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title: unholy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unholy» in the school dictionary: Wicked or sinful, not holy. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unholy

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**Who acts:** witch, unholy racket, ghost · **What happens:** cast, be, wander · **To what, where:** unholy spell, grave

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Wicked or sinful, not holy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unholy:m1:1
# text = Wicked or sinful, not holy.
1	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	sinful	sinful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Very bad or great: «an unholy mess».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unholy:m2:1
# text = Very bad or great: «an unholy mess».
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	unholy	unholy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	mess	mess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The witch cast an unholy spell.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unholy:x1:1
# text = The witch cast an unholy spell.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cast	cast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	unholy	unholy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cast** | past | the witch | a unholy spell |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Product |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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There was an unholy racket in the kitchen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unholy:x2:1
# text = There was an unholy racket in the kitchen.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	unholy	unholy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	racket	racket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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 | **be** | past | a unholy racket in the kitchen |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The ghost wandered from its grave on unholy nights.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unholy:x3:1
# text = The ghost wandered from its grave on unholy nights.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ghost	ghost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wandered	wander	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	unholy	unholy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wander** | past | the ghost |  |  | ghost's grave | night |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from grave=Trajectory |

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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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