved the censers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 priests	det
2	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 waved	nsubj
3	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 censers	det
5	censers	censer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 waved	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 waved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past	the priests	the censers					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent censer=Patient

Example 2

She was given a golden censer.

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	3 given	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 censer	det
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 censer	amod
6	censer	censer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		She					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient censer=Theme

Example 3

The Mass was celebrated while the censers swung.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mass	det
2	Mass	Mass	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 celebrated	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 celebrated	aux:pass
4	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 swung	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 censers	det
7	censers	censer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 swung	nsubj
8	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 celebrated	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 celebrated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	celebrate	past · passive		the Mass					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	swing	past	the censers						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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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