devout

Who acts: Devout, devout old woman, devout brother, He · What happens: mean, pray, go, be · To what, where: temple, devout believer

«devout» 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: devout in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Devout means very religious, with deep, sincere faith and regular prayer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Devout	devout	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 religious	advmod
4	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 faith	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 faith	case
7	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 faith	amod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 deep	punct
9	sincere	sincere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 faith	amod
10	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 religious	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 prayer	cc
12	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 prayer	amod
13	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 faith	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Devout					religious property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

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

The devout old woman prayed every night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Example 2

Her devout brother went to the temple each morning.

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	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	devout	devout	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 temple	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 temple	det
7	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 morning	det
9	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	Her devout brother			the temple	morning		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to temple=Initial_Location

Example 3

He was a devout believer in the gods.

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	5 believer	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 believer	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 believer	det
4	devout	devout	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 believer	amod
5	believer	believer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 gods	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gods	det
8	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 believer	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 believer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a devout believer				in the gods	tree rules

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