chair

Who acts: chair, person, meeting, 6 rows, table, many · What happens: be, run, have, stand, cost, push · To what, where: seat, person, meeting, 4 chairs, 30 people, 20 dollars

«chair» in the English dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 13 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: chair in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

A chair is a seat for one person, with a back and usually four legs.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chair	det
2	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seat	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 seat	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 seat	det
5	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 person	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 person	nummod
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seat	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 back	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 back	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 back	det
12	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seat	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 legs	cc
14	usually	usually	ADV	_	16 legs	advmod
15	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 legs	nummod
16	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 back	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 seat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a chair	a seat				for one person; with a back and four legs	tree rules

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.

Everyday, meaning 2

The chair (chairperson) is the person who runs a meeting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chair	det
2	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 person	nsubj
3	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 chairperson	punct
4	chairperson	chairperson	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chair	appos
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 chairperson	punct
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 person	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 runs	nsubj
10	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 person	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 meeting	det
12	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 runs	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the chair	the person					tree rules
2	run	present	the person	a meeting					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme meeting=Trajectory

Everyday, meaning 3

To chair a meeting is to lead it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 chair	mark
2	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lead	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 meeting	det
4	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lead	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lead	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 lead	mark
7	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lead	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 lead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a meeting					chair advcl; lead property	tree rules

Example 1

There are 6 rows of 8 chairs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 are	expl
2	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 rows	nummod
4	rows	row	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 are	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 chairs	case
6	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 chairs	nummod
7	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rows	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 are	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	does	present	6 rows of 8 chairs			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Each table has 4 chairs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 table	det
2	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 chairs	nummod
5	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	each table	4 chairs					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Patient

Example 3

30 people and 25 chairs: how many must stand?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 people	nummod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 chairs	cc
4	25	25	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 chairs	nummod
5	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 people	conj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 stand	punct
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 many	advmod
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stand	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 stand	aux
10	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 people	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 people	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	must	many						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

A chair costs 20 dollars.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 chair	det
2	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 costs	nsubj
3	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 dollars	nummod
5	dollars	dollar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 costs	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 costs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	a chair	20 dollars					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme dollar=Value

Example 5

Push your chair in when you leave.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Push	push	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 chair	nmod:poss
3	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Push	obj
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 leave	mark
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 leave	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 leave	nsubj
7	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Push	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Push	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	imperative	you not said here	your chair					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Theme
2	leave	present	you						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

We played musical chairs at the party.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 played	nsubj
2	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	musical	musical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 chairs	amod
4	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 played	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 party	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 party	det
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 played	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	We	musical chairs		the party			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Theme

Example 7

Grandpa sat in his armchair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sat	nsubj
2	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 armchair	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 armchair	nmod:poss
5	armchair	armchair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sat	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	Grandpa			Grandpa's armchair			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in armchair=Location

Example 8

She uses a wheelchair to get around.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 wheelchair	det
4	wheelchair	wheelchair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 uses	advcl
7	around	around	ADV	_	6 get	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	She	a wheelchair					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheelchair=Patient
2	get around	to-infinitive	She not said here					around property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

Example 9

The baby ate in her high chair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ate	nsubj
3	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 chair	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 chair	nmod:poss
6	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 chair	amod
7	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ate	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	the baby			baby's high chair			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 10

Don't lean back on your chair.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 lean	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 lean	advmod
3	lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 lean	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 chair	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 chair	nmod:poss
7	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lean	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not lean back	imperative · do-support	you not said here			your chair			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location

Example 11

‘Who’s been sitting on my little chair?’

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	‘	'	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct
2	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 sitting	nsubj
3	’s	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sitting	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 sitting	aux
5	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 chair	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 chair	nmod:poss
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 chair	amod
9	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct
11	’	'	PUNCT	_	5 sitting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present · progressive				my little chair		Who nsubj	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chair=Location

Example 12

Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

Sentence 1: Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lecture	lecture	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Society	compound
2	before	before	ADP	_	5 Society	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Society	det
4	Hermetic	Hermetic	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Society	compound
5	Society	Society	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 London	case
7	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Society	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 summer	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 summer	det
10	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Society	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 1886	case
12	1886	1886	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 summer	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 Anna	punct
14	Dr.	Dr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Anna	nmod:desc
15	Anna	Anna	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Society	conj
16	Kingsford	Kingsford	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Anna	flat
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 President	punct
18	President	President	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Society	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 chair	punct
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 chair	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 chair	det
22	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Society	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 Society	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Westcott	punct
5	Westcott	Westcott	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	conj
6	1893	1893	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 Westcott	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 13

The substance of this little volume was read as a [p. 13] Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

Sentence 1: The substance of this little volume was read as a [p. 13] Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair.

The tree, 31 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 substance	det
2	substance	substance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 read	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 volume	case
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 volume	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 volume	amod
6	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 substance	nmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 read	aux:pass
8	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	as	as	ADP	_	15 Lecture	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 Lecture	det
11	[	[	PUNCT	_	12 p.	punct
12	p.	P.	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Lecture	compound
13	13	13	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 p.	flat
14	]	]	PUNCT	_	12 p.	punct
15	Lecture	lecture	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 read	obl
16	before	before	ADP	_	19 Society	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Society	det
18	Hermetic	Hermetic	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Society	compound
19	Society	Society	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 read	obl:agent
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 London	case
21	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Society	nmod
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 summer	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 summer	det
24	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 London	nmod
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 1886	case
26	1886	1886	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	24 summer	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 Anna	punct
28	Dr.	Dr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 Anna	nmod:desc
29	Anna	Anna	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Society	conj
30	Kingsford	Kingsford	PROPN	Number=Sing	29 Anna	flat
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 President	punct
32	President	President	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Society	conj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 chair	punct
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 chair	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 chair	det
36	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 read	parataxis
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past · passive	the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886 and Anna Dr. and President	the substance of this little volume				as a p. Lecture; the chair parataxis	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus as lecture=Attribute

Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Westcott	punct
5	Westcott	Westcott	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	conj
6	1893	1893	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 Westcott	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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📖 chair

Everyday, meaning 1

Everyday, meaning 2

Everyday, meaning 3

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