credence
Who acts: something, Nobody, king, messenger, warnings, Her · What happens: be, give to, mean, believe, give, word · To what, where: trust, credence, wild story, words · Speech: someone speaks here
«credence» 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: credence in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Belief or trust that something is true. «Give credence to» means believe it.
Sentence 1: Belief or trust that something is true.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belief | belief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 3 trust | cc |
| 3 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Belief | conj |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 true | mark |
| 5 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 true | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 true | cop |
| 7 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 trust | acl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Belief | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | something | trust not said here | true property | tree rules |
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.
Sentence 2: «Give credence to» means believe it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Give | punct |
| 2 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 means | csubj |
| 3 | credence | credence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Give | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 2 Give | compound:prt |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Give | punct |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 means | ccomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 believe | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give to in a quote | infinitive | credence | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent credence=Theme | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | believe | infinitive | credence | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Example 1
Nobody gave credence to his wild story.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | credence | credence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 story | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 story | nmod:poss |
| 6 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 story | amod |
| 7 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | Nobody | credence | his wild story | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent credence=Theme to story=Recipient |
Example 2
The king gave credence to the messenger's words.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | credence | credence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 words | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 messenger | det |
| 7 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 words | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 messenger | case |
| 9 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gave | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the king | credence | the messenger's words | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent credence=Theme to word=Recipient | |||
| 2 | word | the messenger | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 3
Her warnings found no credence with the villagers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 warnings | nmod:poss |
| 2 | warnings | warning | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 found | nsubj |
| 3 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 credence | det |
| 5 | credence | credence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 found | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 villagers | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 villagers | det |
| 8 | villagers | villager | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 found | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | Her warnings | no credence | with the villagers | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent credence=Topic | |||
| 2 | warn | Her = she | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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