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title: nicene — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nicene» in the school dictionary: Nicene describes something connected with Nicaea, an ancient city in what is now Turkey, where Christian leaders met in a great council. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# nicene

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**Who acts:** Nicene, Christian leaders, Nicene Creed, Christians, many churches, whole church · **What happens:** describe, connect, be, meet, believe, say · **To what, where:** something, Turkey, great council, short statement, Creed, services · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«nicene» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [nicene in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nicene.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: church — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nicene describes something connected with Nicaea, an ancient city in what is now Turkey, where Christian leaders met in a great council.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nicene:m1:1
# text = Nicene describes something connected with Nicaea, an ancient city in what is now Turkey, where Christian leaders met in a great council.
1	Nicene	Nicene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	connected	connect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Nicaea	Nicaea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nmod	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	Turkey	Turkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	20	advmod	_	_
18	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	leaders	leader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
20	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | Nicene | something |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
| 2 | **connect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with Nicaea | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient with nicaea=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | Turkey |  |  | now |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **meet** | past | Christian leaders |  |  | a great council |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Nicene Creed is a short statement of what Christians believe about God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit; many churches say it together at services.

<!-- fold The tree, 28 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nicene:m2:1
# text = The Nicene Creed is a short statement of what Christians believe about God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit; many churches say it together at services.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Nicene	Nicene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
3	Creed	Creed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nmod	_	_
10	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
18	Christ	Christ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	flat	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	Holy	Holy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	flat	_	_
22	Spirit	Spirit	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
24	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	_
26	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
27	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	_
28	together	together	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
29	at	at	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the Nicene Creed | a short statement |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **believe** | present | Christians |  |  |  |  | about God and the Holy Spirit | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | many churches | Creed |  | services |  | together *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On Sunday the whole church stood to say the Nicene Creed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nicene:x1:1
# text = On Sunday the whole church stood to say the Nicene Creed.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Nicene	Nicene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
11	Creed	Creed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | the whole church |  |  |  | sunday |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the whole church *not said here* | the Nicene Creed |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent creed=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Nicene Creed begins, "We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty."

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nicene:x2:1
# text = The Nicene Creed begins, "We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Nicene	Nicene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
3	Creed	Creed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	begins	begin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Almighty	almighty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | present | the Nicene Creed |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **believe** *in a quote* | present | We |  |  |  |  | in one God and the Father | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our RE teacher explained that the Nicene Creed was agreed by a council of bishops.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nicene:x3:1
# text = Our RE teacher explained that the Nicene Creed was agreed by a council of bishops.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	RE	re	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	explained	explain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Nicene	Nicene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
8	Creed	Creed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	agreed	agree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	ccomp	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	bishops	bishop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | Our teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past · passive | a council of bishops | the Nicene Creed |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Christians believe what the Nicene Creed says about the Trinity.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nicene:x4:1
# text = Christians believe what the Nicene Creed says about the Trinity.
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Nicene	Nicene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
6	Creed	Creed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Trinity	Trinity	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Nicene Creed |  |  |  |  | about the Trinity | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many churches around the world use the Nicene Creed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nicene:x5:1
# text = Many churches around the world use the Nicene Creed.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	around	around	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Nicene	Nicene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
9	Creed	Creed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Many churches around the world | the Nicene Creed |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creed=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandma knows the Nicene Creed by heart.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nicene:x6:1
# text = Grandma knows the Nicene Creed by heart.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Nicene	Nicene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
5	Creed	Creed	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | Grandma | the Nicene Creed |  |  |  | by heart | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer creed=Stimulus |

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