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«fundraise» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: fundraise in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
To collect money for a charity, a school or a good cause, often by holding events.
The tree, 16 wordsThe words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 collect
mark
2
collect
collect
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
money
money
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 collect
obj
4
for
for
ADP
_
6 charity
case
5
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
6 charity
det
6
charity
charity
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 collect
obl
7
,
,
PUNCT
_
9 school
punct
8
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
9 school
det
9
school
school
NOUN
Number=Sing
6 charity
conj
10
or
or
CCONJ
_
13 cause
cc
11
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
13 cause
det
12
good
good
ADJ
Degree=Pos
13 cause
amod
13
cause
cause
NOUN
Number=Sing
6 charity
conj
14
,
,
PUNCT
_
18 events
punct
15
often
often
ADV
_
18 events
advmod
16
by
by
ADP
_
18 events
case
17
holding
hold
VERB
VerbForm=Ger
18 events
amod
18
events
event
NOUN
Number=Plur
2 collect
obl
19
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 collect
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
collect
to-infinitive
money
for a charity and a school or a good cause; by holding events
vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
2
hold
gerund
vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Meaning 2
To ask people or organisations to give money to support a project.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
To
to
PART
_
2 ask
mark
2
ask
ask
VERB
Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin
root
root
3
people
people
NOUN
Number=Plur
2 ask
obj
4
or
or
CCONJ
_
5 organisations
cc
5
organisations
organisation
NOUN
Number=Plur
3 people
conj
6
to
to
PART
_
7 give
mark
7
give
give
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
2 ask
xcomp
8
money
money
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 give
obj
9
to
to
PART
_
10 support
mark
10
support
support
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
7 give
advcl
11
a
a
DET
Definite=Ind PronType=Art
12 project
det
12
project
project
NOUN
Number=Sing
10 support
obj
13
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 ask
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
askspeech: ask
to-infinitive
people or organisations
vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent people=Recipient clause=Topic
2
givenot said to happen
to-infinitive
money
vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
3
support
to-infinitive
a project
vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer project=Stimulus
Example 1
Our class is going to fundraise for the animal shelter.
vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme £=Destination
2
need
present
we
still
vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3
fundraisenot said to happen
to-infinitive
we not said here
tree rules
Example 8
The scouts fundraised by washing cars on Saturday.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
2 scouts
det
2
scouts
scout
NOUN
Number=Plur
root
root
3
fundraised
fundraise
VERB
Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass
2 scouts
acl
4
by
by
SCONJ
_
5 washing
mark
5
washing
wash
VERB
Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part
3 fundraised
advcl
6
cars
car
NOUN
Number=Plur
5 washing
obj
7
on
on
ADP
_
8 Saturday
case
8
Saturday
Saturday
PROPN
Number=Sing
5 washing
obl
9
.
.
PUNCT
_
2 scouts
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
fundraise
participle
the scouts not said here
tree rules
2
wash
gerund
cars
saturday
vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient
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.