perdition

Who acts: Perdition, everlasting punishment, preacher, pirate, Old hymns, Gambling · What happens: be, mean, warn, fear, speak, lead · To what, where: everlasting punishment, hell, eternal perdition, old story, him, perdition · Speech: someone speaks here

«perdition» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: perdition in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: church, old — kept apart, not parsed.

Perdition is everlasting punishment after death, often meaning hell, in old Christian language.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Perdition	perdition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punishment	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 punishment	cop
3	everlasting	everlasting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 punishment	amod
4	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 death	case
6	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 punishment	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 meaning	punct
8	often	often	ADV	_	9 meaning	advmod
9	meaning	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 punishment	acl
10	hell	hell	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 meaning	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 language	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 language	case
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 language	amod
14	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 language	amod
15	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hell	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 punishment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Perdition	everlasting punishment			after death		tree rules
2	mean	gerund	everlasting punishment not said here	hell and old Christian language				often property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hell=Topic

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: old, formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Complete ruin or disaster.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ruin	amod
2	ruin	ruin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 disaster	cc
4	disaster	disaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ruin	conj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ruin	punct

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

Example 1

The preacher warned against the road to perdition.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 preacher	det
2	preacher	preacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warned	nsubj
3	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	against	against	ADP	_	6 road	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 road	det
6	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warned	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 perdition	case
8	perdition	perdition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 road	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 warned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	past	the preacher					against the road to perdition	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent against road=Topic

Example 2

In the old story, the pirate feared eternal perdition.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 story	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 story	amod
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feared	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 story	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pirate	det
7	pirate	pirate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feared	nsubj
8	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	eternal	eternal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 perdition	amod
10	perdition	perdition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feared	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 feared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	the pirate	eternal perdition		the old story			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer perdition=Stimulus

Example 3

Old hymns sometimes speak of perdition.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hymns	amod
2	hymns	hymn	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 speak	nsubj
3	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 speak	advmod
4	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 perdition	case
6	perdition	perdition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speak	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 speak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	Old hymns					of perdition; sometimes property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Gambling led him to perdition.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gambling	gambling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	nsubj
2	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 led	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 perdition	case
5	perdition	perdition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 led	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	Gambling	him = he		perdition			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to perdition=Destination

Example 5

Christians believe Jesus came to save people from perdition.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 believe	nsubj
2	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 believe	ccomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 save	mark
6	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 came	xcomp
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 save	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 perdition	case
9	perdition	perdition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 save	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 believe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	believe	present	Christians			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	come	past	Jesus			tree rules
3	save	to-infinitive	Jesus not said here	people	perdition	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent people=Theme from perdition=Source

Example 6

The book calls greed the path to perdition.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 calls	det
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calls	compound
3	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 greed	nsubj
4	greed	gree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 path	det
6	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 greed	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 perdition	case
8	perdition	perdition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 path	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 greed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gree	past	the book calls	the path				to perdition	tree rules

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