kindness Who acts: Kindness, She, you, Holding, her, class · What happens: be, care, thank, cost, show, treat · To what, where: kind act, you, nothing, kindness, new boy, animals
«kindness» 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: kindness in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Kindness is being friendly, caring and helpful to others.
nsubj cop cop punct advcl cc conj case obl punct root Kindness NOUN is AUX being AUX friendly ADJ , PUNCT caring VERB and CCONJ helpful ADJ to ADP others NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kindness kindness NOUN Number=Sing 4 friendly nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 friendly cop 3 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 friendly cop 4 friendly friendly ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 caring punct 6 caring care VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 friendly advcl 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 helpful cc 8 helpful helpful ADJ Degree=Pos 4 friendly conj 9 to to ADP _ 10 others case 10 others other NOUN Number=Plur 8 helpful obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 friendly punct
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1 is present Kindness friendly property tree rules 2 care gerund Kindness not said here vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 3 be Kindness not said here to others tree rules
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 A kindness is a kind act.
det nsubj cop det amod punct root A DET kindness NOUN is AUX a DET kind ADJ act NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 kindness det 2 kindness kindness NOUN Number=Sing 6 act nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 act cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 act det 5 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 6 act amod 6 act act NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 act punct
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1 is a present a kindness a kind act tree rules
Example 1 Thank you for your kindness.
obj case nmod:poss obl punct root Thank VERB you PRON for ADP your PRON kindness NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Thank thank VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 2 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 1 Thank obj 3 for for ADP _ 5 kindness case 4 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 kindness nmod:poss 5 kindness kindness NOUN Number=Sing 1 Thank obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 1 Thank punct
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1 thank speech: thank present you for your kindness vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent you=Theme for kindness=Attribute
Example 2 Kindness costs nothing.
nsubj obj punct root Kindness NOUN costs VERB nothing PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kindness kindness NOUN Number=Sing 2 costs nsubj 2 costs cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 2 costs obj 4 . . PUNCT _ 2 costs punct
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1 cost present Kindness nothing vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme nothing=Value
Example 3 She showed kindness to the new boy.
nsubj obj case det amod obl punct root She PRON showed VERB kindness NOUN to ADP the DET new ADJ boy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 showed nsubj 2 showed show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 kindness kindness NOUN Number=Sing 2 showed obj 4 to to ADP _ 7 boy case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 boy det 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 7 boy amod 7 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 2 showed obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 showed punct
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1 show past She kindness the new boy vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent kindness=Topic to boy=Recipient
Example 4 Treat animals with kindness.
obj case obl punct root Treat VERB animals NOUN with ADP kindness NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Treat treat VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 animals animal NOUN Number=Plur 1 Treat obj 3 with with ADP _ 4 kindness case 4 kindness kindness NOUN Number=Sing 1 Treat obl 5 . . PUNCT _ 1 Treat punct
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1 treat imperative you not said here animals with kindness vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent animal=Recipient with kindness=Theme
Example 5 Holding the door open is a small act of kindness.
csubj det obj xcomp cop det amod case nmod punct root Holding VERB the DET door NOUN open ADJ is AUX a DET small ADJ act NOUN of ADP kindness NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Holding hold VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 act csubj 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 door det 3 door door NOUN Number=Sing 1 Holding obj 4 open open ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Holding xcomp 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 act cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 act det 7 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 8 act amod 8 act act NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 of of ADP _ 10 kindness case 10 kindness kindness NOUN Number=Sing 8 act nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 8 act punct
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1 hold gerund the door open property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme 2 is a present Holding a small act of kindness tree rules
Example 6 His kindness made her feel welcome.
nmod:poss nsubj obj xcomp xcomp punct root His PRON kindness NOUN made VERB her PRON feel VERB welcome ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 kindness nmod:poss 2 kindness kindness NOUN Number=Sing 3 made nsubj 3 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 made obj 5 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 made xcomp 6 welcome welcome ADJ Degree=Pos 5 feel xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 made punct
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1 make past His kindness her = she tree rules 2 feel infinitive her = she not said here welcome property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Example 7 Our class did a week of kindness challenges.
nmod:poss nsubj det obl:unmarked case compound nmod punct root Our PRON class NOUN did VERB a DET week NOUN of ADP kindness NOUN challenges NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 class nmod:poss 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 did nsubj 3 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 week det 5 week week NOUN Number=Sing 3 did obl:unmarked 6 of of ADP _ 8 challenges case 7 kindness kindness NOUN Number=Sing 8 challenges compound 8 challenges challenge NOUN Number=Plur 5 week nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 did punct
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1 do past Our class week vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 8 An act of kindness is well repaid.
det nsubj:pass case nmod aux:pass advmod punct root An DET act NOUN of ADP kindness NOUN is AUX well ADV repaid VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 act det 2 act act NOUN Number=Sing 7 repaid nsubj:pass 3 of of ADP _ 4 kindness case 4 kindness kindness NOUN Number=Sing 2 act nmod 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 repaid aux:pass 6 well well ADV Degree=Pos 7 repaid advmod 7 repaid repay VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 repaid punct
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1 repay present · passive a act of kindness well property vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient 2 act kindness nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent
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