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title: faithlessness — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «faithlessness» in the school dictionary: Faithlessness is the state of not being loyal, or the act of breaking a promise. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# faithlessness

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**Who acts:** Faithlessness, act, family · **What happens:** be, not be, break, punish, hurt, trust · **To what, where:** state, promise, He, friends, trust

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Faithlessness is the state of not being loyal, or the act of breaking a promise.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithlessness:m1:1
# text = Faithlessness is the state of not being loyal, or the act of breaking a promise.
1	Faithlessness	faithlessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
13	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Faithlessness | the state |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | loyal *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **break** | gerund | the act *not said here* | a promise |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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He was punished for his faithlessness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithlessness:x1:1
# text = He was punished for his faithlessness.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	punished	punish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	faithlessness	faithlessness	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 | **punish** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | for his faithlessness | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Patient for faithlessness=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Her faithlessness hurt her friends.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithlessness:x2:1
# text = Her faithlessness hurt her friends.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	faithlessness	faithlessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | past | Her faithlessness | faithlessness's friends |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer friend=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Faithlessness can break a family's trust.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:faithlessness:x3:1
# text = Faithlessness can break a family's trust.
1	Faithlessness	faithlessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | can | Faithlessness | a family's trust |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trust=Patient |
| 2 | **trust** |  | a family |  |  |  |  |  | nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |

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