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title: providence — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «providence» in the school dictionary: Providence is the care or guidance of God, or the good luck that seems to come from fate; in tales it can mean a kind protecting power. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# providence

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**Who acts:** Providence, good luck, kind, It, bridge, Miacca · **What happens:** be, seem, come, mean, protect, guide · **To what, where:** care, fate, kind, power, God, lucky providence

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Providence is the care or guidance of God, or the good luck that seems to come from fate; in tales it can mean a kind protecting power.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:providence:m1:1
# text = Providence is the care or guidance of God, or the good luck that seems to come from fate; in tales it can mean a kind protecting power.
1	Providence	providence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	25	punct	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	protecting	protect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	27	acl	_	_
29	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Providence | the care or guidance of God |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seem** | present | the good luck |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **come** | to-infinitive | the good luck *not said here* |  |  | fate |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from fate=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **mean** | can | Providence | a kind |  |  |  | in tales | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot kind=Theme in tale=Attribute |
| 5 | **protect** | gerund | a kind *not said here* | power |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Beneficiary |
| 6 | **guide** |  |  | God |  |  |  |  | nom guidance «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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It was a lucky providence that the bridge held.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:providence:x1:1
# text = It was a lucky providence that the bridge held.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	providence	providence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a lucky providence |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | participle | the bridge | a lucky providence *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent providence=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Miacca was like a Providence to the poor family.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:providence:x2:1
# text = Miacca was like a Providence to the poor family.
1	Miacca	Miacca	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Providence	providence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Miacca |  |  |  |  | like a Providence; to the poor family | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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We trusted in providence to bring us home safely.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:providence:x3:1
# text = We trusted in providence to bring us home safely.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	trusted	trust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	providence	providence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | past | We |  |  | providence |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | We *not said here* |  | us |  |  | home, safely *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument we=Destination |

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