consecrate

Who acts: bishop, She, ceremony, Their, king · What happens: consecrate, be, help, bond · To what, where: something, thing, new church, life, sick, bond

«consecrate» 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: consecrate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To consecrate something is to make it holy by a religious ceremony.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 consecrate	mark
2	consecrate	consecrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 make	csubj
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 consecrate	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 make	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 make	obj
8	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 make	xcomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 ceremony	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ceremony	det
11	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ceremony	amod
12	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 holy	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consecrate	to-infinitive		something					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	is	present						holy, make property	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: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To consecrate a thing or a person is to give it wholly to a purpose.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 consecrate	mark
2	consecrate	consecrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 give	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 thing	det
4	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consecrate	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 person	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thing	conj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 give	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	10 give	mark
10	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 give	obj
12	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	10 give	advmod
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 purpose	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 purpose	det
15	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consecrate	to-infinitive		a thing or a person					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	is	present						to a purpose; give, wholly property	tree rules

Example 1

The bishop will consecrate the new church.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bishop	det
2	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consecrate	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 consecrate	aux
4	consecrate	consecrate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 church	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 church	amod
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consecrate	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 consecrate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consecrate	future	the bishop	the new church					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Theme

Example 2

She consecrated her life to helping the sick.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 consecrated	nsubj
2	consecrated	consecrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 life	nmod:poss
4	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consecrated	obj
5	to	to	SCONJ	_	6 helping	mark
6	helping	help	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 consecrated	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sick	det
8	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 helping	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 consecrated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consecrate	past	She	her life					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme
2	help	gerund	She not said here	the sick					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sick=Beneficiary

Example 3

Their bond of friendship was consecrated by a ceremony.

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 bond	nmod:poss
2	bond	bond	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consecrated	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 friendship	case
4	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bond	nmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 consecrated	aux:pass
6	consecrated	consecrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 ceremony	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ceremony	det
9	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consecrated	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 consecrated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consecrate	past · passive	a ceremony	Their bond of friendship					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	bond		Their = they	friendship					nom bond «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Example 4

The king consecrated the bridge with a prayer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consecrated	nsubj
3	consecrated	consecrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bridge	det
5	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consecrated	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 prayer	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 prayer	det
8	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 consecrated	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 consecrated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consecrate	past	the king	the bridge				with a prayer	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme

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