pastoral

Who acts: Pastoral, pastoral staff, poem, farmers, bishop · What happens: mean, be, carry, sign, describe, live · To what, where: simple life, long stick, office, pastoral scene, quiet pastoral life, pastoral staff

«pastoral» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: pastoral in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Pastoral means about the countryside, farms and shepherds, and the simple life of country people.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pastoral	pastoral	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 countryside	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 countryside	det
5	countryside	countryside	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 farms	punct
7	farms	farm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 countryside	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shepherds	cc
9	shepherds	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 farms	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 life	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 life	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 life	det
13	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 life	amod
14	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 people	case
16	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 people	compound
17	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 life	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Pastoral	the simple life of country people				about the countryside and farms and shepherds	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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

Usage: church use — kept apart, not parsed.

A pastoral staff is a long stick carried by a bishop as a sign of office.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 staff	det
2	pastoral	pastoral	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 staff	compound
3	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stick	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stick	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stick	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stick	amod
7	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 stick	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 bishop	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bishop	det
11	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carried	obl
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 sign	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 sign	det
14	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carried	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 office	case
16	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sign	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 stick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a pastoral staff	a long stick		tree rules
2	carry	participle		a long stick not said here	by a bishop; as a sign of office	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	sign			office		nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

The poem described a pastoral scene of sheep on green hills.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 poem	det
2	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 described	nsubj
3	described	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 scene	det
5	pastoral	pastoral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scene	compound
6	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 described	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 sheep	case
8	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 scene	nmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 hills	case
10	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hills	amod
11	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sheep	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	past	the poem	a pastoral scene of sheep on green hills					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent scene=Theme

Example 2

The farmers lived a quiet pastoral life.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmers	det
2	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 life	det
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 life	amod
6	pastoral	pastoral	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 life	compound
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the farmers	a quiet pastoral life					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location

Example 3

The bishop carried a pastoral staff.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bishop	det
2	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	nsubj
3	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 staff	det
5	pastoral	pastoral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 staff	compound
6	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the bishop	a pastoral staff					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Theme

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