chaste
Who acts: Chaste, chaste princess, marriage, Their · What happens: mean, stay, be, marry, tell · To what, where: tale, chaste · Speech: someone speaks here
«chaste» 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: chaste in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: formal, old use — kept apart, not parsed.
Chaste means pure and faithful, especially in marriage.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chaste | chaste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 faithful | cc |
| 5 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pure | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 marriage | punct |
| 7 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 9 marriage | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 marriage | case |
| 9 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | parataxis |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Chaste | pure property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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.
Meaning 2
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
Chaste means plain and simple, without decoration.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chaste | chaste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | plain | plain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 simple | cc |
| 5 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 plain | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 decoration | punct |
| 7 | without | without | ADP | _ | 8 decoration | case |
| 8 | decoration | decoration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plain | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Chaste | plain property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
The chaste princess stayed faithful to her husband.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princess | det |
| 2 | chaste | chaste | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 princess | amod |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stayed | nsubj |
| 4 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stayed | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 husband | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 husband | nmod:poss |
| 8 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stayed | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stayed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | the chaste princess | to princess's husband; faithful property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 2
Their marriage was chaste and happy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 marriage | nmod:poss |
| 2 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chaste | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chaste | cop |
| 4 | chaste | chaste | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 happy | cc |
| 6 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 chaste | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 chaste | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Their marriage | chaste property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | Their marriage not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | marry | Their = they | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 3
The tale is told in a chaste, plain style.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tale | det |
| 2 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 told | aux:pass |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 chaste | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 chaste | det |
| 7 | chaste | chaste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 style | punct |
| 9 | plain | plain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 style | amod |
| 10 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chaste | appos |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 told | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · passive | the tale | a chaste | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
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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