sacrificial

Who acts: Heracles, priest, farmer · What happens: use, give, kill, give up, value, send · To what, where: something, sacrificial fire, lamb

«sacrificial» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: sacrificial in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Used or given as an offering to a god, usually by killing or giving up something valued.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 given	cc
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Used	conj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 offering	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 offering	det
6	offering	offering	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 god	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 god	det
9	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 offering	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 killing	punct
11	usually	usually	ADV	_	13 killing	advmod
12	by	by	SCONJ	_	13 killing	mark
13	killing	kill	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Used	advcl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 giving	cc
15	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 killing	conj
16	up	up	ADP	_	15 giving	compound:prt
17	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 giving	obj
18	valued	value	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 something	acl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	participle			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give	participle		as a offering to a god	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	kill	gerund		usually property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	give up	gerund	something		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Source
5	value	participle			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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.

Example 1

Heracles sent for a sacrificial robe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 robe	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 robe	det
5	sacrificial	sacrificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 robe	amod
6	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	Heracles					for a sacrificial robe	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The priest lit the sacrificial fire.

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 lit	nsubj
3	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fire	det
5	sacrificial	sacrificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fire	amod
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lit	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light	past	the priest	the sacrificial fire					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Product

Example 3

The farmer chose a lamb for the sacrificial feast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chose	nsubj
3	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lamb	det
5	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chose	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 feast	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 feast	det
8	sacrificial	sacrificial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 feast	amod
9	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chose	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	the farmer	a lamb				for the sacrificial feast	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent lamb=Theme for feast=Beneficiary

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