ecclesiastic
Who acts: ecclesiastic, ecclesiastic building · What happens: be, mean, do, bless · To what, where: person, church, new church · Speech: someone speaks here
«ecclesiastic» 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: ecclesiastic in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
An ecclesiastic is a person in the church, such as a priest or monk.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ecclesiastic | det |
| 2 | ecclesiastic | ecclesiastic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 church | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 church | det |
| 8 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 priest | punct |
| 10 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 13 priest | case |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 such | fixed |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 priest | det |
| 13 | priest | priest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | conj |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 monk | cc |
| 15 | monk | monk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 priest | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a ecclesiastic | a person and a priest or monk | the church | 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
Ecclesiastic means to do with the church (formal).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecclesiastic | ecclesiastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 do | mark |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 means | ccomp |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 church | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 church | det |
| 7 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obl |
| 8 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 9 formal | punct |
| 9 | formal | formal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 church | amod |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 9 formal | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Ecclesiastic | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | with the church | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 1
The ecclesiastic blessed 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 ecclesiastic | det |
| 2 | ecclesiastic | ecclesiastic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blessed | nsubj |
| 3 | blessed | bless | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 church | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 church | amod |
| 6 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blessed | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 blessed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bless | past | the ecclesiastic | the new church | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Theme |
Example 2
The ecclesiastic read from the old book.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 read | det |
| 2 | ecclesiastic | ecclesiastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 read | amod |
| 3 | read | read | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 book | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 book | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 book | amod |
| 7 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 read | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 read | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 3
The ecclesiastic building was very tall.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 building | det |
| 2 | ecclesiastic | ecclesiastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 building | amod |
| 3 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tall | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 tall | cop |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 tall | advmod |
| 6 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 tall | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the ecclesiastic building | tall property | tree rules |
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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