reverend

Who acts: wise person, reverend father, We, Reverend Brown · What happens: deserve, do, bless, listen, give · To what, where: deep respect, village, talk, church

«reverend» 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: reverend in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Deserving deep respect, as a wise or holy person does.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deserving	deserve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 does	csubj
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 respect	amod
3	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Deserving	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 does	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 does	mark
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
7	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 holy	cc
9	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wise	conj
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 does	nsubj
11	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deserve	gerund		deep respect					tree rules
2	do	present	a wise person						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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.

Meaning 2

A title for a priest or minister: «the Reverend Smith» or «reverend father».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 title	det
2	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 priest	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 priest	det
5	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 title	nmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 minister	cc
7	minister	minister	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 priest	conj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 Smith	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 Smith	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Smith	det
11	Reverend	Reverend	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Smith	compound
12	Smith	Smith	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 title	appos
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 Smith	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 father	cc
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 father	punct
16	reverend	reverend	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 father	compound
17	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 title	conj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 father	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 title	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The reverend father blessed the village.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 father	det
2	reverend	reverend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 father	compound
3	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blessed	nsubj
4	blessed	bless	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 village	det
6	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blessed	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 blessed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bless	past	the reverend father	the village					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent village=Theme

Example 2

We listened to the reverend old man.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 listened	nsubj
2	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	7 man	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
5	reverend	reverend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 old	obl:unmarked
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 listened	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 listened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past	We					to the old man	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to man=Theme

Example 3

The Reverend Brown gave the talk at church.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Brown	det
2	Reverend	Reverend	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Brown	compound
3	Brown	Brown	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 talk	det
6	talk	talk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 church	case
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talk	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the Reverend Brown	the talk		church			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent talk=Theme at church=Asset

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