secularism

Who acts: way, France, secularism, government, people, others · What happens: keep, live, think, not base, have, rule · To what, where: belief, government, that, way, religion, strong rules · Speech: someone speaks here

«secularism» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: secularism in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The belief that religion should be kept separate from government, public schools and laws.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 belief	det
2	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 religion	mark
4	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 belief	acl
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 kept	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 kept	aux:pass
7	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kept	xcomp
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 government	case
10	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 kept	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 schools	punct
12	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 schools	amod
13	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 government	appos
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 laws	cc
15	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 schools	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	should · passive		the belief		government		separate property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from government=Eventuality

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

A way of living or thinking that is not based on religion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 way	det
2	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 based	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 living	mark
4	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 way	acl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 thinking	cc
6	thinking	think	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 living	conj
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 thinking	obj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 based	aux:pass
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 based	advmod
10	based	base	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 religion	case
12	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 based	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 based	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	live	gerund	a way not said here			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	think speech: other	gerund	a way not said here	that		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme
3	not base	present · passive		a way	religion	vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme on religion=Source

Example 1

France has strong rules of secularism in its schools.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rules	amod
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 secularism	case
6	secularism	secularism	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rules	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 schools	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 schools	nmod:poss
9	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 secularism	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	France	strong rules of secularism in secularism's schools					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient
2	rule		secularism in secularism's schools						nom rule «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

Secularism means the government does not favour any religion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Secularism	secularism	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 government	det
4	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 favour	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 favour	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 favour	advmod
7	favour	favour	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 religion	det
9	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 favour	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Secularism						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not favour	present · do-support	the government	any religion					tree rules

Example 3

Some people support secularism; others want religion in public life.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 support	nsubj
3	support	support	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	secularism	secularism	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 support	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 want	punct
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 want	nsubj
7	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 support	conj
8	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 want	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 life	case
10	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 life	amod
11	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 want	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 support	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	support	present	some people	secularism					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer secularism=Stimulus
2	want	present	others	religion		public life			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot religion=Theme

Example 4

The USA's founders wrote secularism into the constitution by separating church and state.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 USA	det
2	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 founders	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 USA	case
4	founders	founder	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wrote	nsubj
5	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	secularism	secularism	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrote	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 constitution	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 constitution	det
9	constitution	constitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrote	obl
10	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 separating	mark
11	separating	separate	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 wrote	advcl
12	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 separating	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 state	cc
14	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 church	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wrote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	the USA's founders	secularism		the constitution			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secularism=Theme
2	separate	gerund	the USA's founders not said here	church and state					vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Patient

Example 5

Secularism does not mean being against religion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Secularism	secularism	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 mean	advmod
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 mean	xcomp
6	against	against	ADP	_	7 religion	case
7	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 being	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mean	present · do-support	Secularism						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Our class debated secularism in schools.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 class	nmod:poss
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 debated	nsubj
3	debated	debate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	secularism	secularism	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 debated	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 schools	case
6	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 secularism	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 debated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	debate	participle	Our class	secularism		schools			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secularism=Co-Agent

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