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title: piously — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «piously» in the school dictionary: Piously means in a religious way, or in a way that shows you are very devout or good. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# piously

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**Who acts:** way, you, Riches, Ram, robber, gods · **What happens:** mean, show, be, come, say, protect · **To what, where:** Ram · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Piously means in a religious way, or in a way that shows you are very devout or good.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:piously:m1:1
# text = Piously means in a religious way, or in a way that shows you are very devout or good.
1	Piously	piously	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	very	very	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	devout	devout	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	ccomp	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | in a religious way; piously *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute |
| 2 | **show** | present | a way |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | devout *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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"Riches come from Ram," he said piously.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:piously:x1:1
# text = "Riches come from Ram," he said piously.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Riches	rich	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Ram	Ram	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	piously	piously	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** *in a quote* | present | Riches |  |  | Ram |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from ram=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ram |  |  |  |  | piously *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The robber said piously, "May the gods protect my going."

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:piously:x2:1
# text = The robber said piously, "May the gods protect my going."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	piously	piously	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	May	May	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	protect	protect	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the robber |  |  |  |  | piously *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **protect** *in a quote* | present | the gods |  |  |  | may |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | the robber *= robber* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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She piously accepted what the gods wished for her.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:piously:x3:1
# text = She piously accepted what the gods wished for her.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	piously	piously	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	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 | **accept** | past | She |  |  |  |  | piously *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **wish** | past | the gods |  |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

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