benediction

Who acts: benediction, kind wish, God, old priest, kind smile, Her · What happens: be, say, ask, care, give, smile · To what, where: blessing, someone, benediction · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

A benediction is a blessing; a kind wish said over someone, often asking for good luck or God's care.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 benediction	det
2	benediction	benediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blessing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 blessing	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 blessing	det
5	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 wish	det
8	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wish	amod
9	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 blessing	conj
11	over	over	ADP	_	12 someone	case
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 said	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 asking	punct
14	often	often	ADV	_	15 asking	advmod
15	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 said	advcl
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 luck	case
17	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 luck	amod
18	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 asking	obl
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 care	cc
20	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 care	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 God	case
22	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 luck	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 blessing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a benediction	a blessing			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	a kind wish		someone		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask	gerund	a kind wish not said here			for good luck or God's care; often property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	care		God				nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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

The old priest gave a benediction for the wedding.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 priest	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 priest	amod
3	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 benediction	det
6	benediction	benediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 wedding	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wedding	det
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the old priest	a benediction				for the wedding	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent benediction=Theme for wedding=Asset

Example 2

Her kind smile was a benediction to the sad boy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 smile	nmod:poss
2	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 smile	amod
3	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 benediction	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 benediction	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 benediction	det
6	benediction	benediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 boy	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boy	det
9	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 boy	amod
10	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 benediction	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 benediction	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Her kind smile	a benediction				to the sad boy	tree rules
2	smile		Her = she						nom smile «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The soft curls were a benediction to the queen's eyes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 curls	det
2	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 curls	amod
3	curls	curl	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 benediction	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 benediction	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 benediction	det
6	benediction	benediction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 eyes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 queen	det
9	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eyes	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 queen	case
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 benediction	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 benediction	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the soft curls	a benediction				to the queen's eyes	tree rules

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