zeal
Who acts: Great energy, She, zeal, him, guard, Students · What happens: do, serve, work, finish, make, train · To what, where: something, cause, picture, him, great zeal, gate
«zeal» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: zeal in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Great energy and eagerness in doing something, especially in serving a cause or a person.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 energy | amod |
| 2 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 eagerness | cc |
| 4 | eagerness | eagerness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 energy | conj |
| 5 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 6 doing | mark |
| 6 | doing | do | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 energy | acl |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 doing | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 serving | punct |
| 9 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 11 serving | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 11 serving | mark |
| 11 | serving | serve | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 doing | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cause | det |
| 13 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 serving | obj |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 person | cc |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 person | det |
| 16 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cause | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 energy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | gerund | Great energy and eagerness not said here | something | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | serve | gerund | Great energy and eagerness not said here | a cause or a person | especially property | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Attribute |
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
She worked with zeal to finish the picture.
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 | 2 worked | nsubj |
| 2 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 zeal | case |
| 4 | zeal | zeal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 worked | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 finish | mark |
| 6 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 worked | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 picture | det |
| 8 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 finish | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 worked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | past | She | with zeal | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with zeal=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | finish | to-infinitive | She not said here | the picture | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality picture=Eventuality |
Example 2
His zeal for football made him train every day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 zeal | nmod:poss |
| 2 | zeal | zeal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 football | case |
| 4 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 zeal | nmod |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 made | obj |
| 7 | train | train | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 made | xcomp |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 train | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | His zeal for football | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | train | infinitive | him = he not said here | day | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
The guard showed great zeal in keeping the gate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 guard | det |
| 2 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | nsubj |
| 3 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 zeal | amod |
| 5 | zeal | zeal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 showed | obj |
| 6 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 7 keeping | mark |
| 7 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 showed | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 gate | det |
| 9 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keeping | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | the guard | great zeal | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent zeal=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | keep | gerund | the guard not said here | the gate | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme |
Example 4
Students with zeal often learn fast.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Students | student | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 learn | nsubj |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 3 zeal | case |
| 3 | zeal | zeal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Students | nmod |
| 4 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 learn | advmod |
| 5 | learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 learn | advmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 learn | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | present | Students with zeal | fast, often property | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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