sceptre Who acts: sceptre, king, queen, our, whoever, magic sceptre · What happens: decorate, be, carry, sign, mean, hold · To what, where: decorated rod, staff, ceremonies, power, royal power, sceptre
«sceptre» 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: sceptre in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A sceptre is a decorated rod or staff carried by a king or queen at ceremonies as a sign of their power.
The tree, 22 words det nsubj cop det amod cc conj acl case det obl cc conj case obl case det obl case nmod:poss nmod punct root A DET sceptre NOUN is AUX a DET decorated VERB rod NOUN or CCONJ staff NOUN carried VERB by ADP a DET king NOUN or CCONJ queen NOUN at ADP ceremonies NOUN as ADP a DET sign NOUN of ADP their PRON power NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 sceptre det 2 sceptre sceptre NOUN Number=Sing 6 rod nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 rod cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 rod det 5 decorated decorate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 rod amod 6 rod rod NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 staff cc 8 staff staff NOUN Number=Sing 6 rod conj 9 carried carry VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 staff acl 10 by by ADP _ 12 king case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 king det 12 king king NOUN Number=Sing 9 carried obl 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 queen cc 14 queen queen NOUN Number=Sing 12 king conj 15 at at ADP _ 16 ceremonies case 16 ceremonies ceremony NOUN Number=Plur 9 carried obl 17 as as ADP _ 19 sign case 18 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 19 sign det 19 sign sign NOUN Number=Sing 9 carried obl 20 of of ADP _ 22 power case 21 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 22 power nmod:poss 22 power power NOUN Number=Sing 19 sign nmod 23 . . PUNCT _ 6 rod punct
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1 decorate participle vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is a present a sceptre a decorated rod or staff tree rules 3 carry participle staff not said here ceremonies by a king or queen; as a sign of ceremonies's power vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 4 sign ceremonies's power nom sign «communication transitive»: of=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 The sceptre can also mean royal power itself.
det nsubj aux advmod amod obj nmod:unmarked punct root The DET sceptre NOUN can AUX also ADV mean VERB royal ADJ power NOUN itself PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sceptre det 2 sceptre sceptre NOUN Number=Sing 5 mean nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 mean aux 4 also also ADV _ 5 mean advmod 5 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 royal royal ADJ Degree=Pos 7 power amod 7 power power NOUN Number=Sing 5 mean obj 8 itself itself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes 7 power nmod:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 mean punct
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1 mean can the sceptre royal power sceptre vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Topic
Example 1 The king held the sceptre in his right hand.
det nsubj det obj case nmod:poss amod obl punct root The DET king NOUN held VERB the DET sceptre NOUN in ADP his PRON right ADJ hand NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 king det 2 king king NOUN Number=Sing 3 held nsubj 3 held hold VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sceptre det 5 sceptre sceptre NOUN Number=Sing 3 held obj 6 in in ADP _ 9 hand case 7 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 hand nmod:poss 8 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 9 hand amod 9 hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 3 held obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 held punct
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1 hold past the king the sceptre king's right hand vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sceptre=Theme in hand=Location
Example 2 The crown, orb and sceptre were kept in the Tower of London.
det nsubj:pass punct conj cc conj aux:pass case det obl case nmod punct root The DET crown NOUN , PUNCT orb NOUN and CCONJ sceptre NOUN were AUX kept VERB in ADP the DET Tower PROPN of ADP London PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 crown det 2 crown crown NOUN Number=Sing 8 kept nsubj:pass 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 orb punct 4 orb orb NOUN Number=Sing 2 crown conj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 sceptre cc 6 sceptre sceptre NOUN Number=Sing 2 crown conj 7 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 kept aux:pass 8 kept keep VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 9 in in ADP _ 11 Tower case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 Tower det 11 Tower Tower PROPN Number=Sing 8 kept obl 12 of of ADP _ 13 London case 13 London London PROPN Number=Sing 11 Tower nmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 8 kept punct
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1 keep past · passive the crown and orb and sceptre the Tower of London vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in tower=Location
Example 3 (Bible) The king held out his gold sceptre to Queen Esther.
punct punct det appos acl compound:prt nmod:poss compound obl:agent case nmod flat punct root ( PUNCT Bible PROPN ) PUNCT The DET king NOUN held VERB out ADP his PRON gold NOUN sceptre NOUN to ADP Queen PROPN Esther PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 Bible punct 2 Bible Bible PROPN Number=Sing root root 3 ) ) PUNCT _ 2 Bible punct 4 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 king det 5 king king NOUN Number=Sing 2 Bible appos 6 held hold VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 king acl 7 out out ADP _ 6 held compound:prt 8 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 sceptre nmod:poss 9 gold gold NOUN Number=Sing 10 sceptre compound 10 sceptre sceptre NOUN Number=Sing 6 held obl:agent 11 to to ADP _ 12 Queen case 12 Queen Queen PROPN Number=Sing 10 sceptre nmod 13 Esther Esther PROPN Number=Sing 12 Queen flat 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 Bible punct
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1 hold out participle the king not said here vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 The queen in our play had a sceptre made of a painted stick.
det nsubj case nmod:poss nmod det obj acl case det amod obl punct root The DET queen NOUN in ADP our PRON play NOUN had VERB a DET sceptre NOUN made VERB of ADP a DET painted VERB stick NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 queen det 2 queen queen NOUN Number=Sing 6 had nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 5 play case 4 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 play nmod:poss 5 play play NOUN Number=Sing 2 queen nmod 6 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 sceptre det 8 sceptre sceptre NOUN Number=Sing 6 had obj 9 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 sceptre acl 10 of of ADP _ 13 stick case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 stick det 12 painted paint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 13 stick amod 13 stick stick NOUN Number=Sing 9 made obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 6 had punct
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1 have past the queen in our play a sceptre vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sceptre=Patient 2 make participle a sceptre not said here of a painted stick vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset 3 paint participle vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 play our nom play «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 5 The sceptre had a huge diamond at the top.
det nsubj det amod obj case det obl punct root The DET sceptre NOUN had VERB a DET huge ADJ diamond NOUN at ADP the DET top NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sceptre det 2 sceptre sceptre NOUN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 diamond det 5 huge huge ADJ Degree=Pos 6 diamond amod 6 diamond diamond NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obj 7 at at ADP _ 9 top case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 top det 9 top top NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
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1 have past the sceptre a huge diamond the top vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diamond=Patient
Example 6 In the story, whoever held the magic sceptre ruled the land.
case det obl punct nsubj det amod nsubj ccomp det obj punct root In ADP the DET story NOUN , PUNCT whoever PRON held VERB the DET magic ADJ sceptre NOUN ruled VERB the DET land NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 story case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 story det 3 story story NOUN Number=Sing 6 held obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 story punct 5 whoever whoever PRON PronType=Rel 6 held nsubj 6 held hold VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 sceptre det 8 magic magic ADJ Degree=Pos 9 sceptre amod 9 sceptre sceptre NOUN Number=Sing 10 ruled nsubj 10 ruled rule VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 held ccomp 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 land det 12 land land NOUN Number=Sing 10 ruled obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 6 held punct
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1 hold past whoever the story vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 2 rule past the magic sceptre the land vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme
Example 7 In the one Omar had chosen lay a little gold crown and sceptre on a velvet cushion.
The tree, 17 words case det obl nsubj aux acl:relcl det amod compound obj cc conj case det compound obl punct root In ADP the DET one NOUN Omar PROPN had AUX chosen VERB lay VERB a DET little ADJ gold NOUN crown NOUN and CCONJ sceptre NOUN on ADP a DET velvet NOUN cushion NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 one case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 one det 3 one one NOUN Number=Sing 7 lay obl 4 Omar Omar PROPN Number=Sing 6 chosen nsubj 5 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 chosen aux 6 chosen choose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 3 one acl:relcl 7 lay lay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 crown det 9 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 11 crown amod 10 gold gold NOUN Number=Sing 11 crown compound 11 crown crown NOUN Number=Sing 7 lay obj 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 sceptre cc 13 sceptre sceptre NOUN Number=Sing 11 crown conj 14 on on ADP _ 17 cushion case 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 cushion det 16 velvet velvet NOUN Number=Sing 17 cushion compound 17 cushion cushion NOUN Number=Sing 7 lay obl 18 . . PUNCT _ 7 lay punct
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1 choose past · perfect Omar the one not said here vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme 2 lay present a little gold crown and sceptre a velvet cushion in the one vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent crown=Theme in one=Destination
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