subsistence Who acts: Subsistence, Subsistence farming, money, Many families, Subsistence farmers, wages · What happens: have, stay, grow, feed, not sell, mean · To what, where: enough food, own family, money, basic living, subsistence farming, food · Speech: someone speaks here
«subsistence» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: subsistence in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Subsistence is having just enough food, water and money to stay alive, with nothing extra.
The tree, 15 words nsubj aux advmod amod obj punct conj cc conj mark acl xcomp punct case parataxis amod punct root Subsistence NOUN is AUX having VERB just ADV enough ADJ food NOUN , PUNCT water NOUN and CCONJ money NOUN to PART stay VERB alive ADJ , PUNCT with ADP nothing PRON extra ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Subsistence subsistence NOUN Number=Sing 3 having nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 having aux 3 having have VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 just just ADV _ 5 enough advmod 5 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos 6 food amod 6 food food NOUN Number=Sing 3 having obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 water punct 8 water water NOUN Number=Sing 6 food conj 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 money cc 10 money money NOUN Number=Sing 6 food conj 11 to to PART _ 12 stay mark 12 stay stay VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 money acl 13 alive alive ADJ Degree=Pos 12 stay xcomp 14 , , PUNCT _ 16 nothing punct 15 with with ADP _ 16 nothing case 16 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 3 having parataxis 17 extra extra ADJ Degree=Pos 16 nothing amod 18 . . PUNCT _ 3 having punct
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1 have present · progressive Subsistence enough food and water and money vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient 2 stay to-infinitive Subsistence not said here alive property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Meaning 2 Subsistence farming is growing just enough food to feed your own family, not to sell.
The tree, 15 words compound nsubj aux advmod amod obj mark advcl nmod:poss amod obj punct advmod mark conj punct root Subsistence NOUN farming NOUN is AUX growing VERB just ADV enough ADJ food NOUN to PART feed VERB your PRON own ADJ family NOUN , PUNCT not PART to PART sell VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Subsistence subsistence NOUN Number=Sing 2 farming compound 2 farming farming NOUN Number=Sing 4 growing nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 growing aux 4 growing grow VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 just just ADV _ 6 enough advmod 6 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos 7 food amod 7 food food NOUN Number=Sing 4 growing obj 8 to to PART _ 9 feed mark 9 feed feed VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 growing advcl 10 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 family nmod:poss 11 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 12 family amod 12 family family NOUN Number=Sing 9 feed obj 13 , , PUNCT _ 16 sell punct 14 not not PART Polarity=Neg 16 sell advmod 15 to to PART _ 16 sell mark 16 sell sell VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 feed conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 4 growing punct
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1 grow present · progressive Subsistence farming enough food vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme 2 feed to-infinitive Subsistence farming not said here your own family vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Recipient 3 not sell to-infinitive Subsistence farming not said here vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
Meaning 3 Usage: formal, money — kept apart, not parsed.
Subsistence can mean money paid to cover basic living costs like meals when away for work.
The tree, 16 words nsubj aux nsubj acl mark advcl amod obj ccomp case obl mark advmod case obl punct root Subsistence NOUN can AUX mean VERB money NOUN paid VERB to PART cover VERB basic ADJ living NOUN costs VERB like ADP meals NOUN when SCONJ away ADV for ADP work NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Subsistence subsistence NOUN Number=Sing 3 mean nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 mean aux 3 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 money money NOUN Number=Sing 10 costs nsubj 5 paid pay VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 money acl 6 to to PART _ 7 cover mark 7 cover cover VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 paid advcl 8 basic basic ADJ Degree=Pos 9 living amod 9 living living NOUN Number=Sing 7 cover obj 10 costs cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 mean ccomp 11 like like ADP _ 12 meals case 12 meals meal NOUN Number=Plur 10 costs obl 13 when when SCONJ _ 14 away mark 14 away away ADV _ 10 costs advmod 15 for for ADP _ 16 work case 16 work work NOUN Number=Sing 14 away obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 3 mean punct
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1 mean can Subsistence vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 pay participle money not said here vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 cover to-infinitive basic living vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme living=Destination 4 cost present money like meals; away property vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
Example 1 Many families in the past lived on subsistence farming.
amod nsubj case det nmod case compound obl punct root Many ADJ families NOUN in ADP the DET past NOUN lived VERB on ADP subsistence NOUN farming NOUN . PUNCT 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 6 lived nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 5 past case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 past det 5 past past NOUN Number=Sing 2 families nmod 6 lived live VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 on on ADP _ 9 farming case 8 subsistence subsistence NOUN Number=Sing 9 farming compound 9 farming farming NOUN Number=Sing 6 lived obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 lived punct
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1 live past Many families in the past subsistence farming vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on farming=Location
Example 2 Subsistence farmers grow food mainly to eat, not to sell.
compound nsubj obj advmod mark advcl punct advmod mark conj punct root Subsistence NOUN farmers NOUN grow VERB food NOUN mainly ADV to PART eat VERB , PUNCT not PART to PART sell VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Subsistence subsistence NOUN Number=Sing 2 farmers compound 2 farmers farmer NOUN Number=Plur 3 grow nsubj 3 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 food food NOUN Number=Sing 3 grow obj 5 mainly mainly ADV _ 3 grow advmod 6 to to PART _ 7 eat mark 7 eat eat VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 grow advcl 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 sell punct 9 not not PART Polarity=Neg 11 sell advmod 10 to to PART _ 11 sell mark 11 sell sell VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 eat conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 grow punct
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1 grow present Subsistence farmers food mainly property vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme 2 eat to-infinitive Subsistence farmers not said here vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 not sell to-infinitive Subsistence farmers not said here vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
Example 3 Their wages were barely enough for subsistence.
nmod:poss nsubj cop advmod advmod case punct root Their PRON wages NOUN were AUX barely ADV enough ADV for ADP subsistence NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 wages nmod:poss 2 wages wage NOUN Number=Plur 7 subsistence nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 subsistence cop 4 barely barely ADV _ 5 enough advmod 5 enough enough ADV _ 7 subsistence advmod 6 for for ADP _ 7 subsistence case 7 subsistence subsistence NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 subsistence punct
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1 is past Their wages for subsistence; enough property tree rules
Example 4 In geography we compared subsistence and commercial farming.
case obl nsubj obj cc amod conj punct root In ADP geography NOUN we PRON compared VERB subsistence NOUN and CCONJ commercial ADJ farming NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 geography case 2 geography geography NOUN Number=Sing 4 compared obl 3 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 compared nsubj 4 compared compare VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 subsistence subsistence NOUN Number=Sing 4 compared obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 farming cc 7 commercial commercial ADJ Degree=Pos 8 farming amod 8 farming farming NOUN Number=Sing 5 subsistence conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 compared punct
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1 compare past we subsistence and commercial farming geography vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subsistence=Patient
Example 5 Fishing was the village's means of subsistence.
nsubj cop det nsubj case case obl punct root Fishing NOUN was AUX the DET village NOUN 's PART means VERB of ADP subsistence NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Fishing fishing NOUN Number=Sing 4 village nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 village cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 village det 4 village village NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 5 's 's PART _ 4 village case 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 of of ADP _ 8 subsistence case 8 subsistence subsistence NOUN Number=Sing 6 means obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct
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1 is past Fishing 's the village tree rules 2 mean present the village of subsistence vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Example 6 Dad gets a subsistence allowance when he works away.
nsubj det compound obj mark nsubj advcl advmod punct root Dad NOUN gets VERB a DET subsistence NOUN allowance NOUN when SCONJ he PRON works VERB away ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 2 gets nsubj 2 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 allowance det 4 subsistence subsistence NOUN Number=Sing 5 allowance compound 5 allowance allowance NOUN Number=Sing 2 gets obj 6 when when SCONJ _ 8 works mark 7 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 works nsubj 8 works work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 gets advcl 9 away away ADV _ 8 works advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 gets punct
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1 get present Dad a subsistence allowance vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer allowance=Stimulus 2 work away present Dad away property vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 7 A poor blind Brahman and his wife were dependent on their son for their subsistence.
The tree, 15 words det amod amod nsubj cc nmod:poss conj cop case nmod:poss obl case nmod:poss obl punct root A DET poor ADJ blind ADJ Brahman PROPN and CCONJ his PRON wife NOUN were AUX dependent ADJ on ADP their PRON son NOUN for ADP their PRON subsistence NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 Brahman det 2 poor poor ADJ Degree=Pos 4 Brahman amod 3 blind blind ADJ Degree=Pos 4 Brahman amod 4 Brahman Brahman PROPN Number=Sing 9 dependent nsubj 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 wife cc 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 wife nmod:poss 7 wife wife NOUN Number=Sing 4 Brahman conj 8 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 dependent cop 9 dependent dependent ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 on on ADP _ 12 son case 11 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 son nmod:poss 12 son son NOUN Number=Sing 9 dependent obl 13 for for ADP _ 15 subsistence case 14 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 15 subsistence nmod:poss 15 subsistence subsistence NOUN Number=Sing 9 dependent obl 16 . . PUNCT _ 9 dependent punct
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1 is past a poor blind Brahman and his wife on Brahman's son; for Brahman's subsistence; dependent property tree rules 2 subsist Brahman nom subsistence «possession intransitive»: poss=agent
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