parable

Who acts: parable, Jesus, farmer, shepherd, We, meaning · What happens: be, live, tell, use, teach, call · To what, where: short story, Bible, simple story, moral, parable, seeds · Speech: someone speaks here

«parable» 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: parable in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A parable is a short story with a lesson about how to live, especially one told by Jesus in the Bible.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 parable	det
2	parable	parable	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 story	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 story	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 story	det
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 story	amod
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 lesson	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lesson	det
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 story	nmod
10	about	about	SCONJ	_	13 live	mark
11	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	13 live	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 live	mark
13	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 lesson	acl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 one	punct
15	especially	especially	ADV	_	16 one	advmod
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 story	conj
17	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 one	acl
18	by	by	ADP	_	19 Jesus	case
19	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 told	obl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 Bible	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Bible	det
22	Bible	Bible	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 told	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 story	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a parable	a short story		with a lesson	tree rules
2	live	to-infinitive	a parable not said here				vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	participle			the Bible	by Jesus	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Any simple story used to teach a moral or religious truth can be called a parable.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 story	det
2	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 story	amod
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 called	nsubj:pass
4	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 story	acl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 teach	mark
6	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 used	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 moral	det
8	moral	moral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 teach	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 truth	cc
10	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 truth	amod
11	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 moral	conj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 called	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 called	aux:pass
14	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 parable	det
16	parable	parable	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 called	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	use	participle	any simple story not said here	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	teach speech: other	to-infinitive	a moral or religious truth	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent moral=Recipient
3	call	can · passive	any simple story	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Example 1

Jesus told a parable about a farmer sowing seeds.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 parable	det
4	parable	parable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	iobj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 farmer	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 farmer	det
7	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	obl
8	sowing	sow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 farmer	acl
9	seeds	seed	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sowing	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Jesus		a parable			about a farmer	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent parable=Recipient about farmer=Topic
2	sow	gerund	a farmer not said here	seeds					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent seed=Theme

Example 2

In the parable of the lost sheep, the shepherd leaves ninety-nine to find one.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 parable	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 parable	det
3	parable	parable	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 leaves	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 sheep	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sheep	det
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sheep	amod
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 parable	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 parable	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 shepherd	det
10	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 leaves	nsubj
11	leaves	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	ninety	ninety	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 nine	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 ninety	punct
14	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 leaves	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 find	mark
16	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 leaves	advcl
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 find	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 leaves	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	leave	present	the shepherd	ninety nine	in the parable of the lost sheep result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in parable=Result
3	find	to-infinitive	the shepherd not said here	one		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic

Example 3

We acted out the parable of the Good Samaritan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 acted	nsubj
2	acted	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 acted	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parable	det
5	parable	parable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acted	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 Samaritan	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Samaritan	det
8	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Samaritan	amod
9	Samaritan	Samaritan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 parable	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 acted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act out	past	We	the parable of the Good Samaritan					vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent parable=Eventuality

Example 4

The meaning of the parable is that everyone is our neighbour.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 meaning	det
2	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 neighbour	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 parable	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parable	det
5	parable	parable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 meaning	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 neighbour	cop
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 neighbour	mark
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 neighbour	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 neighbour	cop
10	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 neighbour	nmod:poss
11	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 neighbour	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the meaning of the parable	our neighbour					tree rules
2	mean			the parable					nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 5

Our teacher asked us to write a modern parable.

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	2 teacher	nmod:poss
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 asked	iobj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 write	mark
6	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 asked	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 parable	det
8	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 parable	amod
9	parable	parable	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 write	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	Our teacher		us				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic
2	write not said to happen	to-infinitive	Our teacher not said here	a modern parable					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parable=Theme

Example 6

The parable of the lost son ends with a big party.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parable	det
2	parable	parable	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ends	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 son	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 son	det
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 son	amod
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 parable	nmod
7	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 party	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 party	det
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 party	amod
11	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ends	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 ends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	end	present	the parable of the lost son					with a big party	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with party=Subeventuality

Example 7

Read the parable of the intrusted talent!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 parable	det
3	parable	parable	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Read	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 talent	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 talent	det
6	intrusted	intrust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 talent	amod
7	talent	talent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 parable	nmod
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	1 Read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	imperative	you not said here	the parable of the intrusted talent					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parable=Topic
2	intrust	participle							tree rules

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