zealous
Who acts: zealous servants, He, Zealous children, guests, zealous followers · What happens: work, do, clean, be, tidy, come · To what, where: something, loyalty, palace, zealous helper, room
«zealous» 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: zealous in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Very eager and hard-working in doing something, often out of loyalty or belief.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 eager | advmod |
| 2 | eager | eager | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 working | cc |
| 4 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 working | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 hard | punct |
| 6 | working | work | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 eager | conj |
| 7 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 8 doing | mark |
| 8 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 eager | advcl |
| 9 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 doing | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 loyalty | punct |
| 11 | often | often | ADV | _ | 14 loyalty | advmod |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 loyalty | case |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 loyalty | case |
| 14 | loyalty | loyalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 doing | obl |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 belief | cc |
| 16 | belief | belief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 loyalty | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 eager | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | gerund | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | do | gerund | something | loyalty or belief | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |
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 zealous servants cleaned the palace.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 servants | det |
| 2 | zealous | zealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 servants | amod |
| 3 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cleaned | nsubj |
| 4 | cleaned | clean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 palace | det |
| 6 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cleaned | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 cleaned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | past | the zealous servants | the palace | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent palace=Patient |
Example 2
He was a zealous helper of the king.
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 helper | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 helper | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 helper | det |
| 4 | zealous | zealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 helper | amod |
| 5 | helper | helper | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 king | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 helper | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 helper | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | He | a zealous helper | of the king | tree rules |
Example 3
Zealous children tidied the room before the guests came.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zealous | zealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 children | amod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 tidied | nsubj |
| 3 | tidied | tidy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 room | det |
| 5 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tidied | obj |
| 6 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 9 came | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 guests | det |
| 8 | guests | guest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 came | nsubj |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 tidied | advcl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 tidied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tidy | past | Zealous children | the room | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | past | the guests | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 4
Her zealous followers set off at dawn.
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 followers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | zealous | zealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 followers | amod |
| 3 | followers | follower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 set | nsubj |
| 4 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 set | compound:prt |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 dawn | case |
| 7 | dawn | dawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 set | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 set | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set off | present | Her zealous followers | dawn | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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