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title: idolater — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «idolater» in the school dictionary: A person who worships an idol, a statue or image treated as a god. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# idolater

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**Who acts:** person, prince, Old stories, people, hero · **What happens:** worship, treat, stay, call, bow, warn · **To what, where:** idol, image, town, people, idolaters · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A person who worships an idol, a statue or image treated as a god.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:idolater:m1:1
# text = A person who worships an idol, a statue or image treated as a god.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	worships	worship	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	idol	idol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	treated	treat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **worship** | present | a person | a idol |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer idol=Stimulus |
| 2 | **treat** | participle |  | image *not said here* |  |  |  | as a god | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as god=Attribute |

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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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The prince stayed in the town of the idolaters.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:idolater:x1:1
# text = The prince stayed in the town of the idolaters.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	idolaters	idolater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | the prince |  |  | the town of the idolaters |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Old stories call people who bowed to statues idolaters.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:idolater:x2:1
# text = Old stories call people who bowed to statues idolaters.
1	Old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	compound	_	_
9	idolaters	idolater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Old stories |  | people |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient |
| 2 | **bow** | past | people |  |  |  |  | to statues idolaters | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to idolater=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The hero warned the idolaters to stop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:idolater:x3:1
# text = The hero warned the idolaters to stop.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	idolaters	idolater	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | the hero | the idolaters |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent idolater=Recipient |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | the hero *not said here* | the idolaters *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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