alms

Who acts: two poor women, monks, You, king, They · What happens: be, give, beg, mean, ask, come · To what, where: Alms money, poor people, alms, castle, hungry, food · Speech: someone speaks here

«alms» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: alms in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

Alms is money or food given to poor people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alms	Alms	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 money	compound
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 money	cop
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 food	cc
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 money	conj
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 money	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 people	case
8	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 given	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 money	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Alms money or food					tree rules
2	give	participle		Alms money or food not said here	poor people				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to people=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.

Meaning 2

«To beg alms» means to ask for money or food as a poor person.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 beg	punct
2	To	to	PART	_	3 beg	mark
3	beg	beg	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 means	nsubj
4	alms	alm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 beg	obj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 beg	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 ask	mark
8	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 means	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 money	case
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ask	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 food	cc
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 money	conj
13	as	as	ADP	_	16 person	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 person	det
15	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 person	amod
16	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ask	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request in a quote	to-infinitive	alms		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent alm=Recipient
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	ask speech: ask not said to happen	to-infinitive		for money or food; as a poor person	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Once two poor women came to the castle to beg alms.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	SCONJ	_	5 came	mark
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 women	nummod
3	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 women	amod
4	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 castle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 castle	det
8	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 beg	mark
10	beg	beg	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 came	advcl
11	alms	alm	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 beg	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	two poor women			the castle			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial_Location
2	beg speech: request	to-infinitive	two poor women not said here	alms					vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent alm=Recipient

Example 2

The monks gave alms to the hungry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 monks	det
2	monks	monk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	alms	alm	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gave	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 hungry	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hungry	det
7	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gave	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the monks	alms	the hungry				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent alm=Theme to hungry=Recipient

Example 3

«You do not beg for alms,» said the king.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 beg	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 beg	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 beg	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 beg	advmod
5	beg	beg	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 said	ccomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 alms	case
7	alms	alm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 beg	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 beg	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 beg	punct
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not beg speech: request in a quote	present · do-support	You					for alms	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for alm=Topic
2	say speech: assert	past	the king						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 4

They shared out food and alms to the poor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shared	nsubj
2	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 shared	compound:prt
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shared	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 alms	cc
6	alms	alm	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 food	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 poor	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 poor	det
9	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shared	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 shared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share out	past	They	food and alms				to the poor	tree rules

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/alms/