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title: zeal — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «zeal» in the school dictionary: Great energy and eagerness in doing something, especially in serving a cause or a person. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# zeal

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**Who acts:** Great energy, She, zeal, him, guard, Students · **What happens:** do, serve, work, finish, make, train · **To what, where:** something, cause, picture, him, great zeal, gate

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«zeal» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [zeal in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/zeal.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Great energy and eagerness in doing something, especially in serving a cause or a person.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zeal:m1:1
# text = Great energy and eagerness in doing something, especially in serving a cause or a person.
1	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	eagerness	eagerness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	serving	serve	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | gerund | Great energy and eagerness *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
| 2 | **serve** | gerund | Great energy and eagerness *not said here* | a cause or a person |  |  |  | especially *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Attribute |

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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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She worked with zeal to finish the picture.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zeal:x1:1
# text = She worked with zeal to finish the picture.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	zeal	zeal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | past | She |  |  |  |  | with zeal | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with zeal=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **finish** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the picture |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality picture=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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His zeal for football made him train every day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zeal:x2:1
# text = His zeal for football made him train every day.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	zeal	zeal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	train	train	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | His zeal for football | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **train** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The guard showed great zeal in keeping the gate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zeal:x3:1
# text = The guard showed great zeal in keeping the gate.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	zeal	zeal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keeping	keep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the guard | great zeal |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent zeal=Recipient |
| 2 | **keep** | gerund | the guard *not said here* | the gate |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Students with zeal often learn fast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zeal:x4:1
# text = Students with zeal often learn fast.
1	Students	student	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	zeal	zeal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present | Students with zeal |  |  |  |  | fast, often *property* | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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