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title: veneration — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «veneration» in the school dictionary: Veneration is deep respect and honour shown to someone or something holy, great or very old. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# veneration

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**Who acts:** Veneration, Camenae, Athenians · **What happens:** be, show, hold, regard · **To what, where:** deep respect, honour, someone, prophetic nymphs, high veneration, Athene

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«veneration» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [veneration in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/veneration.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Veneration is deep respect and honour shown to someone or something holy, great or very old.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veneration:m1:1
# text = Veneration is deep respect and honour shown to someone or something holy, great or very old.
1	Veneration	veneration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	conj	_	_
12	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	very	very	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Veneration | deep respect and honour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | participle |  | honour *not said here* | someone |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to someone=Recipient |

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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 Camenae were prophetic nymphs held in high veneration by the ancient Italians.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veneration:x1:1
# text = The Camenae were prophetic nymphs held in high veneration by the ancient Italians.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Camenae	Camenae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	prophetic	prophetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	veneration	veneration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Italians	Italian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Camenae | prophetic nymphs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | participle |  | prophetic nymphs *not said here* |  | high veneration |  | by the ancient Italians | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in veneration=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Athene was regarded with special veneration by the Athenians.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:veneration:x2:1
# text = Athene was regarded with special veneration by the Athenians.
1	Athene	Athene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	veneration	veneration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Athenians	Athenian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regard** | past · passive | the Athenians | Athene |  |  |  | with special veneration | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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