providence

Who acts: Providence, good luck, kind, It, bridge, Miacca · What happens: be, seem, come, mean, protect, guide · To what, where: care, fate, kind, power, God, lucky providence

«providence» 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: providence in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Providence is the care or guidance of God, or the good luck that seems to come from fate; in tales it can mean a kind protecting power.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Providence	providence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 care	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 care	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 care	det
4	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 guidance	cc
6	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 care	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 God	case
8	God	God	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 guidance	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 luck	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 luck	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 luck	det
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 luck	amod
13	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 God	appos
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 seems	nsubj
15	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 luck	acl:relcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 come	mark
17	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 seems	xcomp
18	from	from	ADP	_	19 fate	case
19	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 come	obl
20	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 mean	punct
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 tales	case
22	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 mean	obl
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 mean	nsubj
24	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 mean	aux
25	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 care	parataxis
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 kind	det
27	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 mean	obj
28	protecting	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	27 kind	acl
29	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 protecting	obj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 care	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Providence	the care or guidance of God			tree rules
2	seem	present	the good luck				vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
3	come	to-infinitive	the good luck not said here		fate		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from fate=Initial_Location
4	mean	can	Providence	a kind		in tales	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot kind=Theme in tale=Attribute
5	protect	gerund	a kind not said here	power			vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Beneficiary
6	guide			God			nom guidance «communication transitive»: of=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.

Example 1

It was a lucky providence that the bridge held.

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	5 providence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 providence	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 providence	det
4	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 providence	amod
5	providence	providence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 held	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bridge	det
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 held	nsubj
9	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 providence	acl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 providence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a lucky providence					tree rules
2	hold	participle	the bridge	a lucky providence not said here					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent providence=Theme

Example 2

Miacca was like a Providence to the poor family.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Miacca	Miacca	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Providence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Providence	cop
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 Providence	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 Providence	det
5	Providence	providence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 family	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 family	det
8	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 family	amod
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Providence	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 Providence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Miacca					like a Providence; to the poor family	tree rules

Example 3

We trusted in providence to bring us home safely.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 trusted	nsubj
2	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 providence	case
4	providence	providence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trusted	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 bring	mark
6	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 trusted	advcl
7	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 bring	obj
8	home	home	ADV	_	6 bring	advmod
9	safely	safely	ADV	_	6 bring	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 trusted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	past	We			providence			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	bring	to-infinitive	We not said here		us			home, safely property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument we=Destination

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