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title: heathen — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «heathen» in the school dictionary: Old use: a person who does not follow one of the main world religions, often one who worships other gods. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# heathen

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**Who acts:** person, people, guests, heathen king, They · **What happens:** not follow, worship, relate, sound, believe, call · **To what, where:** one, other gods, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«heathen» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [heathen in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/heathen.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

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Old use: a person who does not follow one of the main world religions, often one who worships other gods.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heathen:m1:1
# text = Old use: a person who does not follow one of the main world religions, often one who worships other gods.
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	religions	religion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	often	often	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
19	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
20	worships	worship	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	_	_
21	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **follow** | present · do-support | a person | one of the main world religions |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 2 | **worship** | present |  | other gods |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer god=Stimulus |

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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}

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Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

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Relating to such people or their beliefs; old-fashioned and can sound rude.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heathen:m2:1
# text = Relating to such people or their beliefs; old-fashioned and can sound rude.
1	Relating	relate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	beliefs	belief	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
15	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to such people or people's beliefs | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to people=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **sound** | can |  |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **believe** |  | people |  |  |  |  |  | nom belief «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The guests called him a heathen.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heathen:x1:1
# text = The guests called him a heathen.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	heathen	heathen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | the guests |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The heathen king was generous.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heathen:x2:1
# text = The heathen king was generous.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	heathen	heathen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	generous	generous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the heathen king |  |  |  |  | generous *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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They lived as heathens in the old days.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heathen:x3:1
# text = They lived as heathens in the old days.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	heathens	heathen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | They |  |  |  | day | as heathens | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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