sepulchre
Who acts: sepulchre, he · What happens: be, grave, cut, build, hold, dig · To what, where: stone tomb, dead body, knight, old sepulchre, stone box, sepulchre
«sepulchre» 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: sepulchre in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A sepulchre is a stone tomb or grave cut into rock or built to hold a dead body.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sepulchre | det |
| 2 | sepulchre | sepulchre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tomb | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tomb | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tomb | det |
| 5 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tomb | compound |
| 6 | tomb | tomb | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 grave | cc |
| 8 | grave | grave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 tomb | conj |
| 9 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 grave | xcomp |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 rock | case |
| 11 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cut | obl |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 built | cc |
| 13 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 cut | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 hold | mark |
| 15 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 built | advcl |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 body | det |
| 17 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 body | amod |
| 18 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 hold | obj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 tomb | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a sepulchre | a stone tomb | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grave | present | a sepulchre not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | cut | participle | a sepulchre not said here | into rock | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent into rock=Patient | ||||
| 4 | build | participle | a sepulchre not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 5 | hold | to-infinitive | a sepulchre not said here | a dead body | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Theme |
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 knight dug beside the old sepulchre.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 knight | det |
| 2 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | dug | dig | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 knight | acl |
| 4 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 7 sepulchre | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sepulchre | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sepulchre | amod |
| 7 | sepulchre | sepulchre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dug | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 knight | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | participle | the knight not said here | the old sepulchre | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent beside sepulchre=Location |
Example 2
Inside the sepulchre lay a stone box.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inside | inside | ADP | _ | 3 sepulchre | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sepulchre | det |
| 3 | sepulchre | sepulchre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lay | obl |
| 4 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 box | det |
| 6 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 box | compound |
| 7 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lay | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past | a stone box | the sepulchre | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location box=Theme |
Example 3
Beneath the sepulchre he found a trap-door.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 3 sepulchre | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sepulchre | det |
| 3 | sepulchre | sepulchre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 found | obl |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 found | nsubj |
| 5 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 door | det |
| 7 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 door | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 trap | punct |
| 9 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 found | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | he | a trap door | beneath the sepulchre | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Topic |
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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