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title: godson — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «godson» in the school dictionary: A godson is a boy whose godparent has promised to look after him in the Christian faith. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# godson

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**Who acts:** godson, godparent, queen, fairies · **What happens:** be, promise, look, watch, give · **To what, where:** boy, godson, gifts, little godson

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A godson is a boy whose godparent has promised to look after him in the Christian faith.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:godson:m1:1
# text = A godson is a boy whose godparent has promised to look after him in the Christian faith.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	godson	godson	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	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	godparent	godparent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 godson | a boy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present · perfect | godparent |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | godparent *not said here* |  |  |  | after godparent | in the Christian faith | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in faith=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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The queen watched carefully over her godson.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:godson:x1:1
# text = The queen watched carefully over her godson.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	godson	godson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | the queen |  |  | queen's godson |  | carefully *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over godson=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The fairies gave gifts to her little godson.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:godson:x2:1
# text = The fairies gave gifts to her little godson.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	godson	godson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the fairies | gifts | her little godson |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gift=Theme to godson=Recipient |

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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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