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title: respectfully — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «respectfully» in the Judaism dictionary: Respectfully means in a polite way that shows you value someone and their feelings. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# respectfully

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**Who acts:** polite way, you, I, Magazines, someone, He · **What happens:** mean, show, value, use, disagree, think · **To what, where:** someone, Magazines, reviews, thesis, teacher, things · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«respectfully» in the Judaism dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [respectfully in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/respectfully.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Respectfully means in a polite way that shows you value someone and their feelings.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:respectfully:m1:1
# text = Respectfully means in a polite way that shows you value someone and their feelings.
1	Respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	value	value	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
11	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | in a polite way; respectfully *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute |
| 2 | **show** | present | a polite way |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **value** | present | you | someone |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus |

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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 -->
«Respectfully» is also used when politely disagreeing: «Respectfully, I think you are wrong.».

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:respectfully:m2:1
# text = «Respectfully» is also used when politely disagreeing: «Respectfully, I think you are wrong.».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
8	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	disagreeing	disagree	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | respectfully *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» |
| 2 | **disagree** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | politely *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | respectfully *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Magazines and periodicals are respectfully requested to serid copies of their reviews of this thesis to the author, P. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

<!-- fold The tree, 31 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:respectfully:x1:1
# text = Magazines and periodicals are respectfully requested to serid copies of their reviews of this thesis to the author, P. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))
1	Magazines	magazine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	periodicals	periodical	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	requested	request	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	serid	serid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	copies	copy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	reviews	review	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	thesis	thesis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	P.	P.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
21	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Origin	Origin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	conj	_	_
30	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	32	case	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	30	fixed	_	_
32	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
33	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	flat	_	_
34	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	1914	1914	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	32	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	))	))	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	35	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | present · passive |  | Magazines and periodicals |  |  |  | to serid copies of Magazines's reviews of this thesis to the author  P. and Mordell accord Sefer; respectfully *property* | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **copy** |  |  | Magazines's reviews of this thesis to the author  P. and Mordell accord Sefer |  |  |  |  | nom copy «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **review** |  | Magazines *= magazine* | this thesis to the author  P. and Mordell |  |  |  | accord Sefer | nom review «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient accord=obl |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Please listen respectfully when someone else is talking.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:respectfully:x2:1
# text = Please listen respectfully when someone else is talking.
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	listen	listen	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
5	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nsubj	_	_
6	else	else	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | respectfully *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **talk** | present · progressive | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He respectfully asked the teacher for more time.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:respectfully:x3:1
# text = He respectfully asked the teacher for more time.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	asked	ask	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	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | He |  | the teacher |  | time | respectfully *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We stood respectfully during the minute's silence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:respectfully:x4:1
# text = We stood respectfully during the minute's silence.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	during	during	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | We |  |  |  | during the minute's silence | respectfully *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **silence** |  | the minute |  |  |  |  |  | nom silence «state transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I respectfully disagree with your idea.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:respectfully:x5:1
# text = I respectfully disagree with your idea.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	disagree	disagree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disagree** | present | I |  |  |  |  | with your idea; respectfully *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with idea=Co-Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Treat other people's things respectfully.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:respectfully:x6:1
# text = Treat other people's things respectfully.
1	Treat	treat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | imperative | you *not said here* | other people's things |  |  |  | respectfully *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She spoke respectfully to the old man at the bus stop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:respectfully:x7:1
# text = She spoke respectfully to the old man at the bus stop.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	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	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | She |  |  |  |  | to the old man at the bus stop; respectfully *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to man=Co-Agent |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He stopped, and respectfully took off his cap.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:respectfully:x8:1
# text = He stopped, and respectfully took off his cap.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	respectfully	respectfully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **take off** | past | He *not said here* | his cap |  |  |  | respectfully *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Theme |

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