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title: succour — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «succour» in the school dictionary: Succour is help given to someone in trouble or need. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# succour

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**Who acts:** they, knight, their, old woman, god · **What happens:** be, give, need, succour, spelt, come · **To what, where:** Succour help, someone, danger, succour, lost child, weak

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Succour is help given to someone in trouble or need.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:succour:m1:1
# text = Succour is help given to someone in trouble or need.
1	Succour	succour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Succour help |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | Succour help *not said here* | someone |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to someone=Recipient |
| 3 | **need** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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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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To succour someone is to help them when they are in danger or need. (Spelt succor in America.).

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*Sentence 1:* To succour someone is to help them when they are in danger or need.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:succour:m2:1
# text = To succour someone is to help them when they are in danger or need.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	succour	succour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	help	help	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	advcl	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **succour** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | help *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | they |  |  | danger |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **need** | present | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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*Sentence 2:* (Spelt succor in America.).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:succour:m2:2
# text = (Spelt succor in America.).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Spelt	spelt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	succor	succor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spelt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The knight came to their succour.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:succour:x1:1
# text = The knight came to their succour.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	succour	succour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the knight |  |  | their succour |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to succour=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **succour** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom succour «act transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The old woman gave succour to the lost child.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:succour:x2:1
# text = The old woman gave succour to the lost child.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	succour	succour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the old woman | succour | the lost child |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent succour=Theme to child=Recipient |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The god promised to succour the weak.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:succour:x3:1
# text = The god promised to succour the weak.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	promised	promise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	succour	succour	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the god |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **succour** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the god *not said here* | the weak |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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