chastity Who acts: Chastity, Monks, many Christians, nun, young Christians, Christians · What happens: mean, not have, be, make, promise, praise · To what, where: sexual relationship, style, promises, poverty, knight, old story · Speech: someone speaks here
«chastity» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: chastity in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: church, formal — kept apart, not parsed.
Chastity means not having a sexual relationship, or only within marriage, as a religious or moral choice.
The tree, 17 words nsubj advmod ccomp det amod obj punct cc advmod case conj punct case det amod cc conj obl punct root Chastity NOUN means VERB not PART having VERB a DET sexual ADJ relationship NOUN , PUNCT or CCONJ only ADV within ADP marriage NOUN , PUNCT as ADP a DET religious ADJ or CCONJ moral ADJ choice NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chastity chastity NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 having advmod 4 having have VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means ccomp 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 relationship det 6 sexual sexual ADJ Degree=Pos 7 relationship amod 7 relationship relationship NOUN Number=Sing 4 having obj 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 marriage punct 9 or or CCONJ _ 12 marriage cc 10 only only ADV _ 12 marriage advmod 11 within within ADP _ 12 marriage case 12 marriage marriage NOUN Number=Sing 7 relationship conj 13 , , PUNCT _ 19 choice punct 14 as as ADP _ 19 choice case 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 choice det 16 religious religious ADJ Degree=Pos 19 choice amod 17 or or CCONJ _ 18 moral cc 18 moral moral ADJ Degree=Pos 16 religious conj 19 choice choice NOUN Number=Sing 4 having obl 20 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Chastity vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not have gerund a sexual relationship or marriage as a religious choice vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relationship=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.
Meaning 2 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
Being pure and simple in style.
cop cc conj case obl punct root Being AUX pure ADJ and CCONJ simple ADJ in ADP style NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 pure cop 2 pure pure ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 simple cc 4 simple simple ADJ Degree=Pos 2 pure conj 5 in in ADP _ 6 style case 6 style style NOUN Number=Sing 2 pure obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 pure punct
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1 is gerund style pure property tree rules 2 be tree rules
Example 1 Monks and nuns make promises of poverty, chastity and obedience.
nsubj cc conj obj case nmod punct conj cc conj punct root Monks NOUN and CCONJ nuns NOUN make VERB promises NOUN of ADP poverty NOUN , PUNCT chastity NOUN and CCONJ obedience NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Monks monk NOUN Number=Plur 4 make nsubj 2 and and CCONJ _ 3 nuns cc 3 nuns nun NOUN Number=Plur 1 Monks conj 4 make make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 promises promise NOUN Number=Plur 4 make obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 poverty case 7 poverty poverty NOUN Number=Sing 5 promises nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 chastity punct 9 chastity chastity NOUN Number=Sing 7 poverty conj 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 obedience cc 11 obedience obedience NOUN Number=Sing 7 poverty conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 make punct
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1 make present Monks and nuns promises of poverty and chastity and obedience vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Product 2 promise poverty and chastity and obedience nom promise «communication transitive»: of=patient
Example 2 In the old story, the knight was praised for his chastity.
case det amod obl punct det nsubj:pass aux:pass case nmod:poss obl punct root In ADP the DET old ADJ story NOUN , PUNCT the DET knight NOUN was AUX praised VERB for ADP his PRON chastity NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 story case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 story det 3 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 4 story amod 4 story story NOUN Number=Sing 9 praised obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 story punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 knight det 7 knight knight NOUN Number=Sing 9 praised nsubj:pass 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 praised aux:pass 9 praised praise VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 10 for for ADP _ 12 chastity case 11 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 chastity nmod:poss 12 chastity chastity NOUN Number=Sing 9 praised obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 9 praised punct
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1 praise past · passive the knight the old story for his chastity vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for chastity=Attribute
Example 3 Chastity is one of the virtues many Christians try to live by.
nsubj cop case det nmod amod nsubj acl:relcl mark xcomp obl punct root Chastity NOUN is AUX one NUM of ADP the DET virtues NOUN many ADJ Christians PROPN try VERB to PART live VERB by ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Chastity chastity NOUN Number=Sing 3 one nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 one cop 3 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card root root 4 of of ADP _ 6 virtues case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 virtues det 6 virtues virtue NOUN Number=Plur 3 one nmod 7 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 8 Christians amod 8 Christians Christian PROPN Number=Plur 9 try nsubj 9 try try VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 virtues acl:relcl 10 to to PART _ 11 live mark 11 live live VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 try xcomp 12 by by ADP _ 11 live obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 one punct
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1 is a present Chastity one of the virtues tree rules 2 try present many Christians the virtues not said here tree rules 3 live not said to happen to-infinitive many Christians not said here vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 The nun spoke kindly about her vow of chastity.
det nsubj advmod case nmod:poss obl case nmod punct root The DET nun NOUN spoke VERB kindly ADV about ADP her PRON vow NOUN of ADP chastity NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 nun det 2 nun nun NOUN Number=Sing 3 spoke nsubj 3 spoke speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 kindly kindly ADV _ 3 spoke advmod 5 about about ADP _ 7 vow case 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 vow nmod:poss 7 vow vow NOUN Number=Sing 3 spoke obl 8 of of ADP _ 9 chastity case 9 chastity chastity NOUN Number=Sing 7 vow nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 spoke punct
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1 speak speech: other past the nun about nun's vow of chastity; kindly property vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about vow=Topic 2 vow nun chastity nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
Example 5 Some young Christians promise chastity until they marry.
det amod nsubj obj mark nsubj advcl punct root Some DET young ADJ Christians PROPN promise VERB chastity NOUN until SCONJ they PRON marry VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 3 Christians det 2 young young ADJ Degree=Pos 3 Christians amod 3 Christians Christian PROPN Number=Plur 4 promise nsubj 4 promise promise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 chastity chastity NOUN Number=Sing 4 promise obj 6 until until SCONJ _ 8 marry mark 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 marry nsubj 8 marry marry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 promise advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 promise punct
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1 promise speech: promise present some young Christians chastity vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent chastity=Theme 2 marry present Christians = christian vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
Example 6 The poem calls chastity a white flower.
det nsubj obj det amod xcomp punct root The DET poem NOUN calls VERB chastity NOUN a DET white ADJ flower NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 poem det 2 poem poem NOUN Number=Sing 3 calls nsubj 3 calls call VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 chastity chastity NOUN Number=Sing 3 calls obj 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 flower det 6 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 7 flower amod 7 flower flower NOUN Number=Sing 3 calls xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 calls punct
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1 call present the poem chastity vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent chastity=Recipient
Example 7 The Vestales were vowed to chastity, a violation of which was visited by the frightful punishment of being buried alive.
The tree, 20 words det nsubj aux:pass case obl punct det appos case obl aux:pass acl:relcl case det amod obl:agent mark aux:pass acl xcomp punct root The DET Vestales PROPN were AUX vowed VERB to ADP chastity NOUN , PUNCT a DET violation NOUN of ADP which PRON was AUX visited VERB by ADP the DET frightful ADJ punishment NOUN of SCONJ being AUX buried VERB alive ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 Vestales det 2 Vestales Vestale PROPN Number=Plur 4 vowed nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 vowed aux:pass 4 vowed vow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 to to ADP _ 6 chastity case 6 chastity chastity NOUN Number=Sing 4 vowed obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 violation punct 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 violation det 9 violation violation NOUN Number=Sing 6 chastity appos 10 of of ADP _ 11 which case 11 which which PRON PronType=Rel 13 visited obl 12 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 13 visited aux:pass 13 visited visit VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 violation acl:relcl 14 by by ADP _ 17 punishment case 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 punishment det 16 frightful frightful ADJ Degree=Pos 17 punishment amod 17 punishment punishment NOUN Number=Sing 13 visited obl:agent 18 of of SCONJ _ 20 buried mark 19 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 20 buried aux:pass 20 buried bury VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 17 punishment acl 21 alive alive ADJ Degree=Pos 20 buried xcomp 22 . . PUNCT _ 4 vowed punct
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1 vow past · passive the Vestales to chastity tree rules 2 visit past · passive the frightful punishment of a violation vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 bury gerund · passive the frightful punishment not said here alive property vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»
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