charity

Who acts: kind act, It, she, hail, I, your · What happens: do, be, sit, say, come, ask · To what, where: Goodwill, pure charity, all, little Jewish girl, charity school, help · Speech: someone speaks here

«charity» in the Early Modern English 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: charity in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

Goodwill toward others, or a kind act done freely for someone in need.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Goodwill	goodwill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	toward	toward	ADP	_	3 others	case
3	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Goodwill	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 done	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 done	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 act	det
7	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 act	amod
8	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 done	nsubj
9	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Goodwill	acl
10	freely	freely	ADV	_	9 done	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 someone	case
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 done	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 need	case
14	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 someone	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Goodwill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	participle	a kind act	Goodwill toward others not said here				for someone; freely property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodwill=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

It's pure charity that she is here at all.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 charity	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 charity	cop
3	pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 charity	amod
4	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 here	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 here	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 here	cop
8	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 charity	acl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 here	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 charity	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	pure charity					tree rules
2	is	present	she	pure charity not said here		all		here property	tree rules

Example 2

In a charity school, among the children, sat a little Jewish girl.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 school	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 school	det
3	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 school	compound
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sat	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 children	punct
6	among	among	ADP	_	8 children	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 children	det
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 school	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 school	punct
10	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 girl	det
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 girl	amod
13	Jewish	Jewish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 girl	amod
14	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sat	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past		a little Jewish girl		a charity school and the children			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme in school=Location

Example 3

‘All hail!’ said the girl. ‘I have come, of your charity, to ask your help!’

From The Pink Fairy Book.

Sentence 1: ‘All hail!’ said the girl.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	‘	'	PUNCT	_	3 hail	punct
2	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 hail	det
3	hail	hail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 hail	punct
5	’	'	PUNCT	_	3 hail	punct
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 girl	det
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	all hail						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: ‘I have come, of your charity, to ask your help!’

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	‘	'	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 come	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
4	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 charity	punct
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 charity	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 charity	nmod:poss
8	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 come	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ask	punct
10	to	to	PART	_	11 ask	mark
11	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 come	parataxis
12	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 help	nmod:poss
13	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ask	obj
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 ask	punct
15	’	'	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	come	present · perfect	I		of your charity	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of charity=Initial_Location
2	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive		your help		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent help=Recipient
3	help		your			nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. 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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