shrine
Who acts: shrine, people, We, hermit · What happens: be, go, pray, honour, visit, live · To what, where: holy place, saint, shrine, small shrine, flowers
«shrine» 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: shrine in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A shrine is a holy place, often a small chapel or a tomb, where people go to pray or to honour a saint or god.
The tree, 25 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 shrine | det |
| 2 | shrine | shrine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 place | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 place | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 place | det |
| 5 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 place | amod |
| 6 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 chapel | punct |
| 8 | often | often | ADV | _ | 11 chapel | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 chapel | det |
| 10 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 chapel | amod |
| 11 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 place | appos |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 tomb | cc |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 tomb | det |
| 14 | tomb | tomb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 chapel | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 go | punct |
| 16 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 18 go | advmod |
| 17 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 go | nsubj |
| 18 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 place | conj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 pray | mark |
| 20 | pray | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 go | xcomp |
| 21 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 23 honour | cc |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 honour | mark |
| 23 | honour | honour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 pray | conj |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 saint | det |
| 25 | saint | saint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 honour | obj |
| 26 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 27 god | cc |
| 27 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 saint | conj |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 place | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a shrine | a holy place | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | present | people | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | pray | to-infinitive | people not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 4 | honour | to-infinitive | people not said here | a saint or god | tree rules |
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
We visited the shrine to pray.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 visited | nsubj |
| 2 | visited | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shrine | det |
| 4 | shrine | shrine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 visited | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 pray | mark |
| 6 | pray | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 shrine | acl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 visited | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | visit | past | We | the shrine | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shrine=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | pray | to-infinitive | We not said here | the shrine not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Example 2
The hermit lived near a small shrine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hermit | det |
| 2 | hermit | hermit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | nsubj |
| 3 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | near | near | ADP | _ | 7 shrine | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shrine | det |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shrine | amod |
| 7 | shrine | shrine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lived | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | the hermit | a small shrine | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near shrine=Location |
Example 3
People left flowers at the shrine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 left | nsubj |
| 2 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 left | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 shrine | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shrine | det |
| 6 | shrine | shrine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 left | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 left | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | People | flowers | the shrine | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent flower=Theme at shrine=Location |
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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