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title: sanctity — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sanctity» in the school dictionary: Holiness, the quality of being sacred and deserving great respect. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sanctity

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**Who acts:** She, her, Many people, life · **What happens:** be, deserve, respect, keep, vow, believe · **To what, where:** great respect, sanctity · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Holiness, the quality of being sacred and deserving great respect.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sanctity:m1:1
# text = Holiness, the quality of being sacred and deserving great respect.
1	Holiness	holiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	deserving	deserve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | sacred *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **deserve** | gerund |  | great respect |  |  |  |  | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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The sacred quality of something important, such as a promise or marriage.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sanctity:m2:1
# text = The sacred quality of something important, such as a promise or marriage.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	nmod	_	_
6	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The sanctity of the temple must be respected.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sanctity:x1:1
# text = The sanctity of the temple must be respected.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sanctity	sanctity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	respected	respect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respect** | must · passive |  | the sanctity of the temple |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She kept the sanctity of her marriage vows.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sanctity:x2:1
# text = She kept the sanctity of her marriage vows.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sanctity	sanctity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	vows	vow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | She | the sanctity of her marriage vows |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sanctity=Theme |
| 2 | **vow** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Many people believe that life has sanctity.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sanctity:x3:1
# text = Many people believe that life has sanctity.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	sanctity	sanctity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | Many people |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **have** | present | life | sanctity |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sanctity=Patient |

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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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