devotee

Who acts: devotee, person, old devotee, He · What happens: be, follow, live, pray, play · To what, where: person, religion, devotee, small temple

«devotee» 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: devotee in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A devotee is a person who is very keen on a religion, a belief or an activity, and follows it with great dedication.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 devotee	det
2	devotee	devotee	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 keen	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 keen	cop
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 keen	advmod
9	keen	keen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	acl:relcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 religion	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 religion	det
12	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keen	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 belief	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 belief	det
15	belief	belief	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 religion	conj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 activity	cc
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 activity	det
18	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 religion	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 follows	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 follows	cc
21	follows	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	conj
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 follows	obj
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 dedication	case
24	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 dedication	amod
25	dedication	dedication	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 follows	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a devotee	a person			tree rules
2	is	present	a person		a religion and a belief or a activity	keen property	tree rules
3	follow	present	a devotee not said here	devotee		with great dedication	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

A devotee of the god lived in a small temple.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 devotee	det
2	devotee	devotee	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lived	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 god	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 god	det
5	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 devotee	nmod
6	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 temple	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 temple	det
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 temple	amod
10	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lived	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	a devotee of the god			a small temple			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in temple=Location

Example 2

The old devotee prayed every morning at sunrise.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 devotee	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 devotee	amod
3	devotee	devotee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prayed	nsubj
4	prayed	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 morning	det
6	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prayed	obl:unmarked
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 sunrise	case
8	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prayed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 prayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	past	the old devotee				morning; sunrise		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Example 3

He is a devotee of chess and plays every day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 devotee	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 devotee	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 devotee	det
4	devotee	devotee	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 chess	case
6	chess	chess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 devotee	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 plays	cc
8	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 devotee	conj
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 plays	obl:unmarked
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 devotee	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a devotee				of chess	tree rules
2	play	present	He not said here				day		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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