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title: heavenly — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «heavenly» in the school dictionary: Heavenly means belonging to heaven or to God, as in «heavenly Father» or «the heavenly host» of angels. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# heavenly

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**Who acts:** chocolate cake, Christians, angels, Stars, hot bath, bakery · **What happens:** mean, belong, be, pray, sing, smell · **To what, where:** heavenly Father, heavenly song, Christmas story, heavenly bodies, movements, light · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«heavenly» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [heavenly in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/heavenly.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Heavenly means belonging to heaven or to God, as in «heavenly Father» or «the heavenly host» of angels.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenly:m1:1
# text = Heavenly means belonging to heaven or to God, as in «heavenly Father» or «the heavenly host» of angels.
1	Heavenly	heavenly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
17	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | heavenly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **belong** *not said to happen* | gerund |  | heavenly Father or the heavenly host of angels |  |  |  | to heaven or God | tree rules |

<!-- .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 -->
Heavenly means about the sky and space, as in «heavenly bodies» for the Sun, Moon, planets and stars.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenly:m2:1
# text = Heavenly means about the sky and space, as in «heavenly bodies» for the Sun, Moon, planets and stars.
1	Heavenly	heavenly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Heavenly means wonderful and very pleasant: «This chocolate cake is heavenly!».

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenly:m3:1
# text = Heavenly means wonderful and very pleasant: «This chocolate cake is heavenly!».
1	Heavenly	heavenly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	pleasant	pleasant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
10	chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | heavenly, wonderful *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | this chocolate cake |  |  |  |  | heavenly *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Christians pray to their heavenly Father.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenly:x1:1
# text = Christians pray to their heavenly Father.
1	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Father	Father	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | present | Christians |  | Christians's heavenly Father |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The angels sang a heavenly song in the Christmas story.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenly:x2:1
# text = The angels sang a heavenly song in the Christmas story.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	angels	angel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the angels | a heavenly song |  | the Christmas story |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stars and planets are heavenly bodies.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenly:x3:1
# text = Stars and planets are heavenly bodies.
1	Stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	planets	planet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Stars and planets | heavenly bodies |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This hot bath is heavenly!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenly:x4:1
# text = This hot bath is heavenly!
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bath	bath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this hot bath |  |  |  |  | heavenly *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bakery smelled heavenly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenly:x5:1
# text = The bakery smelled heavenly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bakery	bakery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	heavenly	heavenly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | past | the bakery |  |  |  |  | heavenly *property* | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The choir sounded heavenly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenly:x6:1
# text = The choir sounded heavenly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	choir	choir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sounded	sound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	heavenly	heavenly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | past | the choir |  |  |  |  | heavenly *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum said the cake was absolutely heavenly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenly:x7:1
# text = Mum said the cake was absolutely heavenly.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	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	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	heavenly	heavenly	ADV	RB	_	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | the cake |  |  |  |  | absolutely, heavenly *property* | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ancient people studied the movements of heavenly bodies.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenly:x8:1
# text = Ancient people studied the movements of heavenly bodies.
1	Ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	studied	study	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	movements	movement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | past | Ancient people | the movements of heavenly bodies |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent movement=Topic |
| 2 | **move** |  |  | heavenly bodies |  |  |  |  | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
After the examination of the heavenly roads, the Sun and Moon again gave light to the earth.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenly:x9:1
# text = After the examination of the heavenly roads, the Sun and Moon again gave light to the earth.
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Moon	Moon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the Sun and Moon | light | the earth |  | after the examination of the heavenly roads; again |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent light=Theme to earth=Recipient |
| 2 | **examine** |  |  | the heavenly roads |  |  |  |  | nom examination «act transitive»: of=patient |

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