relic

Who acts: old coin, knights, We · What happens: keep, link, treat, be, carry · To what, where: old object, holy object, church, relic, old sword

«relic» 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: relic in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An old object kept because it is linked to a famous person or a past time.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 object	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 object	amod
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 linked	nsubj:pass
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 object	acl
5	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	6 it	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	obl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 linked	aux:pass
8	linked	link	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 person	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 person	det
11	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 person	amod
12	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 linked	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 time	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 time	det
15	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 time	amod
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 person	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 linked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	participle		a old object not said here				because object	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	link	present · passive		a old object				to a famous person or a past time	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to person=Co-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.

Meaning 2

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A holy object kept in a church or temple and treated as sacred.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 object	det
2	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 object	amod
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 object	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 church	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 church	det
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 temple	cc
9	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 church	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 treated	cc
11	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 kept	conj
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 sacred	case
13	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 treated	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 object	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	participle		a holy object not said here		a church or temple			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in church=Location
2	treat	participle						as sacred	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as sacred=Attribute

Example 1

This old coin is a relic of Roman times.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 coin	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 coin	amod
3	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relic	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 relic	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 relic	det
6	relic	relic	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 times	case
8	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 times	amod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 relic	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 relic	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this old coin	a relic			time		tree rules

Example 2

The knights carried the relic into the church.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knights	det
2	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	nsubj
3	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 relic	det
5	relic	relic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 church	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 church	det
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 carried	punct

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

Example 3

We kept the old sword as a relic of our grandfather.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sword	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sword	amod
5	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 relic	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 relic	det
8	relic	relic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 grandfather	case
10	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 grandfather	nmod:poss
11	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 relic	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	We	the old sword				as a relic of our grandfather	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme

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