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title: faith — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «faith» in the school dictionary: Faith is a strong trust or belief in someone or something, even without proof. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# faith

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**Who acts:** Faith, old exclamation, I, we, People, you · **What happens:** be, mean, have, win, live, not lose · **To what, where:** strong trust, religion, belief, old exclamation, faith, team

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«faith» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: [faith in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/faith.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Faith is a strong trust or belief in someone or something, even without proof.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faith:m1:1
# text = Faith is a strong trust or belief in someone or something, even without proof.
1	Faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	without	without	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Faith | a strong trust or belief in someone |  |  |  |  | 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A faith is a religion, such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faith:m2:1
# text = A faith is a religion, such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism or Buddhism.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	faith	faith	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	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	Christianity	Christianity	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	Judaism	Judaism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	Hinduism	Hinduism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	Sikhism	Sikhism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	Buddhism	Buddhism	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a faith | a religion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Faith is belief in God or gods.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faith:m3:1
# text = Faith is belief in God or gods.
1	Faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Faith | belief |  |  |  | in God or gods | tree rules |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Faith can also be an old exclamation meaning "indeed".

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faith:m4:1
# text = Faith can also be an old exclamation meaning "indeed".
1	Faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	exclamation	exclamation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | Faith | a old exclamation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | gerund | a old exclamation *not said here* |  |  |  |  | indeed *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I have faith in my team; we can win.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faith:x1:1
# text = I have faith in my team; we can win.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | I | faith |  | my team |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Patient |
| 2 | **win** | can | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
People of many faiths live in our town.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faith:x2:1
# text = People of many faiths live in our town.
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	faiths	faith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | People of many faiths |  |  | our town |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't lose faith; keep practising.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faith:x3:1
# text = Don't lose faith; keep practising.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	lose	lose	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	practising	practise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **lose** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | faith |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Eventuality |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **practise** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The class learned about the Sikh faith.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faith:x4:1
# text = The class learned about the Sikh faith.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Sikh	sikh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | the class |  |  |  |  | about the Sikh faith | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about faith=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She did it in good faith, meaning to help.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faith:x5:1
# text = She did it in good faith, meaning to help.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | She | it |  | good faith |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **mean** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
His faith is very important to him.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faith:x6:1
# text = His faith is very important to him.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | His faith |  | him *= he* |  |  | important *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad has a lot of faith in his old car.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faith:x7:1
# text = Dad has a lot of faith in his old car.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Dad | a lot of faith in Dad's old car |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Faith, you've been quicker than we have."

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faith:x8:1
# text = "Faith, you've been quicker than we have."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	quicker	quick	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | Faith *not said here* |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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