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title: crozier — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «crozier» in the school dictionary: A crozier is a long staff with a curled top carried by a bishop or an abbot as a sign of office. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# crozier

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**Who acts:** crozier, abbot, bishop · **What happens:** be, curl, carry, sign, plant, lie · **To what, where:** long staff, curled top, office, crozier, ground, powerless hand

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A crozier is a long staff with a curled top carried by a bishop or an abbot as a sign of office.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crozier:m1:1
# text = A crozier is a long staff with a curled top carried by a bishop or an abbot as a sign of office.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crozier	crozier	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	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	curled	curl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	abbot	abbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 crozier | a long staff |  |  |  | with a curled top | tree rules |
| 2 | **curl** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **carry** | participle |  | a curled top *not said here* |  |  |  | by a bishop as a sign of office or a abbot | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **sign** |  |  | office |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=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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The abbot planted his crozier in the ground.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crozier:x1:1
# text = The abbot planted his crozier in the ground.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	abbot	abbot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	planted	plant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	crozier	crozier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ground	ground	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 | **plant** | past | the abbot | abbot's crozier |  | the ground |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent crozier=Theme in ground=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The crozier lay in the powerless hand.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crozier:x2:1
# text = The crozier lay in the powerless hand.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crozier	crozier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	powerless	powerless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hand	hand	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 | **lie** | past | the crozier |  |  | the powerless hand |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hand=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The bishop carried a golden crozier.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crozier:x3:1
# text = The bishop carried a golden crozier.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	crozier	crozier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | the bishop | a golden crozier |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crozier=Theme |

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