godchild
Who acts: godchild, godparent, fairy · What happens: be, promise, help, look, give, come · To what, where: child, godchild
«godchild» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: godchild in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A godchild is a child whose godparent has promised to help look after them in the Christian faith.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 godchild | det |
| 2 | godchild | godchild | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 child | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 child | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 child | det |
| 5 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 7 godparent | nmod:poss |
| 7 | godparent | godparent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 promised | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 promised | aux |
| 9 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 child | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 help | mark |
| 11 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 promised | xcomp |
| 12 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 help | xcomp |
| 13 | after | after | ADP | _ | 14 them | case |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 look | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 faith | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 faith | det |
| 17 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 faith | amod |
| 18 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 look | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 child | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a godchild | a child | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | promise speech: promise | present · perfect | godparent | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | help not said to happen | to-infinitive | godparent not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | look not said to happen | infinitive | godparent not said here | after them = they | in the Christian faith | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in faith=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
Her godchild was given a gift by the fairy.
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 godchild | nmod:poss |
| 2 | godchild | godchild | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 given | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 given | aux:pass |
| 4 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 gift | det |
| 6 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 given | obj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 fairy | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fairy | det |
| 9 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 given | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · passive | the fairy | Her godchild | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient gift=Theme |
Example 2
My godchild is coming to tea on Sunday.
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 | 2 godchild | nmod:poss |
| 2 | godchild | godchild | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coming | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 coming | aux |
| 4 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 tea | mark |
| 6 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coming | advcl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 Sunday | case |
| 8 | Sunday | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 tea | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 coming | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · progressive | My godchild | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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