benefactor

Who acts: benefactor, person, rich lady, old beggar, kind benefactor · What happens: be, help, give, thank, reward · To what, where: person, others, money, benefactor, you

«benefactor» 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: benefactor in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A benefactor is a person who helps others by giving them money, gifts, or kindness.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 benefactor	det
2	benefactor	benefactor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 helps	nsubj
7	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 helps	obj
9	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 giving	mark
10	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 helps	advcl
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 giving	iobj
12	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 giving	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 gifts	punct
14	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 person	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 kindness	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 kindness	cc
17	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a benefactor	a person and gifts or kindness		tree rules
2	help	present	a person and gifts or kindness	others		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary
3	give	gerund	a person and gifts or kindness not said here	money	others = other	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient money=Theme

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 rich lady was a benefactor of our school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lady	det
2	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lady	amod
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 benefactor	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 benefactor	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 benefactor	det
6	benefactor	benefactor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 school	case
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 school	nmod:poss
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 benefactor	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 benefactor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the rich lady	a benefactor				of our school	tree rules

Example 2

The old beggar thanked her benefactor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 beggar	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 beggar	amod
3	beggar	beggar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thanked	nsubj
4	thanked	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 benefactor	nmod:poss
6	benefactor	benefactor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thanked	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 thanked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	past	the old beggar	beggar's benefactor					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent benefactor=Theme

Example 3

My kind benefactor, how can I reward you?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 benefactor	nmod:poss
2	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 benefactor	amod
3	benefactor	benefactor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reward	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 reward	punct
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 reward	advmod
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 reward	aux
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 reward	nsubj
8	reward	reward	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 reward	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 reward	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reward	can	My kind benefactor		you				vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient

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