priest Who acts: priest, job, Father, uncle, It · What happens: be, look, make, welcome, bless, work · To what, where: person, special offerings, religions, everyone, priest, local church
«priest» 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: priest in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A priest is a person whose job is to lead religious services and look after people in a church or temple.
The tree, 21 words det nsubj cop det nmod:poss nsubj cop mark acl:relcl amod obj cc conj case obl case det nmod cc conj punct root A DET priest NOUN is AUX a DET person NOUN whose PRON job NOUN is AUX to PART lead VERB religious ADJ services NOUN and CCONJ look VERB after ADP people NOUN in ADP a DET church NOUN or CCONJ temple NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 priest det 2 priest priest NOUN Number=Sing 5 person nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 person det 5 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 whose whose PRON Poss=Yes PronType=Rel 7 job nmod:poss 7 job job NOUN Number=Sing 10 lead nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 lead cop 9 to to PART _ 10 lead mark 10 lead lead VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 person acl:relcl 11 religious religious ADJ Degree=Pos 12 services amod 12 services service NOUN Number=Plur 10 lead obj 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 look cc 14 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 lead conj 15 after after ADP _ 16 people case 16 people people NOUN Number=Plur 14 look obl 17 in in ADP _ 19 church case 18 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 church det 19 church church NOUN Number=Sing 16 people nmod 20 or or CCONJ _ 21 temple cc 21 temple temple NOUN Number=Sing 19 church conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
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1 is a present a priest a person tree rules 2 is present job lead property tree rules 3 look infinitive job not said here after people in a church or temple vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
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 In some religions a priest makes special offerings or prayers for people.
case det obl det nsubj amod obj cc conj case obl punct root In ADP some DET religions NOUN a DET priest NOUN makes VERB special ADJ offerings NOUN or CCONJ prayers NOUN for ADP people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 religions case 2 some some DET PronType=Ind 3 religions det 3 religions religion NOUN Number=Plur 6 makes obl 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 priest det 5 priest priest NOUN Number=Sing 6 makes nsubj 6 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 special special ADJ Degree=Pos 8 offerings amod 8 offerings offering NOUN Number=Plur 6 makes obj 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 prayers cc 10 prayers prayer NOUN Number=Plur 8 offerings conj 11 for for ADP _ 12 people case 12 people people NOUN Number=Plur 6 makes obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 6 makes punct
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1 make present a priest special offerings or prayers some religions for people vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent offering=Product for people=Beneficiary
Example 1 The priest welcomed everyone to the church.
det nsubj obj case det obl punct root The DET priest NOUN welcomed VERB everyone PRON to ADP the DET church NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 priest det 2 priest priest NOUN Number=Sing 3 welcomed nsubj 3 welcomed welcome VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 3 welcomed obj 5 to to ADP _ 7 church case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 church det 7 church church NOUN Number=Sing 3 welcomed obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 welcomed punct
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1 welcome past the priest everyone to the church vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme
Example 2 Father O'Brien is the priest at our local church.
nsubj flat cop det case nmod:poss amod nmod punct root Father PROPN O'Brien PROPN is AUX the DET priest NOUN at ADP our PRON local ADJ church NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Father Father PROPN Number=Sing 5 priest nsubj 2 O'Brien O'Brien PROPN Number=Sing 1 Father flat 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 priest cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 priest det 5 priest priest NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 at at ADP _ 9 church case 7 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 church nmod:poss 8 local local ADJ Degree=Pos 9 church amod 9 church church NOUN Number=Sing 5 priest nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 priest punct
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1 is a present Father the priest our local church tree rules
Example 3 The priest blessed the new baby.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET priest NOUN blessed VERB the DET new ADJ baby NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 priest det 2 priest priest NOUN Number=Sing 3 blessed nsubj 3 blessed bless VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 baby det 5 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 6 baby amod 6 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 3 blessed obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 blessed punct
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1 bless past the priest the new baby vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme
Example 4 In ancient Egypt priests worked in the temples.
case amod compound obl case det obl punct root In ADP ancient ADJ Egypt PROPN priests NOUN worked VERB in ADP the DET temples NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 priests case 2 ancient ancient ADJ Degree=Pos 4 priests amod 3 Egypt Egypt PROPN Number=Sing 4 priests compound 4 priests priest NOUN Number=Plur 5 worked obl 5 worked work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 in in ADP _ 8 temples case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 temples det 8 temples temple NOUN Number=Plur 5 worked obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 worked punct
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1 work past in the temples; in ancient Egypt priests vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in priest=Theme
Example 5 The priest read from the Bible.
det acl case det obl punct root The DET priest NOUN read VERB from ADP the DET Bible PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 priest det 2 priest priest NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 read read VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 priest acl 4 from from ADP _ 6 Bible case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Bible det 6 Bible Bible PROPN Number=Sing 3 read obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 priest punct
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1 read participle the priest not said here the Bible vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from bible=Source
Example 6 My uncle is training to become a priest.
nmod:poss nsubj aux mark xcomp det xcomp punct root My PRON uncle NOUN is AUX training VERB to PART become VERB a DET priest NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 uncle nmod:poss 2 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 4 training nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 training aux 4 training train VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 to to PART _ 6 become mark 6 become become VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 training xcomp 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 priest det 8 priest priest NOUN Number=Sing 6 become xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 training punct
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1 train present · progressive My uncle vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute 2 become to-infinitive My uncle not said here a priest vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Example 7 It was the captive Christian priest.
nsubj cop det amod amod punct root It PRON was AUX the DET captive ADJ Christian ADJ priest NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 priest nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 priest cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 priest det 4 captive captive ADJ Degree=Pos 6 priest amod 5 Christian Christian ADJ Degree=Pos 6 priest amod 6 priest priest NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 priest punct
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1 is a past It the captive Christian priest tree rules
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