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title: bequeath — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bequeath» in the school dictionary: To leave money or belongings to someone in your will, so they get them after you die. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bequeath

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**Who acts:** money, you, people, Great grandpa, She, ancient Greeks · **What happens:** leave, get, die, pass on, come, bequeath · **To what, where:** money, someone, belongings, something, people, gold watch

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«bequeath» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [bequeath in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bequeath.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: law, formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To leave money or belongings to someone in your will, so they get them after you die.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bequeath:m1:1
# text = To leave money or belongings to someone in your will, so they get them after you die.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	belongings	belonging	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	die	die	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  | money or belongings | someone |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to someone=Recipient |
| 2 | **get** | present | money | belongings *= belonging* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
| 3 | **die** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To pass something on to people who come later, like ideas or traditions.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bequeath:m2:1
# text = To pass something on to people who come later, like ideas or traditions.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	traditions	tradition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass on** | to-infinitive |  | something | people |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent something=Theme to people=Destination |
| 2 | **come** | present | people |  |  |  |  | like ideas or traditions; late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Great-grandpa bequeathed his gold watch to my dad.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bequeath:x1:1
# text = Great-grandpa bequeathed his gold watch to my dad.
1	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bequeathed	bequeath	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	gold	gold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bequeath** | past | Great grandpa | grandpa's gold watch | my dad |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent watch=Theme to dad=Goal |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She bequeathed her house to the animal shelter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bequeath:x2:1
# text = She bequeathed her house to the animal shelter.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bequeathed	bequeath	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	shelter	shelter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bequeath** | past | She | her house |  |  |  | to the animal shelter *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent house=Theme to shelter=Goal |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ancient Greeks bequeathed us many ideas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bequeath:x3:1
# text = The ancient Greeks bequeathed us many ideas.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bequeathed	bequeath	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bequeath** | past | the ancient Greeks | many ideas | us |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent we=Goal idea=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In his will, he bequeathed his books to the library.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bequeath:x4:1
# text = In his will, he bequeathed his books to the library.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bequeathed	bequeath	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bequeath** | future | he | his books |  |  |  | to the library *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent book=Theme to library=Goal |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The painting was bequeathed to the museum.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bequeath:x5:1
# text = The painting was bequeathed to the museum.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	bequeathed	bequeath	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bequeath** | past · passive |  | the painting |  |  |  | to the museum *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to museum=Goal |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What would you like to bequeath to future generations?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bequeath:x6:1
# text = What would you like to bequeath to future generations?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	bequeath	bequeath	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	generations	generation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	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 | **like** | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bequeath** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | to future generations |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to generation=Goal |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farm was bequeathed to the youngest son.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bequeath:x7:1
# text = The farm was bequeathed to the youngest son.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	bequeathed	bequeath	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bequeath** | past · passive |  | the farm | the youngest son |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to son=Goal |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
And now, together with my parental blessing, I bequeath to you this doll.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bequeath:x8:1
# text = And now, together with my parental blessing, I bequeath to you this doll.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	parental	parental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	bequeath	bequeath	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	doll	doll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bequeath** | present | I | this doll | you |  | now | with my parental blessing | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent doll=Theme to you=Goal |
| 2 | **bless** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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