patronage

Who acts: Patronage, regular custom, shop, writer, readers, theatre · What happens: be, give, mean, keep, go, depend · To what, where: support, kindness, regular custom, shop, local people, readers

«patronage» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: patronage in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Patronage is the support or kindness given by a patron, such as a customer, a backer or a lover of the arts.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Patronage	patronage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 support	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 support	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 support	det
4	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 kindness	cc
6	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 support	conj
7	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 kindness	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 patron	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 patron	det
10	patron	patron	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 given	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 customer	punct
12	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	15 customer	case
13	as	as	ADP	_	12 such	fixed
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 customer	det
15	customer	customer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 patron	appos
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 backer	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 backer	det
18	backer	backer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 support	conj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 lover	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 lover	det
21	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 backer	conj
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 arts	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 arts	det
24	arts	art	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 lover	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 support	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Patronage	the support or kindness and a backer or a lover of the arts					tree rules
2	give	participle		kindness not said here				by a patron	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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

Patronage can mean the regular custom that keeps a shop or a theatre going.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Patronage	patronage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 mean	aux
3	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 custom	det
5	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 custom	amod
6	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mean	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 keeps	nsubj
8	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 custom	acl:relcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 shop	det
10	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keeps	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 theatre	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 theatre	det
13	theatre	theatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shop	conj
14	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 keeps	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	can	Patronage	the regular custom	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent custom=Topic
2	keep	present	the regular custom	a shop or a theatre	tree rules
3	go	gerund	a shop or a theatre not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 1

The shop depends on the patronage of local people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shop	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depends	nsubj
3	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 patronage	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 patronage	det
6	patronage	patronage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depends	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 people	case
8	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 people	amod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 patronage	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 depends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	the shop					on the patronage of local people	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on patronage=Theme
2	patronage			local people					nom patronage «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 2

The writer thanked his readers for their patronage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 writer	det
2	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thanked	nsubj
3	thanked	thank	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 readers	nmod:poss
5	readers	reader	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 thanked	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 patronage	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 patronage	nmod:poss
8	patronage	patronage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thanked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thanked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	past	the writer	writer's readers				for readers's patronage	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent reader=Theme for patronage=Attribute
2	patronage		readers = reader						nom patronage «act transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The theatre survives on patronage from rich families.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 theatre	det
2	theatre	theatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 survives	nsubj
3	survives	survive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 patronage	case
5	patronage	patronage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 survives	obl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 families	case
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 families	amod
8	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 survives	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 survives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	survive	present	the theatre			patronage		from rich families	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on patronage=Location

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