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title: impiety — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «impiety» in the school dictionary: Impiety is a lack of respect for the gods, or for holy and sacred things. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# impiety

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**Who acts:** Impiety · **What happens:** be, punish, anger · **To what, where:** lack, He, gods, serious crime, old stories

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Impiety is a lack of respect for the gods, or for holy and sacred things.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impiety:m1:1
# text = Impiety is a lack of respect for the gods, or for holy and sacred things.
1	Impiety	impiety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lack	lack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
16	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Impiety | a lack or holy things |  |  |  | of respect for the gods | 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He was punished for impiety.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impiety:x1:1
# text = He was punished for impiety.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	impiety	impiety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **punish** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | for impiety | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for impiety=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Their impiety angered the gods.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impiety:x2:1
# text = Their impiety angered the gods.
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	impiety	impiety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	angered	anger	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	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **anger** | past | Their impiety | the gods |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus god=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Impiety was a serious crime in the old stories.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:impiety:x3:1
# text = Impiety was a serious crime in the old stories.
1	Impiety	impiety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	crime	crime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Impiety | a serious crime |  | the old stories |  |  | 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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