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title: canon — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «canon» in the school dictionary: A canon is a priest who belongs to the staff of a large church, called a cathedral. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# canon

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**Who acts:** canon, priest, large church, daughters · **What happens:** be, belong, call, accept, live, read · **To what, where:** priest, cathedral, old word, fine new house, big book · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A canon is a priest who belongs to the staff of a large church, called a cathedral.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:canon:m1:1
# text = A canon is a priest who belongs to the staff of a large church, called a cathedral.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	canon	canon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	cathedral	cathedral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a canon | a priest |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **belong** | present | a priest |  |  |  |  | to the staff of a large church | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **call** | participle | a large church *not said here* | a cathedral |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cathedral=Recipient |

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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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A canon is an old word for a church rule or an accepted standard.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:canon:m2:1
# text = A canon is an old word for a church rule or an accepted standard.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	canon	canon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	accepted	accept	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	standard	standard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a canon | a old word |  |  |  | for a church rule or a accepted standard | tree rules |
| 2 | **accept** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The canon lived in a fine new house.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:canon:x1:1
# text = The canon lived in a fine new house.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	canon	Canon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the canon |  |  | a fine new house |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The canon read from his big book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:canon:x2:1
# text = The canon read from his big book.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	canon	canon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | the canon |  |  | canon's big book |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from book=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The canon's daughters sat by the bay window.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:canon:x3:1
# text = The canon's daughters sat by the bay window.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	canon	Canon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bay	bay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the canon's daughters |  |  |  |  | by the bay window | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by window=Location |

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