📖 assistanceWho acts: Assistance, I, you, lady, teaching assistant, firefighters · What happens: be, give, call, need, come, assist · To what, where: Assistance help, support, someone, formal word, lifeguard, assistance · Speech: someone speaks here
«assistance» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: assistance in the English dictionary .
Everyday, meaning 1 Assistance is help or support given to someone.
compound cop cc conj acl case obl punct root Assistance NOUN is AUX help NOUN or CCONJ support NOUN given VERB to ADP someone PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Assistance assistance NOUN Number=Sing 3 help compound 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 help cop 3 help help NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 support cc 5 support support NOUN Number=Sing 3 help conj 6 given give VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 support acl 7 to to ADP _ 8 someone case 8 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 given obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 help punct
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1 is a present Assistance help or support support conj tree rules 2 give participle support not said here someone vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to someone=Recipient
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.
Everyday, meaning 2 Assistance is often a formal word for help from a service, like medical assistance.
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop advmod det amod case nmod case det nmod punct case amod conj punct root Assistance NOUN is AUX often ADV a DET formal ADJ word NOUN for ADP help NOUN from ADP a DET service NOUN , PUNCT like ADP medical ADJ assistance NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Assistance assistance NOUN Number=Sing 6 word nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 word cop 3 often often ADV _ 6 word advmod 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 word det 5 formal formal ADJ Degree=Pos 6 word amod 6 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 for for ADP _ 8 help case 8 help help NOUN Number=Sing 6 word nmod 9 from from ADP _ 11 service case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 service det 11 service service NOUN Number=Sing 8 help nmod 12 , , PUNCT _ 15 assistance punct 13 like like ADP _ 15 assistance case 14 medical medical ADJ Degree=Pos 15 assistance amod 15 assistance assistance NOUN Number=Sing 6 word conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 6 word punct
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1 is a present Assistance a formal word and medical assistance for help from a service; medical assistance conj ; often property tree rules
Example 1 Can I be of any assistance?
aux nsubj cop case det punct root Can AUX I PRON be AUX of ADP any DET assistance NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 assistance aux 2 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 assistance nsubj 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 assistance cop 4 of of ADP _ 6 assistance case 5 any any DET PronType=Ind 6 assistance det 6 assistance assistance NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 assistance punct
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1 is can I of any assistance tree rules
Example 2 Call the lifeguard for assistance.
det obj case obl punct root Call VERB the DET lifeguard NOUN for ADP assistance NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Call call VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 lifeguard det 3 lifeguard lifeguard NOUN Number=Sing 1 Call obj 4 for for ADP _ 5 assistance case 5 assistance assistance NOUN Number=Sing 1 Call obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 1 Call punct
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1 call imperative you not said here the lifeguard for assistance vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent lifeguard=Theme for assistance=Beneficiary
Example 3 The lady needed assistance with her heavy bags.
det nsubj obj case nmod:poss amod nmod punct root The DET lady NOUN needed VERB assistance NOUN with ADP her PRON heavy ADJ bags NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 lady det 2 lady lady NOUN Number=Sing 3 needed nsubj 3 needed need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 assistance assistance NOUN Number=Sing 3 needed obj 5 with with ADP _ 8 bags case 6 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 bags nmod:poss 7 heavy heavy ADJ Degree=Pos 8 bags amod 8 bags bag NOUN Number=Plur 4 assistance nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 needed punct
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1 need past the lady assistance with lady's heavy bags vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot assistance=Theme
Example 4 A teaching assistant gives us assistance with reading.
det compound nsubj iobj obj case nmod punct root A DET teaching NOUN assistant NOUN gives VERB us PRON assistance NOUN with ADP reading NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 assistant det 2 teaching teaching NOUN Number=Sing 3 assistant compound 3 assistant assistant NOUN Number=Sing 4 gives nsubj 4 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 gives iobj 6 assistance assistance NOUN Number=Sing 4 gives obj 7 with with ADP _ 8 reading case 8 reading reading NOUN Number=Sing 6 assistance nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 gives punct
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1 give present a teaching assistant assistance us with reading vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient assistance=Theme
Example 5 The firefighters came to our assistance quickly.
det nsubj case nmod:poss obl advmod punct root The DET firefighters NOUN came VERB to ADP our PRON assistance NOUN quickly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 firefighters det 2 firefighters firefighter NOUN Number=Plur 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 6 assistance case 5 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 assistance nmod:poss 6 assistance assistance NOUN Number=Sing 3 came obl 7 quickly quickly ADV _ 3 came advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 came punct
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1 come past the firefighters our assistance quickly property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to assistance=Initial_Location 2 assist our nom assistance «act transitive»: poss=agent
Example 6 Press this button if you need assistance.
det obj mark nsubj advcl obj punct root Press VERB this DET button NOUN if SCONJ you PRON need VERB assistance NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Press press VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 button det 3 button button NOUN Number=Sing 1 Press obj 4 if if SCONJ _ 6 need mark 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 need nsubj 6 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Press advcl 7 assistance assistance NOUN Number=Sing 6 need obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Press punct
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1 press imperative you not said here this button vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme 2 need a condition, not said to happen present you assistance vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot assistance=Theme
Example 7 Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
obj punct advmod conj punct case det obl punct root Give VERB assistance NOUN , PUNCT not PART advice NOUN , PUNCT in ADP a DET crisis NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Give give VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 assistance assistance NOUN Number=Sing 1 Give obj 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 advice punct 4 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 advice advmod 5 advice advice NOUN Number=Sing 2 assistance conj 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 crisis punct 7 in in ADP _ 9 crisis case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 crisis det 9 crisis crisis NOUN Number=Sing 1 Give obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Give punct
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1 give imperative you not said here assistance and advice a crisis vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme
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