almsgiving

Who acts: Charity, church, Almsgiving, you, people, children · What happens: give, give out, encourage, fast, mean, share · To what, where: money, poor people, kindness, prayer, tins, duty · Speech: someone speaks here

«almsgiving» in the school 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: almsgiving in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: church — kept apart, not parsed.

Giving money, food or help to poor people, especially as a religious duty.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Giving	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 food	punct
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 money	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 help	cc
6	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 money	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 people	case
8	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Giving	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 duty	punct
11	especially	especially	ADV	_	15 duty	advmod
12	as	as	ADP	_	15 duty	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 duty	det
14	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 duty	amod
15	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Giving	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Giving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund		money and food or help	poor people			as a religious duty	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme 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

Charity given out of kindness to people in need.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Charity	acl
3	out	out	ADP	_	5 kindness	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 kindness	case
5	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 given	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 people	case
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kindness	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 need	case
9	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 people	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Charity	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give out	participle	Charity not said here	kindness to people in need					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent kindness=Theme

Example 1

During Lent, our church encourages prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	During	during	ADP	_	2 Lent	case
2	Lent	Lent	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 encourages	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Lent	punct
4	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 church	nmod:poss
5	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 encourages	nsubj
6	encourages	encourage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 encourages	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fasting	punct
9	fasting	fast	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 encourages	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 almsgiving	cc
11	almsgiving	almsgiving	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fasting	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 encourages	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	encourage	present	our church	prayer			during Lent		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Theme
2	fast	gerund	our church not said here						tree rules

Example 2

Almsgiving means sharing what you have with people who are poor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Almsgiving	Almsgiving	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 have	obj
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 have	nsubj
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sharing	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 people	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 poor	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 poor	cop
11	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 people	acl:relcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Almsgiving		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	share not said to happen	gerund	Almsgiving not said here		tree rules
3	have	present	you	with people	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient
4	is	present	people	poor property	tree rules

Example 3

The children collected tins for the food bank as an act of almsgiving.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 children	det
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 collected	nsubj
3	collected	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tins	tin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 collected	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 bank	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bank	det
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bank	compound
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collected	obl
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 act	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 act	det
11	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collected	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 almsgiving	case
13	almsgiving	almsgiving	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 act	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 collected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	past	the children	tins				for the food bank; as a act of almsgiving	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tin=Theme
2	act		almsgiving						nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Example 4

Many faiths teach that almsgiving is a duty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 faiths	amod
2	faiths	faith	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 teach	nsubj
3	teach	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 duty	mark
5	almsgiving	almsgiving	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 duty	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 duty	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 duty	det
8	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teach	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 teach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	present	Many faiths						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	almsgiving	a duty					tree rules

Example 5

In the story, the rich man was praised for his almsgiving.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 praised	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 praised	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 praised	aux:pass
9	praised	praise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 almsgiving	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 almsgiving	nmod:poss
12	almsgiving	almsgiving	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 praised	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 praised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past · passive		the rich man		the story		for man's almsgiving	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for almsgiving=Attribute

Example 6

Almsgiving should be done quietly, Jesus taught, not to show off.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Almsgiving	Almsgiving	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 done	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 done	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 done	aux:pass
4	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	4 done	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 taught	punct
7	Jesus	Jesus	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 taught	nsubj
8	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 done	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 show	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 show	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 show	mark
12	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 taught	ccomp
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 show	compound:prt
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	should · passive		Almsgiving	quietly property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	teach speech: other	past	Jesus			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not show off	to-infinitive				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 7

The monks lived simply and spent their money on almsgiving.

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 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	simply	simply	ADV	_	3 lived	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 spent	cc
6	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lived	conj
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 money	nmod:poss
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spent	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 almsgiving	case
10	almsgiving	almsgiving	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spent	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the monks					simply property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	spend	past	the monks not said here	monks's money				on almsgiving goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent money=Asset on almsgiving=Goal

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