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title: celibacy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «celibacy» in the school dictionary: Celibacy is the state of not marrying and not having a husband or wife, often by choice and often for religious reasons. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# celibacy

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**Who acts:** Celibacy, state, She, priests, goddess · **What happens:** be, not marry, not have, vow, choose, remain · **To what, where:** state, husband, patroness, life, maiden life

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Celibacy is the state of not marrying and not having a husband or wife, often by choice and often for religious reasons.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celibacy:m1:1
# text = Celibacy is the state of not marrying and not having a husband or wife, often by choice and often for religious reasons.
1	Celibacy	celibacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	marrying	marry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	often	often	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	parataxis	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
20	often	often	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Celibacy | the state |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **marry** | gerund | the state *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **have** | gerund | the state *not said here* | a husband or wife |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Patient |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She was the patroness of those vowed to celibacy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celibacy:x1:1
# text = She was the patroness of those vowed to celibacy.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	patroness	patroness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	nmod	_	_
7	vowed	vow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	celibacy	celibacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | She | the patroness |  |  |  | of those | tree rules |
| 2 | **vow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to celibacy | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Some priests chose a life of celibacy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celibacy:x2:1
# text = Some priests chose a life of celibacy.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	celibacy	celibacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **choose** | past | some priests | a life of celibacy |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The goddess remained a maiden all her life.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:celibacy:x3:1
# text = The goddess remained a maiden all her life.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	maiden	maiden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | past | the goddess | goddess's maiden life |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme life=Attribute |

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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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