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title: nunnery — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nunnery» in the school dictionary: A building where nuns live together, away from the world, to pray and work. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# nunnery

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**Who acts:** building, nuns, nunnery, girls · **What happens:** live together, pray, work, live, stand, go · **To what, where:** nunnery, old temple

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A building where nuns live together, away from the world, to pray and work.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nunnery:m1:1
# text = A building where nuns live together, away from the world, to pray and work.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
4	nuns	nun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	pray	pray	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	work	work	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live together** | present | a building |  |  |  |  | away, together *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pray** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **work** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The nuns lived quietly in the nunnery.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nunnery:x1:1
# text = The nuns lived quietly in the nunnery.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nuns	nun	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nunnery	nunnery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the nuns |  |  | the nunnery |  | quietly *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nunnery=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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A nunnery stood beside the old temple.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nunnery:x2:1
# text = A nunnery stood beside the old temple.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nunnery	nunnery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	beside	beside	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	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | a nunnery |  |  | the old temple |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside temple=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Some girls went to the nunnery to learn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nunnery:x3:1
# text = Some girls went to the nunnery to learn.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	girls	girl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nunnery	nunnery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | some girls |  |  | the nunnery |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to nunnery=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **learn** | to-infinitive | some girls *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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