beneficent
Who acts: Beneficent, beneficent fairy, sun · What happens: mean, do, bring, give, regard, be · To what, where: good, good things, others, three gifts, girl, Flora
«beneficent» 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: beneficent in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Beneficent means kind and doing good; bringing good things to others.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beneficent | beneficent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 means | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 doing | cc |
| 5 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 kind | conj |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 doing | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 bringing | punct |
| 8 | bringing | bring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 means | conj |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 things | amod |
| 10 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bringing | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 others | case |
| 12 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bringing | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Beneficent | kind property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | do | gerund | Beneficent not said here | good | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | bring | gerund | Beneficent not said here | good things | others | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thing=Theme to other=Destination |
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 beneficent fairy gave the girl three gifts.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 fairy | det |
| 2 | beneficent | beneficent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fairy | amod |
| 3 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | iobj |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 gifts | nummod |
| 8 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gave | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the beneficent fairy | three gifts | the girl | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient gift=Theme |
Example 2
Flora was regarded as a beneficent power of the spring.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flora | Flora | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 regarded | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 regarded | aux:pass |
| 3 | regarded | regard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 power | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 power | det |
| 6 | beneficent | beneficent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 power | amod |
| 7 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 regarded | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 spring | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 spring | det |
| 10 | spring | spring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 power | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 regarded | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | regard | past · passive | Flora | as a beneficent power of the spring | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as power=Value |
Example 3
The sun is a beneficent friend to the crops.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sun | det |
| 2 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 friend | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 friend | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 friend | det |
| 5 | beneficent | beneficent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 friend | amod |
| 6 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 crops | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 crops | det |
| 9 | crops | crop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 friend | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 friend | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the sun | a beneficent friend | to the crops | 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.
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