karma

Who acts: karma, person, good things, idea, Hindus, Buddhists · What happens: be, act, happen, behave, believe, follow · To what, where: idea, you, karma, person, next life, good actions · Speech: someone speaks here

«karma» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: karma in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: religion — kept apart, not parsed.

In Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, karma is the idea that a person's actions, good or bad, bring results back to them, in this life or a future life.

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Hinduism	case
2	Hinduism	Hinduism	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Buddhism	punct
4	Buddhism	Buddhism	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Hinduism	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Jainism	punct
6	Jainism	Jainism	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Hinduism	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Sikhism	cc
8	Sikhism	Sikhism	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Jainism	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 idea	punct
10	karma	karma	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 idea	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 idea	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 idea	det
13	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Hinduism	appos
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 actions	mark
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 person	det
16	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 actions	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 person	case
18	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 idea	acl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 good	punct
20	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 results	amod
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 bad	cc
22	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 good	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 results	punct
24	bring	bring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 results	amod
25	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 actions	conj
26	back	back	ADV	_	25 results	advmod
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 them	case
28	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 back	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 life	punct
30	in	in	ADP	_	32 life	case
31	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	32 life	det
32	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 results	conj
33	or	or	CCONJ	_	36 life	cc
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	36 life	det
35	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 life	amod
36	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 life	conj
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	karma	the idea					tree rules
2	act		a person						nom action «act intransitive»: poss=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

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

The idea that good or bad things happen to you because of how you behaved: «That's karma!».

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 idea	det
2	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 behaved	nsubj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 happen	mark
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 things	amod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 bad	cc
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 good	conj
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 happen	nsubj
8	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 behaved	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 you	case
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 happen	obl
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 behaved	mark
12	of	of	ADP	_	11 because	fixed
13	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	15 behaved	advmod
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 behaved	nsubj
15	behaved	behave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 behaved	punct
17	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 karma	punct
18	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	20 karma	det
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 karma	cop
20	karma	karma	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 behaved	parataxis
21	!	!	PUNCT	_	20 karma	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 karma	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 behaved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	happen	present	good things		you	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	behave	past	the idea			tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present		that karma		tree rules

Example 1

Hindus believe karma follows a person into their next life.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hindus	Hindu	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 believe	nsubj
2	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	karma	karma	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 follows	nsubj
4	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 believe	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 follows	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	10 life	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 life	nmod:poss
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 life	amod
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 follows	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present	Hindus						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	follow	present	karma	a person		Hindus's next life			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent person=Theme into life=Trajectory

Example 2

Buddhists try to do good actions to make good karma.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buddhists	buddhist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 try	nsubj
2	try	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 do	mark
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 try	xcomp
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 actions	amod
6	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 do	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 make	mark
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 do	advcl
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 karma	amod
10	karma	karma	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	try	present	Buddhists		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	Buddhists not said here	good actions	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Eventuality
3	make	to-infinitive	Buddhists not said here	good karma	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset karma=Product

Example 3

He laughed at me and then tripped; that's karma! (informal)

Sentence 1: He laughed at me and then tripped; that's karma!

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	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 me	case
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 laughed	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tripped	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 tripped	advmod
7	tripped	trip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 karma	punct
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 karma	det
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 karma	cop
11	karma	karma	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 laughed	parataxis
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	He			at me	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	trip	past	He not said here		then		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present		that karma			tree rules

Sentence 2: (informal)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct
2	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 informal	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 4

Helping others is said to bring good karma.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Helping	help	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 said	csubj:pass
2	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Helping	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	aux:pass
4	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 bring	mark
6	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	xcomp
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 karma	amod
8	karma	karma	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	help	gerund		others	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary
2	say speech: assert	present · passive	Helping		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: clause=Topic
3	bring	to-infinitive	Helping not said here	good karma	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent karma=Theme

Example 5

The idea of karma means our actions matter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 idea	det
2	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 karma	case
4	karma	karma	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 idea	nmod
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 actions	nmod:poss
7	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 matter	nsubj
8	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	mean	present	the idea of karma	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	matter	present	our actions	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
3	act		our	nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

Instant karma: the boy who took the last cake dropped it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Instant	instant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 karma	amod
2	karma	karma	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dropped	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 boy	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dropped	nsubj
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 took	nsubj
7	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 boy	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cake	det
9	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cake	amod
10	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 took	obj
11	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dropped	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the boy	the last cake					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme
2	drop	past	Instant karma	cake					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Example 7

Our RE teacher explained karma with a story about a kind farmer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 teacher	nmod:poss
2	RE	re	ADP	_	3 teacher	case
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explained	nsubj
4	explained	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	karma	karma	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explained	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 story	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 story	det
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explained	obl
9	about	about	ADP	_	12 farmer	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 farmer	det
11	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 farmer	amod
12	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 story	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 explained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	past	Our teacher	karma				with a story about a kind farmer	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent karma=Topic

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