sect

Who acts: people, sect, Members · What happens: share, split away, meet, pray, wear, keep · To what, where: strong beliefs, small group, small hall, plain grey clothes, sect, feasts

«sect» 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: sect in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A small group of people who share strong beliefs, often one that has split away from a larger religion.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 group	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 group	amod
3	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 split	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 people	case
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 group	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 share	nsubj
7	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 people	acl:relcl
8	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 beliefs	amod
9	beliefs	belief	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 share	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	12 one	advmod
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 split	nsubj:pass
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 split	nsubj:pass
14	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 split	aux
15	split	split	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
16	away	away	ADV	_	15 split	advmod
17	from	from	ADP	_	20 religion	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 religion	det
19	larger	large	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	20 religion	amod
20	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 split	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 split	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	people	strong beliefs					tree rules
2	split away	present · perfect · passive		a small group of people				from a larger religion; away property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from religion=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.

Example 1

The sect met in a small hall to pray.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sect	det
2	sect	sect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 met	nsubj
3	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 hall	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hall	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hall	amod
7	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 met	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 pray	mark
9	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 met	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 met	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past	the sect			a small hall			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pray	to-infinitive	the sect not said here						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Example 2

Members of the sect wore plain grey clothes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wore	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 sect	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sect	det
4	sect	sect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Members	nmod
5	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 clothes	amod
7	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 clothes	amod
8	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 wore	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	Members of the sect	plain grey clothes					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent clothes=Source

Example 3

The sect kept to itself and did not join the town's feasts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sect	det
2	sect	sect	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sect	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 itself	case
5	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 kept	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 join	cc
7	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 join	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 join	advmod
9	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 kept	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 town	det
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 feasts	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 town	case
13	feasts	feast	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 join	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	participle		the sect not said here	sect				vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not join	past · do-support		the town's feasts					vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Patient

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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