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title: faithfully — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «faithfully» in the school dictionary: Faithfully means in a loyal way that can be trusted: keeping promises and staying true. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# faithfully

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**Who acts:** Yours, you, dog, He, She, old gardener · **What happens:** mean, trust, keep, stay, copy, be · **To what, where:** loyal way, promises, polite way, formal letter, door, book · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Faithfully means in a loyal way that can be trusted: keeping promises and staying true.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithfully:m1:1
# text = Faithfully means in a loyal way that can be trusted: keeping promises and staying true.
1	Faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
12	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
13	promises	promise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	staying	stay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	conj	_	_
16	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | in a loyal way; faithfully *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute |
| 2 | **trust** | can · passive |  | a loyal way |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | gerund |  | promises |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme |
| 4 | **stay** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

<!-- .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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Faithfully means exactly and carefully, without changes: «copied faithfully».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithfully:m2:1
# text = Faithfully means exactly and carefully, without changes: «copied faithfully».
1	Faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	changes	change	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
12	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | exactly, faithfully *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **copy** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | faithfully *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: UK, Ireland, Australia — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Yours faithfully» is the polite way to end a formal letter when you begin with «Dear Sir or Madam».

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithfully:m3:1
# text = «Yours faithfully» is the polite way to end a formal letter when you begin with «Dear Sir or Madam».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
3	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	begin	begin	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	Dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	Madam	Madam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Yours | the polite way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **end** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | a formal letter |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality letter=Eventuality |
| 3 | **begin** | present | you |  |  |  |  | with Dear Sir or Madam | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with sir=Subeventuality |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Faithfully also means with religious faith and devotion.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithfully:m4:1
# text = Faithfully also means with religious faith and devotion.
1	Faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	also	also	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	devotion	devotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dog waited faithfully at the door every evening.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithfully:x1:1
# text = The dog waited faithfully at the door every evening.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past | the dog |  |  | the door | evening | faithfully *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at door=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He promised faithfully to return the book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithfully:x2:1
# text = He promised faithfully to return the book.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | He |  |  |  |  | faithfully *property* | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the book |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She copied the drawing faithfully, line by line.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithfully:x3:1
# text = She copied the drawing faithfully, line by line.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	copied	copy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | past | She | the drawing |  |  |  | line by line *obl*; faithfully *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drawing=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The old gardener served the family faithfully.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithfully:x4:1
# text = The old gardener served the family faithfully.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | the old gardener | the family |  |  |  | faithfully *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Attribute |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
End your letter to «Dear Sir or Madam» with «Yours faithfully».

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithfully:x5:1
# text = End your letter to «Dear Sir or Madam» with «Yours faithfully».
1	End	end	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Madam	Madam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Yours	your	PRON	PRP	Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
14	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | imperative | you *not said here* | your letter | Dear Sir or Madam |  |  | with Yours; faithfully *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector letter=Eventuality with your=Subeventuality |
| 2 | **letter** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She went to church faithfully every Sunday.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithfully:x6:1
# text = She went to church faithfully every Sunday.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | She |  |  | church | sunday | faithfully *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to church=Initial\_Location |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This promise he has faithfully kept.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithfully:x7:1
# text = This promise he has faithfully kept.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present · perfect · passive |  | this promise |  |  |  | faithfully *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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