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title: unselfishness — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unselfishness» in the school dictionary: The quality of thinking of others before yourself and giving things away. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# unselfishness

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**Who acts:** quality, Sharing, unselfishness · **What happens:** think, give away, share, show, know, make · **To what, where:** things, last sweet, unselfishness, princess, friends · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The quality of thinking of others before yourself and giving things away.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unselfishness:m1:1
# text = The quality of thinking of others before yourself and giving things away.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	conj	_	_
11	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | the quality *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of others before yourself | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give away** | gerund | the quality *not said here* | things |  |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent thing=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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Sharing your last sweet shows unselfishness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unselfishness:x1:1
# text = Sharing your last sweet shows unselfishness.
1	Sharing	share	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	unselfishness	unselfishness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | gerund |  | your last sweet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | present | Sharing | unselfishness |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent unselfishness=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The princess was known for her unselfishness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unselfishness:x2:1
# text = The princess was known for her unselfishness.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	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	unselfishness	unselfishness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | past · passive |  | the princess |  |  |  | for princess's unselfishness | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Mia's unselfishness made her friends happy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unselfishness:x3:1
# text = Mia's unselfishness made her friends happy.
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	unselfishness	unselfishness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Mia's unselfishness | unselfishness's friends |  |  |  | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product |

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