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title: sepulchre — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «sepulchre» in the school dictionary: A sepulchre is a stone tomb or grave cut into rock or built to hold a dead body. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# sepulchre

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**Who acts:** sepulchre, he · **What happens:** be, grave, cut, build, hold, dig · **To what, where:** stone tomb, dead body, knight, old sepulchre, stone box, sepulchre

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A sepulchre is a stone tomb or grave cut into rock or built to hold a dead body.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sepulchre:m1:1
# text = A sepulchre is a stone tomb or grave cut into rock or built to hold a dead body.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sepulchre	sepulchre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	tomb	tomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	grave	grave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a sepulchre | a stone tomb |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grave** | present | a sepulchre *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cut** | participle | a sepulchre *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into rock | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent into rock=Patient |
| 4 | **build** | participle | a sepulchre *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 5 | **hold** | to-infinitive | a sepulchre *not said here* | a dead body |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The knight dug beside the old sepulchre.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sepulchre:x1:1
# text = The knight dug beside the old sepulchre.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	dug	dig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
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	sepulchre	sepulchre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | participle |  | the knight *not said here* |  | the old sepulchre |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent beside sepulchre=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Inside the sepulchre lay a stone box.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sepulchre:x2:1
# text = Inside the sepulchre lay a stone box.
1	Inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sepulchre	sepulchre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past |  | a stone box |  | the sepulchre |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location box=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Beneath the sepulchre he found a trap-door.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:sepulchre:x3:1
# text = Beneath the sepulchre he found a trap-door.
1	Beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sepulchre	sepulchre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | he | a trap door |  |  |  | beneath the sepulchre | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Topic |

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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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