--- title: benevolent — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics description: «benevolent» in the school dictionary: Kind and wanting to help people who are in trouble. 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The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: [benevolent in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/benevolent.md). ## Meaning 1 {#m1} Kind and wanting to help people who are in trouble. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:benevolent:m1:1 # text = Kind and wanting to help people who are in trouble. 1 Kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 wanting want VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | gerund | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | people | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary | | 3 | **is** | present | people | | | trouble | | | tree rules | 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} The benevolent old farmer shared his bread with the hungry travellers. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:benevolent:x1:1 # text = The benevolent old farmer shared his bread with the hungry travellers. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 benevolent benevolent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 shared share VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | past | the benevolent old farmer | farmer's bread | | | | with the hungry travellers | tree rules | ## Example 2 {#x2} Their job was helping people in trouble; they were gentle and benevolent. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:benevolent:x2:1 # text = Their job was helping people in trouble; they were gentle and benevolent. 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 helping help VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 benevolent benevolent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | past · progressive | Their job | | people | trouble | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary | | 2 | **is** | past | people | | | | | gentle *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | people *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **job** | | Their *= they* | | | | | | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent | **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. 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