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title: cloister — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cloister» in the school dictionary: A cloister is a covered walk with arches around an open square inside a church or monastery. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cloister

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**Who acts:** cloister, monks, This, He · **What happens:** be, live, arch, cover, go, pray · **To what, where:** covered walk, place, world, cloister, arched cloisters

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«cloister» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: [cloister in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cloister.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A cloister is a covered walk with arches around an open square inside a church or monastery.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cloister:m1:1
# text = A cloister is a covered walk with arches around an open square inside a church or monastery.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cloister	cloister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	covered	covered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	arches	arch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	around	around	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	monastery	monastery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 cloister | a covered walk |  |  |  | with arches around a open square inside a church or monastery | tree rules |

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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 cloister is a place where monks or nuns live apart from the world.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cloister:m2:1
# text = A cloister is a place where monks or nuns live apart from the world.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cloister	cloister	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	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
7	monks	monk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	nuns	nun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 cloister | a place |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | present | monks or nuns |  |  | the world |  | apart *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This was the cloister of the nuns.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cloister:x1:1
# text = This was the cloister of the nuns.
1	This	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	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	cloister	cloister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nuns	nun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | This | the cloister |  |  |  | of the nuns | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The arched cloisters were covered with sand.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cloister:x2:1
# text = The arched cloisters were covered with sand.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	arched	arch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	cloisters	cloister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arch** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cover** | past · passive |  | the arched cloisters |  |  |  | with sand | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with sand=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He went into the cloister to pray and study.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cloister:x3:1
# text = He went into the cloister to pray and study.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cloister	cloister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	study	study	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | He |  |  | the cloister |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into cloister=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **pray** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **study** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Some monks walked slowly round the cloister.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cloister:x4:1
# text = Some monks walked slowly round the cloister.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	monks	monk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cloister	cloister	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 | **walk** | past | some monks |  |  | the cloister |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round cloister=Trajectory |

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