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title: favored — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «favored» in the school dictionary: Favored means given special help or kindness by luck or by a ruler, or chosen above others. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# favored

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**Who acts:** fortune, youngest prince · **What happens:** favor, mean, give, choose, be · **To what, where:** others, She, favored son

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Favored means given special help or kindness by luck or by a ruler, or chosen above others.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:favored:m1:1
# text = Favored means given special help or kindness by luck or by a ruler, or chosen above others.
1	Favored	favor	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	case	_	_
4	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
17	above	above	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **favor** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | give special help or kindness by luck or a ruler | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **choose** | participle |  |  |  | others |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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She was favored by fortune.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:favored:x1:1
# text = She was favored by fortune.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	favored	favor	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **favor** | past · passive | fortune | She |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The youngest prince was the king's favored son.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:favored:x2:1
# text = The youngest prince was the king's favored son.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	favored	favor	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **favor** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the youngest prince | the king's favored son |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Which of the four lands was most favored?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:favored:x3:1
# text = Which of the four lands was most favored?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	favored	favor	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **favor** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | of the four lands | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: which=Stimulus |

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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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