livelihood

Who acts: livelihood, person, fisherman, fiddler, Many farmers · What happens: be, earn, pay, lose, depend · To what, where: way, money, livelihood, sea, fiddle

«livelihood» 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: livelihood in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A livelihood is the way a person earns money to pay for food and a home.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 livelihood	det
2	livelihood	livelihood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 way	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 earns	nsubj
8	earns	earn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	acl:relcl
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 earns	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 pay	mark
11	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 earns	xcomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 food	case
13	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pay	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 home	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 home	det
16	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 food	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a livelihood	the way		tree rules
2	earn	present	a person	money		tree rules
3	pay	to-infinitive	a person not said here		for food and a home	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for food=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

A fisherman earns his livelihood from the sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fisherman	det
2	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 earns	nsubj
3	earns	earn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 livelihood	nmod:poss
5	livelihood	livelihood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 earns	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 earns	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 earns	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	earn	present	a fisherman	fisherman's livelihood		the sea			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent livelihood=Theme from sea=Source

Example 2

The fiddler lost his livelihood when he lost his fiddle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fiddler	det
2	fiddler	fiddler	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	nsubj
3	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 livelihood	nmod:poss
5	livelihood	livelihood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 lost	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lost	nsubj
8	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 fiddle	nmod:poss
10	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	the fiddler	fiddler's livelihood					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent livelihood=Eventuality
2	lose	past	fiddler	fiddler's fiddle					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiddle=Eventuality

Example 3

Many farmers depend on the land for a livelihood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 farmers	amod
2	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 depend	nsubj
3	depend	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 land	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 land	det
6	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depend	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 livelihood	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 livelihood	det
9	livelihood	livelihood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depend	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 depend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	Many farmers					for a livelihood; on the land	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on land=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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