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title: devoutly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «devoutly» in the school dictionary: In a devout way: with deep, sincere religious faith. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# devoutly

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**Who acts:** She, son, monks, I, rain · **What happens:** pray, return, chant, hope, stop · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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In a devout way: with deep, sincere religious faith.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:devoutly:m1:1
# text = In a devout way: with deep, sincere religious faith.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	devout	devout	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	sincere	sincere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Very earnestly; with great wish or hope.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:devoutly:m2:1
# text = Very earnestly; with great wish or hope.
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	earnestly	earnestly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hope	hope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

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She prayed devoutly for her son's return.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:devoutly:x1:1
# text = She prayed devoutly for her son's return.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	devoutly	devoutly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | past | She |  |  |  |  | for her son's return; devoutly *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for return=Theme |
| 2 | **return** |  | her son |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The monks chanted devoutly at dawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:devoutly:x2:1
# text = The monks chanted devoutly at dawn.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	monks	monk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chanted	chant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	devoutly	devoutly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chant** | past | the monks |  |  |  | dawn | devoutly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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I devoutly hope the rain will stop soon.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:devoutly:x3:1
# text = I devoutly hope the rain will stop soon.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	devoutly	devoutly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	hope	hope	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
8	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | present | I |  |  |  |  | devoutly *property* | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | future | the rain |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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