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title: worshipful — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «worshipful» in the school dictionary: Deserving respect and honour; a polite title used for some important people such as judges or mayors. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# worshipful

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**Who acts:** he, worshipful mayor, worshipful judges · **What happens:** deserve, use, begin, open, decide · **To what, where:** respect, polite title, Worshipful sir, new school, case

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Deserving respect and honour; a polite title used for some important people such as judges or mayors.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:worshipful:m1:1
# text = Deserving respect and honour; a polite title used for some important people such as judges or mayors.
1	Deserving	deserve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
12	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:agent	_	_
14	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	16	case	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
16	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	mayors	mayor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deserve** | gerund |  | respect and honour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | a polite title *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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«Worshipful sir,» he began politely.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:worshipful:x1:1
# text = «Worshipful sir,» he began politely.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Worshipful	worshipful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sir	sir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | he | Worshipful sir |  |  |  | politely *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The worshipful mayor opened the new school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:worshipful:x2:1
# text = The worshipful mayor opened the new school.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	worshipful	worshipful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | the worshipful mayor | the new school |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location school=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Our worshipful judges will decide the case.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:worshipful:x3:1
# text = Our worshipful judges will decide the case.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	worshipful	worshipful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	decide	decide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | future | Our worshipful judges | the case |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent case=Topic |

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