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title: cultus — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «cultus» in the school dictionary: The worship of a god, with its rites and ceremonies. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# cultus

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**Who acts:** god, group, people, priests, Old books · **What happens:** worship, share, hold, honour, lead, describe · **To what, where:** such worship, cultus, ancient Greece, Apollo

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The worship of a god, with its rites and ceremonies.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cultus:m1:1
# text = The worship of a god, with its rites and ceremonies.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	worship	worship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	rites	rite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worship** |  | a god |  |  |  |  |  | nom worship «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 religious cult, or a group that shares such worship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cultus:m2:1
# text = A religious cult, or a group that shares such worship.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cult	cult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	shares	share	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	worship	worship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | a group | such worship |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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In ancient Greece people held a cultus to honour Apollo.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cultus:x1:1
# text = In ancient Greece people held a cultus to honour Apollo.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Greece	Greece	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cultus	cultus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	honour	honour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	Apollo	Apollo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | people | a cultus |  | ancient Greece |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cultus=Theme in greece=Location |
| 2 | **honour** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | Apollo |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The priests led the cultus with song.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cultus:x2:1
# text = The priests led the cultus with song.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cultus	cultus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	song	song	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 | **lead** | past | the priests | the cultus |  |  |  | with song | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cultus=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Old books describe the cultus of the sun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:cultus:x3:1
# text = Old books describe the cultus of the sun.
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	describe	describe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cultus	cultus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | Old books | the cultus of the sun. |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent cultus=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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