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title: maundy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «maundy» in the school dictionary: Maundy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter, when Christians remember the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples and how he washed their feet. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# maundy

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**Who acts:** Maundy Thursday, Christians, Jesus, Maundy money, British king, Maundy · **What happens:** be, remember, wash, give, do, serve · **To what, where:** Thursday, Last Supper, feet, special silver coins, older people, ceremony · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«maundy» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [maundy in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/maundy.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: church — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Maundy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter, when Christians remember the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples and how he washed their feet.

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maundy:m1:1
# text = Maundy Thursday is the Thursday before Easter, when Christians remember the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples and how he washed their feet.
1	Maundy	Maundy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	remember	remember	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Last	Last	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	_
14	Supper	Supper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	disciples	disciple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	23	advmod	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
24	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Maundy Thursday | the Thursday |  |  | before Easter |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remember** | present | Christians | the Last Supper of Jesus |  |  |  | with Jesus's disciples | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent supper=Theme |
| 3 | **wash** | past | Jesus | Christians's feet |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: UK — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Maundy money is special silver coins that the British king or queen gives to older people on Maundy Thursday.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maundy:m2:1
# text = Maundy money is special silver coins that the British king or queen gives to older people on Maundy Thursday.
1	Maundy	maundy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	amod	_	_
16	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	Maundy	Maundy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Maundy money | special silver coins |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | the British king or queen |  | older people on Maundy Thursday |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to people=Recipient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: church — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Maundy is the ceremony of washing people's feet, done to remember Jesus' example of serving others.

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maundy:m3:1
# text = The Maundy is the ceremony of washing people's feet, done to remember Jesus' example of serving others.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Maundy	Maundy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
15	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	serving	serve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	acl	_	_
20	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Maundy | the ceremony |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wash** | gerund | the ceremony *not said here* | people's feet |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient |
| 3 | **do** | participle |  | the ceremony *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **remember** | to-infinitive |  | Jesus's example |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent example=Theme |
| 5 | **serve** | gerund | Jesus's example *not said here* | others |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Attribute |
| 6 | **exemplify** |  | Jesus |  |  |  |  |  | nom example «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On Maundy Thursday we remember the Last Supper.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maundy:x1:1
# text = On Maundy Thursday we remember the Last Supper.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Maundy	Maundy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	remember	remember	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Last	Last	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
8	Supper	Supper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | present | we | the Last Supper |  |  | thursday |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent supper=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The priest washed people's feet at the Maundy service.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maundy:x2:1
# text = The priest washed people's feet at the Maundy service.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Maundy	Maundy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | past | the priest | people's feet |  | the Maundy service |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Maundy Thursday comes just before Good Friday.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maundy:x3:1
# text = Maundy Thursday comes just before Good Friday.
1	Maundy	Maundy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Good	Good	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	flat	_	_
7	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Maundy Thursday |  |  |  | friday |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The king gave Maundy money to elderly people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maundy:x4:1
# text = The king gave Maundy money to elderly people.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Maundy	Maundy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	elderly	elderly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the king | Maundy money | elderly people |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to people=Recipient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jesus washed his disciples' feet to show they must serve one another.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maundy:x5:1
# text = Jesus washed his disciples' feet to show they must serve one another.
1	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	disciples	disciple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	obj	_	_
13	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | past | Jesus | Jesus's disciples's feet |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | Jesus *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **serve** | must | feet *= foot* | one |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Attribute |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Holy Week includes Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:maundy:x6:1
# text = Holy Week includes Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
1	Holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	Week	Week	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	includes	include	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Palm	Palm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	Maundy	Maundy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	Good	Good	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
11	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **include** | present | Holy Week | Palm and Good Friday and Easter Sunday |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palm=Theme |

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