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title: pious — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pious» in the school dictionary: Pious means very religious, and devoted to God and to prayer. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pious

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**Who acts:** Pious, way, Pelops, You, I, pious monk · **What happens:** mean, devote, act, not seem, be, know · **To what, where:** God, good, way, pious prince, pious woman

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Pious means very religious, and devoted to God and to prayer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pious:m1:1
# text = Pious means very religious, and devoted to God and to prayer.
1	Pious	pious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	devoted	devote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Pious |  |  |  |  | religious *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **devote** | participle |  |  | God and prayer |  |  |  | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent to god=Goal |

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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: sometimes — kept apart, not parsed.

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Pious can mean acting very good in a way that seems not quite sincere.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pious:m2:1
# text = Pious can mean acting very good in a way that seems not quite sincere.
1	Pious	pious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	acting	act	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
13	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	sincere	sincere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Pious |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **act** *not said to happen* | gerund | Pious *not said here* | good |  | a way |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **seem** | present | a way |  |  |  |  | sincere *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Pelops was a pious and virtuous prince.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pious:x1:1
# text = Pelops was a pious and virtuous prince.
1	Pelops	Pelops	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	pious	pious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	virtuous	virtuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Pelops | a pious prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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You are the most pious woman I know.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pious:x2:1
# text = You are the most pious woman I know.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	pious	pious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | You | the pious woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | I | the pious woman *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The pious monk prayed every night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pious:x3:1
# text = The pious monk prayed every night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pious	pious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	monk	monk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	prayed	pray	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | past | the pious monk |  |  |  | night |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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