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title: patroness — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «patroness» in the school dictionary: A patroness is a woman who supports, protects or pays for a cause, a church, a school or an artist. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# patroness

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**Who acts:** patroness, woman, goddess, She, school · **What happens:** be, support, protect, pay, guard, have · **To what, where:** woman, female saint, place, patroness, generous patroness

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A patroness is a woman who supports, protects or pays for a cause, a church, a school or an artist.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:patroness:m1:1
# text = A patroness is a woman who supports, protects or pays for a cause, a church, a school or an artist.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	patroness	patroness	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	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	supports	support	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 patroness | a woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **support** | present | a woman |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **protect** | present | a woman *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **pay** | present | a woman *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a cause  a church and a school or a artist | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for cause=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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A patroness can be a female saint or goddess who guards a place or group.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:patroness:m2:1
# text = A patroness can be a female saint or goddess who guards a place or group.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	patroness	patroness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	guards	guard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a patroness | a female saint or goddess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **guard** | present | goddess | a place or group |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Beneficiary |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was the patroness of the new library.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:patroness:x1:1
# text = She was the patroness of the new library.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	patroness	patroness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | She | the patroness |  |  |  | of the new library | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The goddess was the patroness of learning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:patroness:x2:1
# text = The goddess was the patroness of learning.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	patroness	patroness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	learning	learning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the goddess | the patroness |  |  |  | of learning | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our school has a generous patroness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:patroness:x3:1
# text = Our school has a generous patroness.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	generous	generous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	patroness	patroness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Our school | a generous patroness |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patroness=Patient |

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