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title: donor — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «donor» in the school dictionary: A person or group that gives money, goods or help to a charity or a cause. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# donor

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**Who acts:** person, atom, anonymous donor, Grandad, blood donor, donor card · **What happens:** give, help, give up, be, say, want · **To what, where:** money, blood, someone, part, electron, school · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«donor» 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: [donor in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/donor.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person or group that gives money, goods or help to a charity or a cause.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:donor:m1:1
# text = A person or group that gives money, goods or help to a charity or a cause.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | a person or group | money and goods |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | infinitive | a person or group *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a charity or a cause | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: medicine — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person who gives blood, an organ or another part of the body to help someone else: «a blood donor», «an organ donor».

<!-- fold The tree, 23 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:donor:m2:1
# text = A person who gives blood, an organ or another part of the body to help someone else: «a blood donor», «an organ donor».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	organ	organ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
17	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	obj	_	_
18	else	else	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
20	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	donor	donor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	organ	organ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	donor	donor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | a person | blood |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent blood=Recipient organ=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* |  | someone |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Beneficiary |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: science — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Something that gives up a part, such as an atom giving an electron.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:donor:m3:1
# text = Something that gives up a part, such as an atom giving an electron.
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	atom	atom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
12	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	electron	electron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | present |  | a part |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Source |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | a atom *not said here* | a electron |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electron=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An anonymous donor gave the school a new piano.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:donor:x1:1
# text = An anonymous donor gave the school a new piano.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	anonymous	anonymous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	donor	donor	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	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | a anonymous donor | the school |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent school=Recipient piano=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandad is a blood donor and gives blood twice a year.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:donor:x2:1
# text = Grandad is a blood donor and gives blood twice a year.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	donor	donor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	7	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Grandad | a blood donor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | a blood donor *not said here* | blood |  |  | year | twice *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The donor card says she wants to help others after she dies.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:donor:x3:1
# text = The donor card says she wants to help others after she dies.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	donor	donor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the donor card |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **want** | present | card |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | card *not said here* | others |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **die** | present | card |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Thanks to a kidney donor, my cousin is healthy again.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:donor:x4:1
# text = Thanks to a kidney donor, my cousin is healthy again.
1	Thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	kidney	kidney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	donor	donor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
11	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | my cousin |  |  |  | again | healthy *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The charity thanked all its donors.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:donor:x5:1
# text = The charity thanked all its donors.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	thanked	thank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	donors	donor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | the charity | charity's donors |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent donor=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The food bank depends on generous donors.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:donor:x6:1
# text = The food bank depends on generous donors.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	generous	generous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	donors	donor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depend** | present | the food bank |  |  |  |  | on generous donors | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on donor=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Delighted with the delicious beverage the giant inquired the name of the donor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:donor:x7:1
# text = Delighted with the delicious beverage the giant inquired the name of the donor.
1	Delighted	delighted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	delicious	delicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	beverage	beverage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	inquired	inquire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	donor	donor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | the giant | the name of the donor |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient |
| 2 | **name** |  |  | the donor |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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