vocation

Who acts: vocation, work, person, He, goddess · What happens: be, call, teach, read, feel, help · To what, where: work, person, children, vocation, sick · Speech: someone speaks here

«vocation» 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: vocation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A vocation is the work or calling that a person feels is right for them, such as teaching or healing.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 vocation	det
2	vocation	vocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 work	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 work	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 work	det
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 calling	cc
7	calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 work	acl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 right	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 right	nsubj
11	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 person	cop
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 right	cop
13	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 calling	xcomp
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 right	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 teaching	punct
17	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	19 teaching	case
18	as	as	ADP	_	17 such	fixed
19	teaching	teaching	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 right	parataxis
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 healing	cc
21	healing	healing	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 teaching	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a vocation	the work		tree rules
2	call	gerund	the work not said here			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present		a person		tree rules
4	is	present	a person		for them = they; right property	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

Her vocation was teaching children to read.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 vocation	nmod:poss
2	vocation	vocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 teaching	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 teaching	aux
4	teaching	teach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 teaching	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 read	mark
7	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 teaching	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 teaching	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past · progressive	Her vocation		children				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent child=Recipient clause=Topic
2	read	to-infinitive	Her vocation not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

He felt a vocation to help the sick.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 vocation	det
4	vocation	vocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 help	mark
6	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 felt	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sick	det
8	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 help	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He	a vocation					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vocation=Theme
2	help	to-infinitive	He not said here	the sick					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sick=Beneficiary

Example 3

The goddess had a vocation as protector of married women.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goddess	det
2	goddess	goddess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 vocation	det
5	vocation	vocation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 protector	case
7	protector	protector	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 women	case
9	married	married	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 women	amod
10	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 protector	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the goddess	a vocation				as protector of married women	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vocation=Patient

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