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title: endowment — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «endowment» in the school dictionary: An endowment is a gift of money or property given to a school or charity to keep going. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# endowment

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**Who acts:** endowment, natural gift, great endowment, Her · **What happens:** be, give, keep, go, bear, content · **To what, where:** gift, property, school, natural gift, someone, These

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An endowment is a gift of money or property given to a school or charity to keep going.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:endowment:m1:1
# text = An endowment is a gift of money or property given to a school or charity to keep going.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	endowment	endowment	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	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
18	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 endowment | a gift |  |  |  | of money or property | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | property *not said here* | a school or charity |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to school=Recipient |
| 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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An endowment is a natural gift or talent that someone is born with.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:endowment:m2:1
# text = An endowment is a natural gift or talent that someone is born with.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	endowment	endowment	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	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	talent	talent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a endowment | a natural gift or talent |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bear** | present · passive | a natural gift or talent *not said here* | someone |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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These are all contented with the endowments allotted to them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:endowment:x1:1
# text = These are all contented with the endowments allotted to them.
1	These	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	all	all	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	contented	content	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	endowments	endowment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	allotted	allot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	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 | **content** | present · passive |  | These |  |  |  | with the endowments; all *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **allot** | participle |  | the endowments *not said here* | endowments *= endowment* |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to they=Goal |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her great endowment is her singing voice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:endowment:x2:1
# text = Her great endowment is her singing voice.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	endowment	endowment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	amod	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Her great endowment | her singing voice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **endow** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom endowment «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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