dole

Who acts: government, people, UK, Mum, teacher, Ireland · What happens: pay, have, give out, amount, give, share · To what, where: Money, job, small amounts, several people, something, poor

«dole» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: dole in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal, UK/Ireland/Australia/NZ — kept apart, not parsed.

Money that the government pays to people who have no job: «on the dole».

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 pays	obj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 government	det
4	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pays	nsubj
5	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Money	acl:relcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 people	case
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pays	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 have	nsubj
9	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 people	acl:relcl
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 job	det
11	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 have	obj
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 dole	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 dole	punct
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 dole	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dole	det
16	dole	dole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 job	appos
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 dole	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Money	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present	the government	Money				to people	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Asset
2	have	present	people	no job					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient

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

Usage: verb, «dole out» — kept apart, not parsed.

To give out small amounts of something, such as food, money or jobs, to several people.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 give	compound:prt
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 amounts	amod
5	amounts	amount	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 give	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 amounts	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 food	punct
9	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 food	case
10	as	as	ADP	_	9 such	fixed
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 something	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 money	punct
13	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 food	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 jobs	cc
15	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 food	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 people	punct
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 people	case
18	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 people	amod
19	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 give	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give out	to-infinitive		small amounts of something	several people				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent amount=Theme to people=Recipient
2	amount			something					nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient

Meaning 3

Usage: old — kept apart, not parsed.

A share of food or money given to the poor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 share	det
2	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 food	case
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 share	nmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 money	cc
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 food	conj
7	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 money	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 poor	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 poor	det
10	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 given	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 share	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	participle		money not said here	the poor				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to poor=Recipient
2	share			food or money					nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

(UK) After the factory closed, he was on the dole for a year.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 UK	punct
2	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 closed	obl
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 UK	punct
4	After	after	ADP	_	6 factory	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 factory	det
6	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 UK	nmod
7	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 dole	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 dole	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 dole	cop
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 dole	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dole	det
13	dole	dole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 closed	advcl
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 year	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 year	det
16	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 dole	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 closed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	participle		UK after the factory					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	past	UK			the dole	year		tree rules

Example 2

Mum doled out the chocolates, two each.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 doled	nsubj
2	doled	dole	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 doled	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chocolates	det
5	chocolates	chocolate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 doled	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 two	punct
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 chocolates	appos
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 two	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 doled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dole out	past	Mum	the chocolates					tree rules

Example 3

The teacher doled out the worksheets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 doled	nsubj
3	doled	dole	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 doled	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 worksheets	det
6	worksheets	worksheet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 doled	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 doled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dole out	past	the teacher	the worksheets					tree rules

Example 4

(Ireland) She signed on the dole while looking for work.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Ireland	punct
2	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 signed	nsubj
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Ireland	punct
4	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 signed	nsubj
5	signed	sign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 dole	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dole	det
8	dole	dole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 signed	obl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 looking	mark
10	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 signed	advcl
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 work	case
12	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 looking	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 signed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign	past	Ireland			the dole			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on dole=Destination
2	look	gerund	Ireland not said here					for work	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for work=Theme

Example 5

The dinner lady doled out the mashed potato.

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	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lady	compound
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	doled	dole	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lady	acl
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 doled	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 potato	det
7	mashed	mash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 potato	amod
8	potato	potato	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 doled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lady	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dole out	participle	the dinner lady not said here	the mashed potato					tree rules
2	mash	participle							vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Example 6

(Australia) He's been on the dole since leaving school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Australia	punct
2	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 dole	nsubj
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Australia	punct
4	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dole	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dole	cop
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 dole	cop
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 dole	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dole	det
9	dole	dole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 leaving	mark
11	leaving	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 dole	acl
12	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 leaving	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 dole	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Australia			the dole			tree rules
2	leave	gerund	the dole not said here	school					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Theme

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