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title: consecration — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «consecration» in the school dictionary: Consecration is the act of making something holy by a religious ceremony. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# consecration

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**Who acts:** Consecration, act, bishop, bread, ceremony · **What happens:** be, make, lead, consecrate, take · **To what, where:** act, something, consecration, new church, place

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Consecration is the act of making something holy by a religious ceremony.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:consecration:m1:1
# text = Consecration is the act of making something holy by a religious ceremony.
1	Consecration	consecration	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	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	_
8	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Consecration | the act |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | the act *not said here* | something |  |  |  | by a religious ceremony | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset something=Product |

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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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The bishop led the consecration of the new church.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:consecration:x1:1
# text = The bishop led the consecration of the new church.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	consecration	consecration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | the bishop | the consecration of the new church |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consecration=Theme |
| 2 | **consecrate** |  |  | the new church |  |  |  |  | nom consecration «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The bread was ordinary until its consecration.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:consecration:x2:1
# text = The bread was ordinary until its consecration.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	until	until	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	consecration	consecration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	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** | past | the bread |  |  |  | until bread's consecration | ordinary *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **consecrate** |  | bread |  |  |  |  |  | nom consecration «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The ceremony of consecration took place at dawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:consecration:x3:1
# text = The ceremony of consecration took place at dawn.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	consecration	consecration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the ceremony of consecration | place |  |  | dawn |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |

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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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