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title: reverend — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «reverend» in the school dictionary: Deserving deep respect, as a wise or holy person does. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# reverend

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**Who acts:** wise person, reverend father, We, Reverend Brown · **What happens:** deserve, do, bless, listen, give · **To what, where:** deep respect, village, talk, church

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Deserving deep respect, as a wise or holy person does.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reverend:m1:1
# text = Deserving deep respect, as a wise or holy person does.
1	Deserving	deserve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
2	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deserve** | gerund |  | deep respect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | a wise person |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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A title for a priest or minister: «the Reverend Smith» or «reverend father».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reverend:m2:1
# text = A title for a priest or minister: «the Reverend Smith» or «reverend father».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	minister	minister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Reverend	Reverend	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Smith	Smith	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	reverend	reverend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The reverend father blessed the village.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reverend:x1:1
# text = The reverend father blessed the village.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	reverend	reverend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	blessed	bless	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bless** | past | the reverend father | the village |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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We listened to the reverend old man.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reverend:x2:1
# text = We listened to the reverend old man.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	reverend	reverend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | past | We |  |  |  |  | to the old man | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to man=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Reverend Brown gave the talk at church.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:reverend:x3:1
# text = The Reverend Brown gave the talk at church.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Reverend	Reverend	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Brown	Brown	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the Reverend Brown | the talk |  | church |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent talk=Theme at church=Asset |

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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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