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title: evangelical — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «evangelical» in the school dictionary: Evangelical describes Christians and churches that put great weight on the Bible, on a personal faith in Jesus and on telling others the good news. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# evangelical

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**Who acts:** Evangelical, Christians, churches, person, you, neighbours · **What happens:** describe, church, put, tell, be, belong · **To what, where:** great weight, Bible, others, person, corner, personal friendship · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«evangelical» in the school 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: [evangelical in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/evangelical.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: church — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Evangelical describes Christians and churches that put great weight on the Bible, on a personal faith in Jesus and on telling others the good news.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:evangelical:m1:1
# text = Evangelical describes Christians and churches that put great weight on the Bible, on a personal faith in Jesus and on telling others the good news.
1	Evangelical	Evangelical	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	put	put	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
22	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	conj	_	_
23	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | Evangelical |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **church** |  | Christians |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **put** | present | churches and a personal faith in Jesus | great weight |  | the Bible |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent weight=Theme on bible=Destination |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Christians *not said here* | others |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent other=Recipient news=Topic |

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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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: church — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An evangelical is a person who belongs to this kind of Christianity.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:evangelical:m2:1
# text = An evangelical is a person who belongs to this kind of Christianity.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	evangelical	evangelical	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Christianity	Christianity	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a evangelical | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **belong** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | to this kind of Christianity | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Very keen and eager to persuade others about something you believe in, like a cause or a hobby.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:evangelical:m3:1
# text = Very keen and eager to persuade others about something you believe in, like a cause or a hobby.
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	keen	keen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	persuade	persuade	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nmod	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	hobby	hobby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **persuade** | to-infinitive |  | others |  |  |  | about something | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Patient |
| 2 | **believe** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our neighbours go to an evangelical church on the corner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:evangelical:x1:1
# text = Our neighbours go to an evangelical church on the corner.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	evangelical	evangelical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Our neighbours |  |  | the corner |  | to a evangelical church | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial\_Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Evangelical Christians believe that each person can have a personal friendship with God.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:evangelical:x2:1
# text = Evangelical Christians believe that each person can have a personal friendship with God.
1	Evangelical	Evangelical	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	believe	believe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **believe** | present | Evangelical Christians |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **have** | can | each person | a personal friendship |  |  |  | with God | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The evangelical preacher spoke about the good news of Jesus.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:evangelical:x3:1
# text = The evangelical preacher spoke about the good news of Jesus.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	evangelical	evangelical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	preacher	preacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the evangelical preacher |  |  |  |  | about the good news of Jesus | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about news=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Many evangelicals read the Bible every day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:evangelical:x4:1
# text = Many evangelicals read the Bible every day.
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	evangelicals	evangelical	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present | Many evangelicals | the Bible |  |  | day |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bible=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My uncle is evangelical about cycling and tells everyone to get a bike.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:evangelical:x5:1
# text = My uncle is evangelical about cycling and tells everyone to get a bike.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	evangelical	evangelical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cycling	cycling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | My uncle |  |  |  |  | about cycling; evangelical *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | My uncle *not said here* | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | a bike |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bike=Stimulus |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was almost evangelical about her new vegetable diet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:evangelical:x6:1
# text = She was almost evangelical about her new vegetable diet.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	evangelical	evangelical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	vegetable	vegetable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | about her new vegetable diet; almost, evangelical *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The evangelical youth group sang songs at the summer camp.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:evangelical:x7:1
# text = The evangelical youth group sang songs at the summer camp.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	evangelical	evangelical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the evangelical youth group | songs |  | the summer camp |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

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