benevolence
Who acts: They, benevolence · What happens: be, want, help, show, feed, make · To what, where: Benevolence kindness, good things, things, great benevolence, poor, hungry child
«benevolence» 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: benevolence in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Benevolence is kindness and goodwill; wanting good things for others and helping them.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benevolence | benevolence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kindness | compound |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kindness | cop |
| 3 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 goodwill | cc |
| 5 | goodwill | goodwill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kindness | conj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 wanting | punct |
| 7 | wanting | want | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 kindness | parataxis |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 things | amod |
| 9 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 wanting | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 others | case |
| 11 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 wanting | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 helping | cc |
| 13 | helping | help | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 wanting | conj |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 helping | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 kindness | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Benevolence kindness and goodwill | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | want | gerund | good things | for others | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme | ||||
| 3 | help | gerund | things = thing | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary |
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
They showed great benevolence to the poor.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 benevolence | amod |
| 4 | benevolence | benevolence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 showed | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 poor | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 poor | det |
| 7 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 showed | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | They | great benevolence | the poor | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent benevolence=Topic to poor=Recipient |
Example 2
Her benevolence fed every hungry child in town.
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 | 2 benevolence | nmod:poss |
| 2 | benevolence | benevolence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fed | nsubj |
| 3 | fed | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 child | det |
| 5 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 child | amod |
| 6 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fed | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 town | case |
| 8 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 child | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | past | Her benevolence | every hungry child | town | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent child=Value in town=Location |
Example 3
The king's benevolence made the people happy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 benevolence | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 king | case |
| 4 | benevolence | benevolence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 people | det |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 made | obj |
| 8 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 made | xcomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the king's benevolence | the people | happy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product |
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