parson

Who acts: parson, wife, Everyone · What happens: be, charge, preach, greet · To what, where: priest, charge, church, parson

«parson» 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: parson in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A parson is a priest in charge of a church, especially in a country village.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 parson	det
2	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 priest	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 priest	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 priest	det
5	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 charge	case
7	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 priest	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 church	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 church	det
10	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 charge	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 village	punct
12	especially	especially	ADV	_	16 village	advmod
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 village	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 village	det
15	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 village	compound
16	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 priest	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 priest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a parson	a priest		charge of a church		in a country village	tree rules
2	charge			a church					nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient

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

The parson preached at the church every Sunday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parson	det
2	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 preached	nsubj
3	preached	preach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 church	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 church	det
6	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 preached	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 Sunday	det
8	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 preached	obl:unmarked
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 preached	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preach speech: other	participle	the parson			the church	sunday		vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The parson's wife was amazed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parson	det
2	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wife	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 parson	case
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 amazed	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 amazed	cop
6	amazed	amazed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 amazed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the parson's wife					amazed property	tree rules

Example 3

Everyone in the village greeted the parson.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 greeted	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 village	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 village	det
4	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Everyone	nmod
5	greeted	greet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parson	det
7	parson	parson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 greeted	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 greeted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	greet speech: greet	past	Everyone		the parson				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parson=Theme

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