assistance

Who 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 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: assistance in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Assistance is help or support given to someone.

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Assistance help or support					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.

Meaning 2

Assistance is often a formal word for help from a service, like medical assistance.

The tree, 14 words

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Assistance	a formal word and medical assistance				for help from a service; often property	tree rules

Example 1

Can I be of any assistance?

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	I					of any assistance	tree rules

Example 2

Call the lifeguard for assistance.

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
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.

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
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.

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
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.

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
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.

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
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.

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
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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