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title: parsi — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «parsi» in the school dictionary: A member of a community in India whose ancestors came from Persia (Iran) over a thousand years ago and who follow the Zoroastrian religion. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# parsi

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**Who acts:** member, Parsee, hat, Parsis, Parsi community, family · **What happens:** come, follow, belong, have, shine, fill · **To what, where:** Persia, Zoroastrian religion, hat, sun., skin, Zoroastrian faith

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: a name of a people — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A member of a community in India whose ancestors came from Persia (Iran) over a thousand years ago and who follow the Zoroastrian religion.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parsi:m1:1
# text = A member of a community in India whose ancestors came from Persia (Iran) over a thousand years ago and who follow the Zoroastrian religion.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Persia	Persia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Iran	Iran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	14	punct	_	_
16	over	over	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl:unmarked	_	_
20	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	23	nsubj	_	_
23	follow	follow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	Zoroastrian	zoroastrian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | a member of a community in India |  |  | Persia |  | ago *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from persia=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **follow** | present |  | the Zoroastrian religion |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent religion=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}

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Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Belonging to this community.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parsi:m2:1
# text = Belonging to this community.
1	Belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to this community | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Parsee in the Just So Story had a hat that shone in the sun.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parsi:x1:1
# text = The Parsee in the Just So Story had a hat that shone in the sun.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Parsee	Parsee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Just	Just	PROPN	NNP	_	2	nmod	_	_
6	So	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	Story	Story	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	shone	shine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the Parsee in the Just | a hat |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Patient |
| 2 | **shine** | past | a hat |  |  | the sun. |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun.=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Parsee filled the Rhinoceros's skin with cake crumbs.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parsi:x2:1
# text = The Parsee filled the Rhinoceros's skin with cake crumbs.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Parsee	Parsee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	filled	fill	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	Rhinoceros	Rhinoceros	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past | the Parsee | the Rhinoceros's skin |  |  |  | with cake crumbs | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent skin=Patient with crumb=Instrument |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Parsis follow the Zoroastrian faith.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parsi:x3:1
# text = Parsis follow the Zoroastrian faith.
1	Parsis	parsi	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	follow	follow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Zoroastrian	zoroastrian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present | Parsis | the Zoroastrian faith |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The Parsi community lives mostly in Mumbai.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parsi:x4:1
# text = The Parsi community lives mostly in Mumbai.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Parsi	parsi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Mumbai	Mumbai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | the Parsi community |  |  | Mumbai |  | mostly *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mumbai=Location |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Freddie Mercury's family were Parsis.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parsi:x5:1
# text = Freddie Mercury's family were Parsis.
1	Freddie	Freddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Mercury	Mercury	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	Parsis	Parsis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Freddie's family | Parsis |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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A sacred fire burns in the Parsi temple.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:parsi:x6:1
# text = A sacred fire burns in the Parsi temple.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Parsi	Parsi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | present | a sacred fire |  |  | the Parsi temple |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in temple=Location |

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