pious

Who acts: Pious, way, Pelops, You, I, pious monk · What happens: mean, devote, act, not seem, be, know · To what, where: God, good, way, pious prince, pious woman

«pious» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: pious in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Pious means very religious, and devoted to God and to prayer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pious	pious	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	_	7 devoted	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 devoted	cc
7	devoted	devote	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	parataxis
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 God	case
9	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 devoted	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 prayer	cc
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 prayer	case
12	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 God	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Pious					religious property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	devote	participle			God and prayer				vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent to god=Goal

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: sometimes — kept apart, not parsed.

Pious can mean acting very good in a way that seems not quite sincere.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pious	pious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	acting	act	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 mean	xcomp
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 good	advmod
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 acting	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 way	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 way	det
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 acting	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 seems	nsubj
11	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 way	acl:relcl
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 seems	advmod
13	quite	quite	ADV	_	14 sincere	advmod
14	sincere	sincere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 seems	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	can	Pious				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	act not said to happen	gerund	Pious not said here	good	a way		vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality
3	not seem	present	a way			sincere property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Example 1

Pelops was a pious and virtuous prince.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pelops	Pelops	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 prince	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 prince	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 prince	det
4	pious	pious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 prince	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 virtuous	cc
6	virtuous	virtuous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pious	conj
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 prince	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Pelops	a pious prince					tree rules

Example 2

You are the most pious woman I know.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 woman	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 woman	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 woman	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 pious	advmod
5	pious	pious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 woman	amod
6	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 know	nsubj
8	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 woman	acl:relcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 woman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	You	the pious woman					tree rules
2	know	present	I	the pious woman not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus

Example 3

The pious monk prayed every night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 monk	det
2	pious	pious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 monk	amod
3	monk	monk	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 night	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prayed	obl:unmarked
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 prayed	punct

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

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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