impiety
Who acts: Impiety · What happens: be, punish, anger · To what, where: lack, He, gods, serious crime, old stories
«impiety» 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: impiety in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Impiety is a lack of respect for the gods, or for holy and sacred things.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Impiety | impiety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lack | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lack | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lack | det |
| 4 | lack | lack | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 respect | case |
| 6 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lack | nmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 gods | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 gods | det |
| 9 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 respect | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 things | punct |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 things | cc |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 things | case |
| 13 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 things | amod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 sacred | cc |
| 15 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 holy | conj |
| 16 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lack | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lack | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Impiety | a lack or holy things | of respect for the gods | 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.
Example 1
He was punished for impiety.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 punished | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 punished | aux:pass |
| 3 | punished | punish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 impiety | case |
| 5 | impiety | impiety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 punished | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 punished | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | punish | past · passive | He | for impiety | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for impiety=Theme |
Example 2
Their impiety angered the gods.
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 impiety | nmod:poss |
| 2 | impiety | impiety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 angered | nsubj |
| 3 | angered | anger | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 gods | det |
| 5 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 angered | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 angered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | anger | past | Their impiety | the gods | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus god=Experiencer |
Example 3
Impiety was a serious crime in the old stories.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Impiety | impiety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 crime | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 crime | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 crime | det |
| 4 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 crime | amod |
| 5 | crime | crime | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 stories | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 stories | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 stories | amod |
| 9 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 crime | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 crime | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Impiety | a serious crime | the old stories | 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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