poverty

Who acts: Many families, Charities, Poverty, school, He, Ending · What happens: be, not have, live, help, mean, eat · To what, where: enough money, poverty, people, food, doctor, world goal · Speech: someone speaks here

«poverty» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: poverty in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Being very poor; not having enough money for food, clothes or a home.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 poor	cop
2	very	very	ADV	_	3 poor	advmod
3	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 having	punct
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 having	advmod
6	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 poor	advcl
7	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 money	amod
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 having	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 food	case
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 having	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 clothes	punct
12	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	10 food	conj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 home	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 home	det
15	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 food	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 poor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund						poor property	tree rules
2	not have	gerund		enough money				for food and clothes or a home	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=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

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

A lack of something: poverty of ideas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lack	det
2	lack	lack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 something	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 something	case
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 poverty	punct
6	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 something	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 ideas	case
8	ideas	idea	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 poverty	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 something	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Many families lived in poverty in Victorian times.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 families	amod
2	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 poverty	case
5	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 times	case
7	Victorian	victorian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 times	amod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lived	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	Many families			poverty	time		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in poverty=Location

Example 2

Charities help people in poverty.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charities	charity	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	nsubj
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 poverty	case
5	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 people	nmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Charities		people	poverty			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary

Example 3

Poverty means not having enough to eat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 having	advmod
4	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	ccomp
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	4 having	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 eat	mark
7	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 having	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Poverty		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not have	gerund		enough property	tree rules
3	eat	to-infinitive			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Our school collected food to fight poverty.

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 school	nmod:poss
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collected	nsubj
3	collected	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collected	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 fight	mark
6	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 collected	advcl
7	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fight	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 collected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	past	Our school	food					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme
2	fight	to-infinitive	Our school not said here	poverty					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poverty=Co-Agent

Example 5

He grew up in poverty but became a doctor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 grew	compound:prt
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 poverty	case
5	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	obl
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 became	cc
7	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grew	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 doctor	det
9	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 became	xcomp
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow up	past	He			poverty			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in poverty=Location
2	become	past	He not said here	a doctor					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 6

Ending poverty is a world goal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ending	end	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 goal	csubj
2	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ending	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 goal	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 goal	det
5	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 goal	compound
6	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 goal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	gerund		poverty					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality poverty=Eventuality
2	is a	present	Ending	a world goal					tree rules

Example 7

It was indeed poverty arrayed in rags.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 poverty	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 poverty	cop
3	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	4 poverty	advmod
4	poverty	poverty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	arrayed	array	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 poverty	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 rags	case
7	rags	rag	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 arrayed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 poverty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	poverty				indeed property	tree rules
2	array	participle		poverty not said here		rags			tree rules

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poverty/