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title: faithful — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «faithful» in the school dictionary: Faithful means loyal and true — always staying with and supporting a person, a team or a promise. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# faithful

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**Who acts:** Faithful, faithful husband, faithful dog, Grandad, you, choir · **What happens:** mean, stay, support, believe, keep, be · **To what, where:** person, faith, faithful believers, someone, station, faithful supporter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«faithful» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [faithful in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/faithful.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Faithful means loyal and true — always staying with and supporting a person, a team or a promise.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithful:m1:1
# text = Faithful means loyal and true — always staying with and supporting a person, a team or a promise.
1	Faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	staying	stay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	supporting	support	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Faithful |  |  |  |  | loyal *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **stay** | gerund | Faithful *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **support** | gerund | Faithful *not said here* | a person and a team or a promise |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer person=Stimulus |

<!-- .note -->
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 -->
Faithful means firmly believing in God and keeping your faith; "the faithful" are the believers.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithful:m2:1
# text = Faithful means firmly believing in God and keeping your faith; "the faithful" are the believers.
1	Faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	believing	believe	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	conj	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	believers	believer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Faithful |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **believe** *not said to happen* | gerund | Faithful *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in God; firmly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **keep** | gerund | Faithful *not said here* | your faith |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | the faithful believers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Faithful means exact and true to the original.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithful:m3:1
# text = Faithful means exact and true to the original.
1	Faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exact	exact	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	original	original	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Faithful |  |  |  |  | exact *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"a faithful copy".

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithful:m3e:1
# text = "a faithful copy".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	copy	copy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A faithful husband or wife is loyal to their partner and does not love someone else.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithful:m4:1
# text = A faithful husband or wife is loyal to their partner and does not love someone else.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
15	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	14	obj	_	_
16	else	else	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a faithful husband or wife |  |  |  |  | to husband's partner; loyal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **love** | present · do-support | a faithful husband or wife *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The faithful dog waited every day at the station.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithful:x1:1
# text = The faithful dog waited every day at the station.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	station	station	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 | **wait** | past | the faithful dog |  |  | the station | day |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at station=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandad was a faithful supporter of his football club for life.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithful:x2:1
# text = Grandad was a faithful supporter of his football club for life.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	supporter	supporter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Grandad | a faithful supporter |  |  |  | of Grandad's football club for life | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"O come, all ye faithful," sang the choir.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithful:x3:1
# text = "O come, all ye faithful," sang the choir.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
6	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	7	nsubj	_	_
7	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	_
10	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	choir	choir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | all |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the choir |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The faithful filled the church for Easter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithful:x4:1
# text = The faithful filled the church for Easter.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Easter	Easter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill** | past | the faithful | the church |  |  |  | for Easter | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent church=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her drawing was a faithful copy of the painting.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithful:x5:1
# text = Her drawing was a faithful copy of the painting.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	copy	copy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Her drawing | a faithful copy |  |  |  | of the painting | tree rules |
| 2 | **draw** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ruth stayed faithful to Naomi and went with her.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithful:x6:1
# text = Ruth stayed faithful to Naomi and went with her.
1	Ruth	Ruth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Naomi	Naomi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | Ruth |  | Naomi |  |  | faithful *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past | Ruth *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Ruth | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with she=Beneficiary |

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