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title: followers — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «followers» in the Judaism dictionary: Followers are people who support, believe in or copy a leader, team or idea. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# followers

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**Who acts:** Followers, people, media followers, animals, singer, Ducklings · **What happens:** be, support, believe, copy, choose, see · **To what, where:** people, leader, posts, millions, town, good followers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«followers» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [followers in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/followers.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Followers are people who support, believe in or copy a leader, team or idea.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:followers:m1:1
# text = Followers are people who support, believe in or copy a leader, team or idea.
1	Followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	support	support	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Followers | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **support** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **believe** | present | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **copy** | infinitive |  | a leader and team or idea |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leader=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On social media, followers are the people who choose to see your posts.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:followers:m2:1
# text = On social media, followers are the people who choose to see your posts.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	media	media	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	choose	choose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | media followers | the people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **choose** | present | the people |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | the people *not said here* | your posts |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer post=Stimulus |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
People or animals that come after or go after someone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:followers:m3:1
# text = People or animals that come after or go after someone.
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	after	after	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | animals |  |  |  |  | after *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | animals *not said here* |  |  |  | after someone |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The singer has millions of followers online.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:followers:x1:1
# text = The singer has millions of followers online.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	online	online	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the singer | millions of followers |  |  |  | online *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent million=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The leader's followers marched through the town.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:followers:x2:1
# text = The leader's followers marched through the town.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	marched	march	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march** | past | the leader's followers |  |  | the town |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through town=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ducklings are good followers of their mother.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:followers:x3:1
# text = Ducklings are good followers of their mother.
1	Ducklings	duckling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ducklings | good followers |  |  |  | of Ducklings's mother | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Be careful what you post — strangers may be followers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:followers:x4:1
# text = Be careful what you post — strangers may be followers.
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	dep	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	post	post	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | careful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **post** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | may | strangers | followers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is a follower, not a leader.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:followers:x5:1
# text = He is a follower, not a leader.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	follower	follower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a follower |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The football club has loyal followers all over the world.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:followers:x6:1
# text = The football club has loyal followers all over the world.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the football club | loyal followers |  | the world |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent follower=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His three followers watched him, waiting for orders.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:followers:x7:1
# text = His three followers watched him, waiting for orders.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | His three followers | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund | His three followers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for orders | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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