clergy Who acts: Members, clergy, vicar, single priest · What happens: be, look, lead, read, write, visit · To what, where: service, cathedral, Middle Ages, hospital, member, clergyman
«clergy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: clergy in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 The priests, ministers, vicars, rabbis, imams and other religious leaders of a religion, as a group.
The tree, 16 words det punct conj punct conj punct conj punct conj cc amod amod conj case det nmod punct case det conj punct root The DET priests NOUN , PUNCT ministers NOUN , PUNCT vicars NOUN , PUNCT rabbis NOUN , PUNCT imams NOUN and CCONJ other ADJ religious ADJ leaders NOUN of ADP a DET religion NOUN , PUNCT as ADP a DET group NOUN . PUNCT 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 root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 ministers punct 4 ministers minister NOUN Number=Plur 2 priests conj 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 vicars punct 6 vicars vicar NOUN Number=Plur 2 priests conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 rabbis punct 8 rabbis rabbi NOUN Number=Plur 2 priests conj 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 imams punct 10 imams imam NOUN Number=Plur 2 priests conj 11 and and CCONJ _ 14 leaders cc 12 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 14 leaders amod 13 religious religious ADJ Degree=Pos 14 leaders amod 14 leaders leader NOUN Number=Plur 2 priests conj 15 of of ADP _ 17 religion case 16 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 religion det 17 religion religion NOUN Number=Sing 14 leaders nmod 18 , , PUNCT _ 21 group punct 19 as as ADP _ 21 group case 20 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 21 group det 21 group group NOUN Number=Sing 2 priests conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 2 priests punct
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Meaning 2 Members of the clergy: people whose job is to lead worship and look after a religious community.
The tree, 17 words nsubj case det nmod punct obl nmod:poss nsubj cop mark obj cc conj case det amod obl punct root Members NOUN of ADP the DET clergy NOUN : PUNCT people NOUN whose PRON job NOUN is AUX to PART lead VERB worship NOUN and CCONJ look VERB after ADP a DET religious ADJ community NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Members member NOUN Number=Plur 11 lead nsubj 2 of of ADP _ 4 clergy case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 clergy det 4 clergy clergy NOUN Number=Sing 1 Members nmod 5 : : PUNCT _ 6 people punct 6 people people NOUN Number=Plur 11 lead obl 7 whose whose PRON Poss=Yes PronType=Rel 8 job nmod:poss 8 job job NOUN Number=Sing 11 lead nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 lead cop 10 to to PART _ 11 lead mark 11 lead lead VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 12 worship worship NOUN Number=Sing 11 lead obj 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 look cc 14 look look VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 11 lead conj 15 after after ADP _ 18 community case 16 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 community det 17 religious religious ADJ Degree=Pos 18 community amod 18 community community NOUN Number=Sing 14 look obl 19 . . PUNCT _ 11 lead punct
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1 is present Members of the clergy people obl ; lead property tree rules 2 look infinitive Members of the clergy not said here after a religious community vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Example 1 The clergy led the service at the cathedral.
det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root The DET clergy NOUN led VERB the DET service NOUN at ADP the DET cathedral NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 clergy det 2 clergy clergy NOUN Number=Sing 3 led nsubj 3 led lead VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 service det 5 service service NOUN Number=Sing 3 led obj 6 at at ADP _ 8 cathedral case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 cathedral det 8 cathedral cathedral NOUN Number=Sing 3 led obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 led punct
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1 lead past the clergy the service the cathedral vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent service=Theme at cathedral=Destination
Example 2 In the Middle Ages the clergy could often read and write when most people could not.
The tree, 16 words case det flat obl det nsubj aux advmod cc conj mark amod nsubj advcl advmod punct root In ADP the DET Middle PROPN Ages PROPN the DET clergy NOUN could AUX often ADV read VERB and CCONJ write VERB when SCONJ most ADJ people NOUN could AUX not PART . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 Ages case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 Ages det 3 Middle Middle PROPN Number=Sing 4 Ages flat 4 Ages Age PROPN Number=Plur 9 read obl 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 clergy det 6 clergy clergy NOUN Number=Sing 9 read nsubj 7 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 read aux 8 often often ADV _ 9 read advmod 9 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 write cc 11 write write VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 read conj 12 when when SCONJ _ 15 could mark 13 most most ADJ Degree=Sup 14 people amod 14 people people NOUN Number=Plur 15 could nsubj 15 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 write advcl 16 not not PART Polarity=Neg 15 could advmod 17 . . PUNCT _ 9 read punct
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1 read could the clergy in the Middle Ages often property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 write infinitive the clergy not said here vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 Members of the clergy visited the hospital.
nsubj case det nmod det obj punct root Members NOUN of ADP the DET clergy NOUN visited VERB the DET hospital NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Members member NOUN Number=Plur 5 visited nsubj 2 of of ADP _ 4 clergy case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 clergy det 4 clergy clergy NOUN Number=Plur 1 Members nmod 5 visited visit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 hospital det 7 hospital hospital NOUN Number=Sing 5 visited obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 visited punct
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1 visit past Members of the clergy the hospital vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hospital=Co-Agent
Example 4 The vicar is a member of the clergy.
det nsubj cop det case det nmod punct root The DET vicar NOUN is AUX a DET member NOUN of ADP the DET clergy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 vicar det 2 vicar vicar NOUN Number=Sing 5 member nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 member cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 member det 5 member member NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 8 clergy case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 clergy det 8 clergy clergy NOUN Number=Sing 5 member nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 member punct
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1 is a present the vicar a member of the clergy tree rules
Example 5 The clergy of several faiths met to talk about peace.
det nsubj case amod nmod mark xcomp case obl punct root The DET clergy NOUN of ADP several ADJ faiths NOUN met VERB to PART talk VERB about ADP peace NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 clergy det 2 clergy clergy NOUN Number=Sing 6 met nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 faiths case 4 several several ADJ Degree=Pos 5 faiths amod 5 faiths faith NOUN Number=Plur 2 clergy nmod 6 met meet VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 to to PART _ 8 talk mark 8 talk talk VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 met xcomp 9 about about ADP _ 10 peace case 10 peace peace NOUN Number=Sing 8 talk obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 met punct
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1 meet past the clergy of several faiths tree rules 2 talk to-infinitive the clergy of several faiths not said here about peace vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about peace=Topic
Example 6 A single priest is a clergyman or clergywoman.
det amod nsubj cop det cc conj punct root A DET single ADJ priest NOUN is AUX a DET clergyman NOUN or CCONJ clergywoman NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 priest det 2 single single ADJ Degree=Pos 3 priest amod 3 priest priest NOUN Number=Sing 6 clergyman nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 clergyman cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 clergyman det 6 clergyman clergyman NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 clergywoman cc 8 clergywoman clergywoman NOUN Number=Sing 6 clergyman conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 clergyman punct
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1 is a present a single priest a clergyman or clergywoman tree rules
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