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title: eden — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «eden» in the school dictionary: The Garden of Eden was the beautiful garden where, in Genesis, God put the first people, Adam and Eve, before they disobeyed by eating the forbidden fruit and had to leave. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# eden

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**Who acts:** Garden, Genesis, Eden, God, serpent, Adam · **What happens:** be, put, disobey, eat, have, leave · **To what, where:** beautiful garden, first people, forbidden fruit, beautiful peaceful place, Adam, Garden

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«eden» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [eden in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/eden.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: Bible — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Garden of Eden was the beautiful garden where, in Genesis, God put the first people, Adam and Eve, before they disobeyed by eating the forbidden fruit and had to leave.

<!-- fold The tree, 31 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eden:m1:1
# text = The Garden of Eden was the beautiful garden where, in Genesis, God put the first people, Adam and Eve, before they disobeyed by eating the forbidden fruit and had to leave.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Garden	Garden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Eden	Eden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Genesis	Genesis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	18	amod	_	_
18	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	Adam	Adam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	Eve	Eve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
25	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	disobeyed	disobey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
27	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
28	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	26	advcl	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	forbidden	forbidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Garden of Eden | the beautiful garden |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **put** | past | Genesis and God |  | the first people |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent people=Goal |
| 3 | **disobey** | past | Genesis |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **eat** | gerund | Genesis *not said here* | the forbidden fruit |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient |
| 5 | **have** | past | Genesis and God *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **leave** | to-infinitive | Genesis and God *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An Eden is any very beautiful, peaceful place, like a paradise.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eden:m2:1
# text = An Eden is any very beautiful, peaceful place, like a paradise.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Eden	Eden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	paradise	paradise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a Eden | any beautiful peaceful place and a paradise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eden:x1:1
# text = God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
1	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	placed	place	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Adam	Adam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Eve	Eve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Garden	Garden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Eden	Eden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | past | God | Adam and Eve |  | the Garden of Eden |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent adam=Theme in garden=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The serpent tempted Eve in Eden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eden:x2:1
# text = The serpent tempted Eve in Eden.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tempted	tempt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Eve	Eve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Eden	Eden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tempt** | past | the serpent |  | Eve | Eden |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eve=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
After eating the fruit, Adam and Eve had to leave Eden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eden:x3:1
# text = After eating the fruit, Adam and Eve had to leave Eden.
1	After	after	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	Adam	Adam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Eve	Eve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	Eden	Eden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund | Adam and Eve *not said here* | the fruit |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | past | Adam and Eve |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **leave** | to-infinitive | Adam and Eve *not said here* | Eden |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eden=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nan's garden in summer is a little Eden.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eden:x4:1
# text = Nan's garden in summer is a little Eden.
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Eden	Eden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Nan's garden in summer | a little Eden |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We visited the Eden Project and its rainforest dome.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eden:x5:1
# text = We visited the Eden Project and its rainforest dome.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	visited	visit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Eden	Eden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Project	Project	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	rainforest	rainforest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	dome	dome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | past | We | the Eden Project and its rainforest dome |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent project=Co-Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The island looked like an Eden of palm trees and blue sea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eden:x6:1
# text = The island looked like an Eden of palm trees and blue sea.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Eden	Eden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	palm	palm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the island |  |  |  |  | like a Eden; of palm trees and blue sea | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent of tree=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The garden was a very Eden, with running water amongst its lawns, with flowers and the lament of doves and the jug-jug of nightingales.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:eden:x7:1
# text = The garden was a very Eden, with running water amongst its lawns, with flowers and the lament of doves and the jug-jug of nightingales.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	Eden	Eden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
10	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	amongst	amongst	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	lawns	lawn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	lament	lament	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	doves	dove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
24	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	jug	jug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	nightingales	nightingale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the garden | a Eden |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | gerund | a Eden *not said here* | water |  | garden's lawns and flowers and the lament of doves and the jug jug of nightingales |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent water=Theme amongst lawn=Trajectory |
| 3 | **lament** |  |  | doves |  |  |  |  | nom lament «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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