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title: beneficent — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «beneficent» in the school dictionary: Beneficent means kind and doing good; bringing good things to others. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# beneficent

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**Who acts:** Beneficent, beneficent fairy, sun · **What happens:** mean, do, bring, give, regard, be · **To what, where:** good, good things, others, three gifts, girl, Flora

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Beneficent means kind and doing good; bringing good things to others.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beneficent:m1:1
# text = Beneficent means kind and doing good; bringing good things to others.
1	Beneficent	beneficent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Beneficent |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | Beneficent *not said here* | good |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality |
| 3 | **bring** | gerund | Beneficent *not said here* | good things |  | others |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thing=Theme to other=Destination |

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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 beneficent fairy gave the girl three gifts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beneficent:x1:1
# text = The beneficent fairy gave the girl three gifts.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	beneficent	beneficent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	iobj	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the beneficent fairy | three gifts | the girl |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient gift=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Flora was regarded as a beneficent power of the spring.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beneficent:x2:1
# text = Flora was regarded as a beneficent power of the spring.
1	Flora	Flora	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	regarded	regard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	beneficent	beneficent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regard** | past · passive |  | Flora |  |  |  | as a beneficent power of the spring | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as power=Value |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The sun is a beneficent friend to the crops.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beneficent:x3:1
# text = The sun is a beneficent friend to the crops.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	beneficent	beneficent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the sun | a beneficent friend |  |  |  | to the crops | 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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