consecrated
Who acts: graves, woodland, consecrated ground · What happens: consecrate, mean, make, be, feel, hold · To what, where: consecrated ground, old church, dead · Speech: someone speaks here
«consecrated» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: consecrated in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Consecrated means made holy by a blessing or religious ceremony.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Consecrated | consecrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | ccomp |
| 4 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 made | xcomp |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 blessing | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 blessing | det |
| 7 | blessing | blessing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 ceremony | cc |
| 9 | religious | religious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 ceremony | amod |
| 10 | ceremony | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 blessing | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consecrate | participle | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | make | participle | by a blessing or religious ceremony; holy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
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.
Example 1
The graves were in consecrated ground.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 graves | det |
| 2 | graves | grave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ground | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ground | cop |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 ground | case |
| 5 | consecrated | consecrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 ground | amod |
| 6 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 ground | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consecrate | participle | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | past | the graves | consecrated ground | tree rules |
Example 2
The old church is consecrated.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 church | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 church | amod |
| 3 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 consecrated | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 consecrated | aux:pass |
| 5 | consecrated | consecrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 consecrated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consecrate | present · passive | the old church | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Example 3
The woodland felt like a consecrated place.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 woodland | det |
| 2 | woodland | woodland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 felt | nsubj |
| 3 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 place | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 place | det |
| 6 | consecrated | consecrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 place | amod |
| 7 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 felt | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 felt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | the woodland | like a consecrated place | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like place=Theme | ||||
| 2 | consecrate | participle | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Example 4
Only consecrated ground could hold the dead.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 consecrated | advmod |
| 2 | consecrated | consecrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ground | amod |
| 3 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hold | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hold | aux |
| 5 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dead | det |
| 7 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hold | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 hold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consecrate | participle | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | hold | could | consecrated ground | the dead | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Theme |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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