piously

Who acts: way, you, Riches, Ram, robber, gods · What happens: mean, show, be, come, say, protect · To what, where: Ram · Speech: someone speaks here

«piously» 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: piously in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Piously means in a religious way, or in a way that shows you are very devout or good.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Piously	piously	ADV	_	2 means	advmod
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 way	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 way	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 way	cc
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 way	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 way	det
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 shows	nsubj
13	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 way	acl:relcl
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 devout	nsubj
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 devout	cop
16	very	very	ADV	_	17 devout	advmod
17	devout	devout	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 shows	ccomp
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 good	cc
19	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 devout	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present		in a religious way; piously property	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in way=Attribute
2	show	present	a way		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	you	devout property	tree rules
4	be		you not said here		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.

Example 1

"Riches come from Ram," he said piously.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 come	punct
2	Riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Ram	case
5	Ram	Ram	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 come	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 come	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 come	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	piously	piously	ADV	_	9 said	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	present	Riches			Ram			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from ram=Initial_Location
2	say speech: assert	past	Ram					piously property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 2

The robber said piously, "May the gods protect my going."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 robber	det
2	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	piously	piously	ADV	_	3 said	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 protect	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 May	punct
7	May	May	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 protect	obl:unmarked
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gods	det
9	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 protect	nsubj
10	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 going	nsubj
12	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 protect	xcomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 going	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the robber		piously property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	protect in a quote	present	the gods	may		vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Beneficiary
3	go in a quote	gerund	the robber = robber			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

She piously accepted what the gods wished for her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 accepted	nsubj
2	piously	piously	ADV	_	3 accepted	advmod
3	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 wished	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gods	det
6	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wished	nsubj
7	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 accepted	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wished	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 accepted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	She					piously property	vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	wish	past	the gods					for her = she	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

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