pastor Who acts: pastor, Christian minister, youth pastor, word, Martin, son · What happens: be, lead, care, pastor, give, visit · To what, where: Christian minister, church, pastor, talk, Grandma, hospital · Speech: someone speaks here
«pastor» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: pastor in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: church — kept apart, not parsed.
A pastor is a Christian minister who leads a church and cares for its people, especially in Protestant churches.
The tree, 19 words det nsubj cop det amod nsubj acl:relcl det obj cc conj case nmod:poss obl punct advmod case amod conj punct root A DET pastor NOUN is AUX a DET Christian ADJ minister NOUN who PRON leads VERB a DET church NOUN and CCONJ cares VERB for ADP its PRON people NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV in ADP Protestant ADJ churches NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 pastor det 2 pastor pastor NOUN Number=Sing 6 minister nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 minister cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 minister det 5 Christian Christian ADJ Degree=Pos 6 minister amod 6 minister minister NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 who who PRON PronType=Rel 8 leads nsubj 8 leads lead VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 minister acl:relcl 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 church det 10 church church NOUN Number=Sing 8 leads obj 11 and and CCONJ _ 12 cares cc 12 cares care VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 leads conj 13 for for ADP _ 15 people case 14 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 15 people nmod:poss 15 people people NOUN Number=Plur 12 cares obl 16 , , PUNCT _ 20 churches punct 17 especially especially ADV _ 20 churches advmod 18 in in ADP _ 20 churches case 19 Protestant protestant ADJ Degree=Pos 20 churches amod 20 churches church NOUN Number=Plur 15 people conj 21 . . PUNCT _ 6 minister punct
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1 is a present a pastor a Christian minister tree rules 2 lead present a Christian minister a church vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Theme 3 care present a Christian minister not said here for pastor's people and Protestant churches vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for people=Theme
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: rare — kept apart, not parsed.
To pastor a church is to be its pastor.
mark advcl det obj cop mark cop nmod:poss punct root To PART pastor VERB a DET church NOUN is AUX to PART be AUX its PRON pastor NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 pastor mark 2 pastor pastor VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 pastor advcl 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 church det 4 church church NOUN Number=Sing 2 pastor obj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 pastor cop 6 to to PART _ 9 pastor mark 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 9 pastor cop 8 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 pastor nmod:poss 9 pastor pastor NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 pastor punct
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1 pastor to-infinitive a church tree rules 2 is a present church's pastor tree rules
Example 1 The pastor gave a talk about forgiveness.
det nsubj det obj case nmod punct root The DET pastor NOUN gave VERB a DET talk NOUN about ADP forgiveness NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 pastor det 2 pastor pastor NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave nsubj 3 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 talk det 5 talk talk NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obj 6 about about ADP _ 7 forgiveness case 7 forgiveness forgiveness NOUN Number=Sing 5 talk nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 gave punct
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1 give past the pastor a talk about forgiveness vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Theme
Example 2 Pastor Jones visited Grandma in hospital.
nsubj flat obj case obl punct root Pastor PROPN Jones PROPN visited VERB Grandma PROPN in ADP hospital NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pastor Pastor PROPN Number=Sing 3 visited nsubj 2 Jones Jones PROPN Number=Sing 1 Pastor flat 3 visited visit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 Grandma Grandma PROPN Number=Sing 3 visited obj 5 in in ADP _ 6 hospital case 6 hospital hospital NOUN Number=Sing 3 visited obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 visited punct
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1 visit past Pastor Grandma hospital vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grandma=Co-Agent
Example 3 Our youth pastor runs the Friday club.
nmod:poss compound nsubj det compound obj punct root Our PRON youth NOUN pastor NOUN runs VERB the DET Friday PROPN club NOUN . PUNCT 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 pastor nmod:poss 2 youth youth NOUN Number=Sing 3 pastor compound 3 pastor pastor NOUN Number=Sing 4 runs nsubj 4 runs run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 club det 6 Friday Friday PROPN Number=Sing 7 club compound 7 club club NOUN Number=Sing 4 runs obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 runs punct
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1 run present Our youth pastor the Friday club vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme club=Trajectory
Example 4 The word «pastor» means shepherd.
det nsubj punct appos punct obj punct root The DET word NOUN « PUNCT pastor NOUN » PUNCT means VERB shepherd NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 word det 2 word word NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 3 « « PUNCT _ 4 pastor punct 4 pastor pastor NOUN Number=Sing 2 word appos 5 » » PUNCT _ 4 pastor punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 shepherd shepherd NOUN Number=Sing 6 means obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct
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1 mean present the word shepherd vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shepherd=Topic
Example 5 Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor in Alabama.
nsubj flat flat flat cop det case nmod punct root Martin PROPN Luther PROPN King PROPN Jr. PROPN was AUX a DET pastor NOUN in ADP Alabama PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Martin Martin PROPN Number=Sing 7 pastor nsubj 2 Luther Luther PROPN Number=Sing 1 Martin flat 3 King King PROPN Number=Sing 1 Martin flat 4 Jr. Jr. PROPN Number=Sing 1 Martin flat 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 pastor cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 pastor det 7 pastor pastor NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 in in ADP _ 9 Alabama case 9 Alabama Alabama PROPN Number=Sing 7 pastor nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 pastor punct
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1 is a past Martin a pastor Alabama tree rules
Example 6 The pastor baptised the new members.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET pastor NOUN baptised VERB the DET new ADJ members NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 pastor det 2 pastor pastor NOUN Number=Sing 3 baptised nsubj 3 baptised baptise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 members det 5 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 6 members amod 6 members member NOUN Number=Plur 3 baptised obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 baptised punct
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1 baptise past the pastor the new members tree rules
Example 7 The pastor said a prayer before the meal.
det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root The DET pastor NOUN said VERB a DET prayer NOUN before ADP the DET meal NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 pastor det 2 pastor pastor NOUN Number=Sing 3 said nsubj 3 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 prayer det 5 prayer prayer NOUN Number=Sing 3 said obj 6 before before ADP _ 8 meal case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 meal det 8 meal meal NOUN Number=Sing 3 said obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past the pastor a prayer before the meal vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic
Example 8 The son of the village pastor was tutor at the mansion.
det nsubj case det compound nmod cop case det nmod punct root The DET son NOUN of ADP the DET village NOUN pastor NOUN was AUX tutor NOUN at ADP the DET mansion NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 son det 2 son son NOUN Number=Sing 8 tutor nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 6 pastor case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 pastor det 5 village village NOUN Number=Sing 6 pastor compound 6 pastor pastor NOUN Number=Sing 2 son nmod 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 tutor cop 8 tutor tutor NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 at at ADP _ 11 mansion case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 mansion det 11 mansion mansion NOUN Number=Sing 8 tutor nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 tutor punct
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1 is a past the son of the village pastor tutor the mansion tree rules
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