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title: devout — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «devout» in the school dictionary: Devout means very religious, with deep, sincere faith and regular prayer. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# devout

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**Who acts:** Devout, devout old woman, devout brother, He · **What happens:** mean, pray, go, be · **To what, where:** temple, devout believer

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Devout means very religious, with deep, sincere faith and regular prayer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:devout:m1:1
# text = Devout means very religious, with deep, sincere faith and regular prayer.
1	Devout	devout	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	sincere	sincere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Devout |  |  |  |  | religious *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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 devout old woman prayed every night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:devout:x1:1
# text = The devout old woman prayed every night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	devout	devout	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | past | the devout old woman |  |  |  | night |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Her devout brother went to the temple each morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:devout:x2:1
# text = Her devout brother went to the temple each morning.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	devout	devout	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Her devout brother |  |  | the temple | morning |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to temple=Initial\_Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He was a devout believer in the gods.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:devout:x3:1
# text = He was a devout believer in the gods.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	devout	devout	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	believer	believer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a devout believer |  |  |  | in the gods | tree rules |

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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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