taboo

Who acts: taboo, that, It, Speaking, king · What happens: be, say, not do, touch, mean, forbid · To what, where: rule, something, taboo, name, tree · Speech: someone speaks here

«taboo» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings 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: taboo in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A taboo is a rule of a group that says something must not be done, touched or said.

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 taboo	det
2	taboo	taboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rule	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rule	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rule	det
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 group	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 group	det
8	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rule	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 says	nsubj
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rule	parataxis
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 done	nsubj
12	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 done	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 done	advmod
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 done	aux:pass
15	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 says	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 touched	punct
17	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 done	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 said	cc
19	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 done	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 rule	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a taboo	a rule	of a group	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	that			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not do	must · passive		something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
4	touch	participle				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	say speech: assert	participle				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Taboo means forbidden by such a rule.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Taboo	taboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 rule	case
5	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	7 rule	det:predet
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rule	det
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forbidden	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Taboo						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	forbid	participle						by such rule	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

Meaning 3

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To taboo something is to forbid it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 taboo	mark
2	taboo	taboo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 forbid	advcl
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 taboo	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 forbid	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 forbid	mark
6	forbid	forbid	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 forbid	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 forbid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taboo	to-infinitive		something					tree rules
2	is	present						forbid property	tree rules

Example 1

It is taboo to eat alone there.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 taboo	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 taboo	cop
3	taboo	taboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 eat	mark
5	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 taboo	acl
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 eat	advmod
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 eat	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 taboo	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	taboo					tree rules
2	eat	to-infinitive				there		alone property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

Speaking the king's name was taboo.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Speaking	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 taboo	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 name	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 king	case
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Speaking	obj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 taboo	cop
7	taboo	taboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 taboo	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	speak speech: other	gerund		the king's name	tree rules
2	is a	past	Speaking	taboo	tree rules
3	name		the king		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The people taboo that tree and never cut it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 taboo	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 taboo	compound
3	taboo	taboo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taboo	nmod:unmarked
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cut	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 cut	advmod
8	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 taboo	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cut	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 taboo	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cut	infinitive		tree					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

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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