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title: benediction — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «benediction» in the school dictionary: A benediction is a blessing; a kind wish said over someone, often asking for good luck or God's care. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# benediction

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**Who acts:** benediction, kind wish, God, old priest, kind smile, Her · **What happens:** be, say, ask, care, give, smile · **To what, where:** blessing, someone, benediction · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«benediction» 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: [benediction in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/benediction.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A benediction is a blessing; a kind wish said over someone, often asking for good luck or God's care.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:benediction:m1:1
# text = A benediction is a blessing; a kind wish said over someone, often asking for good luck or God's care.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	benediction	benediction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wish	wish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	often	often	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a benediction | a blessing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a kind wish |  |  | someone |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | a kind wish *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for good luck or God's care; often *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **care** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#x1}

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The old priest gave a benediction for the wedding.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:benediction:x1:1
# text = The old priest gave a benediction for the wedding.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	benediction	benediction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the old priest | a benediction |  |  |  | for the wedding | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent benediction=Theme for wedding=Asset |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Her kind smile was a benediction to the sad boy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:benediction:x2:1
# text = Her kind smile was a benediction to the sad boy.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	smile	smile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	benediction	benediction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Her kind smile | a benediction |  |  |  | to the sad boy | tree rules |
| 2 | **smile** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom smile «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The soft curls were a benediction to the queen's eyes.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:benediction:x3:1
# text = The soft curls were a benediction to the queen's eyes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	curls	curl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	benediction	benediction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the soft curls | a benediction |  |  |  | to the queen's eyes | tree rules |

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**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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