cultus
Who acts: god, group, people, priests, Old books · What happens: worship, share, hold, honour, lead, describe · To what, where: such worship, cultus, ancient Greece, Apollo
«cultus» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: cultus in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
The worship of a god, with its rites and ceremonies.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 worship | det |
| 2 | worship | worship | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 god | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 god | det |
| 5 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 worship | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 rites | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 rites | case |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 rites | nmod:poss |
| 9 | rites | rite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 worship | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 ceremonies | cc |
| 11 | ceremonies | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 rites | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 worship | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | worship | a god | nom worship «act intransitive»: of=agent |
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
A religious cult, or a group that shares such worship.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cult | det |
| 2 | religious | religious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cult | amod |
| 3 | cult | cult | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 group | punct |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 group | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 group | det |
| 7 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cult | appos |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 shares | nsubj |
| 9 | shares | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 group | acl:relcl |
| 10 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 worship | amod |
| 11 | worship | worship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shares | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cult | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present | a group | such worship | tree rules |
Example 1
In ancient Greece people held a cultus to honour Apollo.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 Greece | case |
| 2 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Greece | amod |
| 3 | Greece | Greece | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 held | obl |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 held | nsubj |
| 5 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cultus | det |
| 7 | cultus | cultus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 held | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 honour | mark |
| 9 | honour | honour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 cultus | acl |
| 10 | Apollo | Apollo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 honour | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 held | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | people | a cultus | ancient Greece | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cultus=Theme in greece=Location | |||
| 2 | honour | to-infinitive | people not said here | Apollo | tree rules |
Example 2
The priests led the cultus with song.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 priests | det |
| 2 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 led | nsubj |
| 3 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cultus | det |
| 5 | cultus | cultus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 led | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 song | case |
| 7 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cultus | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 led | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | the priests | the cultus | with song | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cultus=Theme |
Example 3
Old books describe the cultus of the sun.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 books | amod |
| 2 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 describe | nsubj |
| 3 | describe | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cultus | det |
| 5 | cultus | cultus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 describe | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 sun. | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sun. | det |
| 8 | sun. | sun. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cultus | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | present | Old books | the cultus of the sun. | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cultus=Theme |
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