cloister

Who acts: cloister, monks, This, He · What happens: be, live, arch, cover, go, pray · To what, where: covered walk, place, world, cloister, arched cloisters

«cloister» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: cloister in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A cloister is a covered walk with arches around an open square inside a church or monastery.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cloister	det
2	cloister	cloister	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 walk	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 walk	det
5	covered	covered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 walk	amod
6	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 arches	case
8	arches	arch	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 walk	nmod
9	around	around	ADP	_	12 square	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 square	det
11	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 square	amod
12	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 arches	nmod
13	inside	inside	ADP	_	15 church	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 church	det
15	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 square	nmod
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 monastery	cc
17	monastery	monastery	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 church	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a cloister	a covered walk				with arches around a open square inside a church or monastery	tree rules

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.

A cloister is a place where monks or nuns live apart from the world.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cloister	det
2	cloister	cloister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 place	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 place	det
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 live	advmod
7	monks	monk	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 live	nsubj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 nuns	cc
9	nuns	nun	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 monks	conj
10	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 place	acl:relcl
11	apart	apart	ADV	_	10 live	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 world	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 world	det
14	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 live	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 place	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a cloister	a place					tree rules
2	live	present	monks or nuns			the world		apart property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

This was the cloister of the nuns.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 cloister	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cloister	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cloister	det
4	cloister	cloister	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 nuns	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nuns	det
7	nuns	nun	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cloister	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cloister	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	This	the cloister				of the nuns	tree rules

Example 2

The arched cloisters were covered with sand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cloisters	det
2	arched	arch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 cloisters	amod
3	cloisters	cloister	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 covered	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 covered	aux:pass
5	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 sand	case
7	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 covered	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 covered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arch	participle							vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	cover	past · passive		the arched cloisters				with sand	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with sand=Theme

Example 3

He went into the cloister to pray and study.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 cloister	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cloister	det
5	cloister	cloister	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 pray	mark
7	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 went	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 study	cc
9	study	study	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 pray	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	go	past	He	the cloister	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into cloister=Initial_Location
2	pray	to-infinitive	He not said here		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	study	infinitive	He not said here		vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Some monks walked slowly round the cloister.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 monks	det
2	monks	monk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 walked	nsubj
3	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 walked	advmod
5	round	round	ADP	_	7 cloister	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cloister	det
7	cloister	cloister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	some monks			the cloister		slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round cloister=Trajectory

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