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title: zealous — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «zealous» in the school dictionary: Very eager and hard-working in doing something, often out of loyalty or belief. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# zealous

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**Who acts:** zealous servants, He, Zealous children, guests, zealous followers · **What happens:** work, do, clean, be, tidy, come · **To what, where:** something, loyalty, palace, zealous helper, room

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Very eager and hard-working in doing something, often out of loyalty or belief.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zealous:m1:1
# text = Very eager and hard-working in doing something, often out of loyalty or belief.
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	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 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | gerund |  | something |  | loyalty or belief |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |

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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 zealous servants cleaned the palace.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zealous:x1:1
# text = The zealous servants cleaned the palace.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	zealous	zealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cleaned	clean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	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 | **clean** | past | the zealous servants | the palace |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent palace=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was a zealous helper of the king.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zealous:x2:1
# text = He was a zealous helper of the king.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	zealous	zealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	helper	helper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a zealous helper |  |  |  | of the king | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Zealous children tidied the room before the guests came.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zealous:x3:1
# text = Zealous children tidied the room before the guests came.
1	Zealous	zealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tidied	tidy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tidy** | past | Zealous children | the room |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | the guests |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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Her zealous followers set off at dawn.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:zealous:x4:1
# text = Her zealous followers set off at dawn.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	zealous	zealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set off** | present | Her zealous followers |  |  |  | dawn |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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