confucianism Who acts: way, Chinese teacher, schools, Confucianism, children, Confucius · What happens: think, live, base, stress, teach, grow · To what, where: teachings, kindness, Confucius, others, you, schools · Speech: someone speaks here
«confucianism» 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: confucianism in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A way of thinking and living based on the teachings of Confucius, a Chinese teacher who lived about 2,500 years ago; it stresses kindness, honesty, good manners, education and respect for parents, elders and rulers.
The tree, 35 words det nsubj mark acl cc conj xcomp case det obl case nmod punct det amod appos nsubj acl:relcl advmod nummod obl:unmarked advmod punct nsubj obj punct conj punct amod conj punct conj cc conj case nmod punct conj cc conj punct root A DET way NOUN of SCONJ thinking VERB and CCONJ living VERB based VERB on ADP the DET teachings NOUN of ADP Confucius PROPN , PUNCT a DET Chinese ADJ teacher NOUN who PRON lived VERB about ADV 2,500 NUM years NOUN ago ADV ; PUNCT it PRON stresses VERB kindness NOUN , PUNCT honesty NOUN , PUNCT good ADJ manners NOUN , PUNCT education NOUN and CCONJ respect NOUN for ADP parents NOUN , PUNCT elders NOUN and CCONJ rulers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 way det 2 way way NOUN Number=Sing 25 stresses nsubj 3 of of SCONJ _ 4 thinking mark 4 thinking think VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 way acl 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 living cc 6 living live VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 thinking conj 7 based base VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 living xcomp 8 on on ADP _ 10 teachings case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 teachings det 10 teachings teaching NOUN Number=Plur 7 based obl 11 of of ADP _ 12 Confucius case 12 Confucius Confucius PROPN Number=Sing 10 teachings nmod 13 , , PUNCT _ 16 teacher punct 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 teacher det 15 Chinese Chinese ADJ Degree=Pos 16 teacher amod 16 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 12 Confucius appos 17 who who PRON PronType=Rel 18 lived nsubj 18 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 16 teacher acl:relcl 19 about about ADV _ 20 2,500 advmod 20 2,500 2500 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 21 years nummod 21 years year NOUN Number=Plur 22 ago obl:unmarked 22 ago ago ADV _ 18 lived advmod 23 ; ; PUNCT _ 25 stresses punct 24 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 25 stresses nsubj 25 stresses stress VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 26 kindness kindness NOUN Number=Sing 25 stresses obj 27 , , PUNCT _ 28 honesty punct 28 honesty honesty NOUN Number=Sing 26 kindness conj 29 , , PUNCT _ 31 manners punct 30 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 31 manners amod 31 manners manners NOUN Number=Ptan 26 kindness conj 32 , , PUNCT _ 33 education punct 33 education education NOUN Number=Sing 26 kindness conj 34 and and CCONJ _ 35 respect cc 35 respect respect NOUN Number=Sing 26 kindness conj 36 for for ADP _ 37 parents case 37 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 35 respect nmod 38 , , PUNCT _ 39 elders punct 39 elders elder NOUN Number=Plur 37 parents conj 40 and and CCONJ _ 41 rulers cc 41 rulers ruler NOUN Number=Plur 37 parents conj 42 . . PUNCT _ 25 stresses punct
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1 think speech: other gerund a way not said here vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 live gerund a way not said here tree rules 3 base participle a way not said here the teachings of Confucius vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on teaching=Source 4 live past a Chinese teacher ago property vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 5 stress present a way kindness and honesty and good manners and education and respect for parents and elders and rulers vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent kindness=Destination 6 teach Confucius nom teaching «act transitive»: of=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 The tradition of schools, rituals and books that grew from these teachings in China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam.
The tree, 18 words det case nmod punct conj cc conj nsubj acl:relcl case det obl case nmod punct conj punct conj cc conj punct root The DET tradition NOUN of ADP schools NOUN , PUNCT rituals NOUN and CCONJ books NOUN that PRON grew VERB from ADP these DET teachings NOUN in ADP China PROPN , PUNCT Korea PROPN , PUNCT Japan PROPN and CCONJ Vietnam PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 tradition det 2 tradition tradition NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 of of ADP _ 4 schools case 4 schools school NOUN Number=Plur 2 tradition nmod 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 rituals punct 6 rituals ritual NOUN Number=Plur 4 schools conj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 books cc 8 books book NOUN Number=Plur 4 schools conj 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 10 grew nsubj 10 grew grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 schools acl:relcl 11 from from ADP _ 13 teachings case 12 these this DET Number=Plur PronType=Dem 13 teachings det 13 teachings teaching NOUN Number=Plur 10 grew obl 14 in in ADP _ 15 China case 15 China China PROPN Number=Sing 13 teachings nmod 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 Korea punct 17 Korea Korea PROPN Number=Sing 15 China conj 18 , , PUNCT _ 19 Japan punct 19 Japan Japan PROPN Number=Sing 15 China conj 20 and and CCONJ _ 21 Vietnam cc 21 Vietnam Vietnam PROPN Number=Sing 15 China conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 2 tradition punct
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1 grow past schools and rituals and books from this teachings in China and Korea and Japan and Vietnam vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.product V PP.patient»: agent=Product from teaching=Patient
Example 1 Confucianism teaches that children should respect and care for their parents.
nsubj mark nsubj aux xcomp cc conj case nmod:poss obl punct root Confucianism PROPN teaches VERB that SCONJ children NOUN should AUX respect VERB and CCONJ care VERB for ADP their PRON parents NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Confucianism Confucianism PROPN Number=Sing 2 teaches nsubj 2 teaches teach VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 that that SCONJ _ 6 respect mark 4 children child NOUN Number=Plur 6 respect nsubj 5 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 respect aux 6 respect respect VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 teaches xcomp 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 care cc 8 care care VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 respect conj 9 for for ADP _ 11 parents case 10 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 parents nmod:poss 11 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 8 care obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 teaches punct
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1 teach speech: other present Confucianism vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 respect should children vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer 3 care infinitive children not said here for children's parents vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for parent=Theme
Example 2 Confucius said, «Do not do to others what you would not want them to do to you».
The tree, 17 words nsubj punct punct aux advmod ccomp case obl obj nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl obj mark xcomp case obl punct punct root Confucius PROPN said VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT Do AUX not PART do VERB to ADP others NOUN what PRON you PRON would AUX not PART want VERB them PRON to PART do VERB to ADP you PRON » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Confucius Confucius PROPN Number=Sing 2 said nsubj 2 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 7 do punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 7 do punct 5 Do do AUX Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 7 do aux 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 do advmod 7 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 said ccomp 8 to to ADP _ 9 others case 9 others other NOUN Number=Plur 7 do obl 10 what what PRON PronType=Int 14 want obj 11 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 14 want nsubj 12 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 14 want aux 13 not not PART Polarity=Neg 14 want advmod 14 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 others acl:relcl 15 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 want obj 16 to to PART _ 17 do mark 17 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 want xcomp 18 to to ADP _ 19 you case 19 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 17 do obl 20 » » PUNCT _ 7 do punct 21 . . PUNCT _ 2 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past Confucius vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not do in a quote infinitive · do-support to others vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 not want in a quote would you others tree rules 4 do not said to happen, in a quote to-infinitive others not said here you vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 3 For centuries, Confucianism shaped schools and government in China.
case obl punct nsubj obj cc conj case nmod punct root For ADP centuries NOUN , PUNCT Confucianism PROPN shaped VERB schools NOUN and CCONJ government NOUN in ADP China PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 For for ADP _ 2 centuries case 2 centuries century NOUN Number=Plur 5 shaped obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 centuries punct 4 Confucianism Confucianism PROPN Number=Sing 5 shaped nsubj 5 shaped shape VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 schools school NOUN Number=Plur 5 shaped obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 government cc 8 government government NOUN Number=Sing 6 schools conj 9 in in ADP _ 10 China case 10 China China PROPN Number=Sing 6 schools nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 shaped punct
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1 shape past Confucianism schools and government China century vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Product
Example 4 Our RE class compared Confucianism and Daoism.
nmod:poss compound nsubj obj cc conj punct root Our PRON RE PROPN class NOUN compared VERB Confucianism PROPN and CCONJ Daoism PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 class nmod:poss 2 RE RE PROPN Number=Sing 3 class compound 3 class class NOUN Number=Sing 4 compared nsubj 4 compared compare VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 Confucianism Confucianism PROPN Number=Sing 4 compared obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 Daoism cc 7 Daoism Daoism PROPN Number=Sing 5 Confucianism conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 compared punct
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1 compare past Our RE class Confucianism and Daoism vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent confucianism=Patient
Example 5 Confucianism values learning, so exams were very important in old China.
compound nsubj punct advmod nsubj cop advmod conj case amod obl punct root Confucianism NOUN values NOUN learning VERB , PUNCT so ADV exams NOUN were AUX very ADV important ADJ in ADP old ADJ China PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Confucianism confucianism NOUN Number=Sing 2 values compound 2 values value NOUN Number=Plur 3 learning nsubj 3 learning learn VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 important punct 5 so so ADV _ 9 important advmod 6 exams exam NOUN Number=Plur 9 important nsubj 7 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 important cop 8 very very ADV _ 9 important advmod 9 important important ADJ Degree=Pos 3 learning conj 10 in in ADP _ 12 China case 11 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 12 China amod 12 China China PROPN Number=Sing 9 important obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 learning punct
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1 learn gerund Confucianism values vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is past exams old China important property tree rules
Example 6 Many families in East Asia still follow Confucian customs at New Year.
amod nsubj case compound nmod advmod amod obj case compound obl punct root Many ADJ families NOUN in ADP East PROPN Asia PROPN still ADV follow VERB Confucian ADJ customs NOUN at ADP New PROPN Year PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Many many ADJ Degree=Pos 2 families amod 2 families family NOUN Number=Plur 7 follow nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 5 Asia case 4 East East PROPN Number=Sing 5 Asia compound 5 Asia Asia PROPN Number=Sing 2 families nmod 6 still still ADV _ 7 follow advmod 7 follow follow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 Confucian confucian ADJ Degree=Pos 9 customs amod 9 customs custom NOUN Number=Plur 7 follow obj 10 at at ADP _ 12 Year case 11 New New PROPN Number=Sing 12 Year compound 12 Year Year PROPN Number=Sing 7 follow obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 7 follow punct
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1 follow present Many families in East Asia Confucian customs at New Year; still vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent custom=Theme at year=Trajectory
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