teaching

Who acts: Teaching, work, others, Baloo, you · What happens: be, show, explain, learn, pass on, give · To what, where: work, things, lesson, rule, someone, teachings

«teaching» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: teaching in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Teaching is the work of showing or explaining things so that others learn them.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 work	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 work	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 work	det
4	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 showing	mark
6	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 work	acl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 explaining	cc
8	explaining	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 showing	conj
9	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 explaining	obj
10	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 learn	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 so	fixed
12	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 learn	nsubj
13	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 explaining	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 learn	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Teaching	the work	tree rules
2	show	gerund	the work not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	explain speech: assert	gerund	the work not said here	things	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
4	learn	present	others	things = thing	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

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 teaching is a lesson, a belief or a rule passed on from someone wise.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 teaching	det
2	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lesson	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lesson	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lesson	det
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 belief	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 belief	det
8	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lesson	appos
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 rule	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rule	det
11	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 belief	conj
12	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 rule	acl
13	on	on	ADP	_	12 passed	compound:prt
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 someone	case
15	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 passed	obl
16	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 someone	amod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a teaching	a lesson					tree rules
2	pass on	participle		a rule not said here		someone			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from someone=Initial_Location

Example 1

Baloo gave his teachings to the cubs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Baloo	Baloo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 teachings	nmod:poss
4	teachings	teaching	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gave	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 cubs	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cubs	det
7	cubs	cub	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gave	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	Baloo	Baloo's teachings	the cubs				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent teaching=Theme to cub=Recipient
2	teach		Baloo						nom teaching «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The teaching of the Christian faith was spread far.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teaching	det
2	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spread	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 faith	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 faith	det
5	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 faith	amod
6	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 teaching	nmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 spread	aux:pass
8	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 spread	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 spread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	past · passive		the teaching of the Christian faith				far property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	teach			the Christian faith					nom teaching «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

Follow the teachings of your grandmother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teachings	det
3	teachings	teaching	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Follow	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 grandmother	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 grandmother	nmod:poss
6	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teachings	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Follow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	imperative	you not said here	the teachings of your grandmother					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teaching=Theme
2	teach			your grandmother					nom teaching «act transitive»: of=patient

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