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title: ecclesiastic — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ecclesiastic» in the school dictionary: An ecclesiastic is a person in the church, such as a priest or monk. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ecclesiastic

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**Who acts:** ecclesiastic, ecclesiastic building · **What happens:** be, mean, do, bless · **To what, where:** person, church, new church · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An ecclesiastic is a person in the church, such as a priest or monk.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ecclesiastic:m1:1
# text = An ecclesiastic is a person in the church, such as a priest or monk.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ecclesiastic	ecclesiastic	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	13	case	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 ecclesiastic | a person and a priest or monk |  | the church |  |  | 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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Ecclesiastic means to do with the church (formal).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ecclesiastic:m2:1
# text = Ecclesiastic means to do with the church (formal).
1	Ecclesiastic	ecclesiastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Ecclesiastic |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with the church | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The ecclesiastic blessed the new church.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ecclesiastic:x1:1
# text = The ecclesiastic blessed the new church.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ecclesiastic	ecclesiastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blessed	bless	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	church	church	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 | **bless** | past | the ecclesiastic | the new church |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The ecclesiastic read from the old book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ecclesiastic:x2:1
# text = The ecclesiastic read from the old book.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ecclesiastic	ecclesiastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	read	read	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The ecclesiastic building was very tall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ecclesiastic:x3:1
# text = The ecclesiastic building was very tall.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ecclesiastic	ecclesiastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the ecclesiastic building |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | tree rules |

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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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