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title: credence — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «credence» in the school dictionary: Belief or trust that something is true. «Give credence to» means believe it. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# credence

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**Who acts:** something, Nobody, king, messenger, warnings, Her · **What happens:** be, give to, mean, believe, give, word · **To what, where:** trust, credence, wild story, words · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Belief or trust that something is true. «Give credence to» means believe it.

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*Sentence 1:* Belief or trust that something is true.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:credence:m1:1
# text = Belief or trust that something is true.
1	Belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | something | trust *not said here* |  |  |  | true *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* «Give credence to» means believe it.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:credence:m1:2
# text = «Give credence to» means believe it.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	csubj	_	_
3	credence	credence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	TO	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give to** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | credence |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent credence=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **believe** | infinitive |  | credence |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Nobody gave credence to his wild story.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:credence:x1:1
# text = Nobody gave credence to his wild story.
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	credence	credence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 | **give** | past | Nobody | credence | his wild story |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent credence=Theme to story=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The king gave credence to the messenger's words.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:credence:x2:1
# text = The king gave credence to the messenger's words.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	credence	credence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	words	word	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 | **give** | past | the king | credence | the messenger's words |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent credence=Theme to word=Recipient |
| 2 | **word** |  | the messenger |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her warnings found no credence with the villagers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:credence:x3:1
# text = Her warnings found no credence with the villagers.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	warnings	warning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	credence	credence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | Her warnings | no credence |  |  |  | with the villagers | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent credence=Topic |
| 2 | **warn** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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