crozier

Who acts: crozier, abbot, bishop · What happens: be, curl, carry, sign, plant, lie · To what, where: long staff, curled top, office, crozier, ground, powerless hand

«crozier» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: crozier in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A crozier is a long staff with a curled top carried by a bishop or an abbot as a sign of office.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 crozier	det
2	crozier	crozier	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 staff	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 staff	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 staff	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 staff	amod
6	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 top	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 top	det
9	curled	curl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 top	amod
10	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 staff	nmod
11	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 top	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 bishop	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 bishop	det
14	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 carried	obl
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 abbot	cc
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 abbot	det
17	abbot	abbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bishop	conj
18	as	as	ADP	_	20 sign	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 sign	det
20	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bishop	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 office	case
22	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sign	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 staff	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a crozier	a long staff	with a curled top	tree rules
2	curl	participle				vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme
3	carry	participle		a curled top not said here	by a bishop as a sign of office or a abbot	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	sign			office		nom sign «communication 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.

Example 1

The abbot planted his crozier in the ground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 abbot	det
2	abbot	abbot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 planted	nsubj
3	planted	plant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 crozier	nmod:poss
5	crozier	crozier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 planted	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 planted	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 planted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past	the abbot	abbot's crozier		the ground			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent crozier=Theme in ground=Destination

Example 2

The crozier lay in the powerless hand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 crozier	det
2	crozier	crozier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lay	nsubj
3	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 hand	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hand	det
6	powerless	powerless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hand	amod
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lay	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	the crozier			the powerless hand			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hand=Location

Example 3

The bishop carried a golden crozier.

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	3 carried	nsubj
3	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 crozier	det
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 crozier	amod
6	crozier	crozier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the bishop	a golden crozier					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crozier=Theme

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