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title: anathema — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «anathema» in the school dictionary: Anathema is something or someone that people strongly hate and want to avoid. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# anathema

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**Who acts:** Anathema, people, Lies, dispute · **What happens:** be, hate, want, avoid, put, become · **To what, where:** something, curse, anathema, old tale, Cruelty anathema

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«anathema» 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: [anathema in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/anathema.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Anathema is something or someone that people strongly hate and want to avoid.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anathema:m1:1
# text = Anathema is something or someone that people strongly hate and want to avoid.
1	Anathema	anathema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	conj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	hate	hate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Anathema | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hate** | present | people |  |  |  |  | strongly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
| 3 | **want** | present | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **avoid** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#m2}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A curse put on a person by a church or a leader.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anathema:m2:1
# text = A curse put on a person by a church or a leader.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | participle |  | a curse *not said here* |  |  |  | on a person; by a church or a leader | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on person=Destination |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Lies were anathema to the honest king.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anathema:x1:1
# text = Lies were anathema to the honest king.
1	Lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	anathema	anathema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Lies | anathema |  |  |  | to the honest king | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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In the old tale, the dispute became an anathema.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anathema:x2:1
# text = In the old tale, the dispute became an anathema.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dispute	dispute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	anathema	anathema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | the dispute | a anathema |  |  |  | in the old tale *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in tale=Result |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Cruelty is anathema to kind people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:anathema:x3:1
# text = Cruelty is anathema to kind people.
1	Cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	anathema	anathema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Cruelty anathema |  |  |  | to kind people | tree rules |

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**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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