liability

Who acts: Liability, Liabilities, person, He, Copyright infringement liability, shop · What happens: be, pay, owe, cause, put, accept · To what, where: money, person, problems, others, risk, liability

«liability» in the Judaism dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: liability in the Judaism dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: law — kept apart, not parsed.

Liability is being legally responsible for something, especially for paying for damage or harm.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Liability	liability	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 responsible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 responsible	cop
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 responsible	cop
4	legally	legally	ADV	_	5 responsible	advmod
5	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 responsible	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 paying	punct
9	especially	especially	ADV	_	11 paying	advmod
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 paying	mark
11	paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 responsible	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 damage	case
13	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 paying	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 harm	cc
15	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 damage	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 responsible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Liability					for something; legally, responsible property	tree rules
2	pay	gerund	Liability not said here					for damage or harm; especially property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for damage=Theme

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

Usage: money — kept apart, not parsed.

Liabilities are money a person or company owes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Liabilities	liability	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 money	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 money	cop
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 owes	nsubj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 company	cc
7	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
8	owes	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 money	parataxis
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 money	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Liabilities	money					tree rules
2	owe	present	a person or company						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Meaning 3

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A liability is a person or thing that causes problems or puts others at risk.

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 liability	det
2	liability	liability	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 thing	cc
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 causes	nsubj
9	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
10	problems	problem	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 causes	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 puts	cc
12	puts	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 causes	conj
13	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 puts	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 risk	case
15	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 puts	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	a liability	a person or thing		tree rules
2	cause	present	a person or thing	problems		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition problem=Patient
3	put	present	a person or thing not said here	others	risk	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent other=Theme at risk=Destination

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

"He's a liability on the team."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 liability	punct
2	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 liability	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 liability	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 liability	det
5	liability	liability	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 team	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 team	det
8	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 liability	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 liability	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 liability	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	He	a liability		the team			tree rules

Example 1

Sentence 1: Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Copyright	copyright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 liability	amod
2	infringement	infringement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 liability	compound
3	liability	liability	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 severe	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 severe	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 severe	cop
6	quite	quite	ADV	_	7 severe	advmod
7	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 severe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	Copyright infringement liability					severe property	tree rules

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 2

The shop accepts no liability for lost umbrellas.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shop	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accepts	nsubj
3	accepts	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 liability	det
5	liability	liability	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 accepts	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 umbrellas	case
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 umbrellas	amod
8	umbrellas	umbrella	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 accepts	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 accepts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	present	the shop	no liability				for lost umbrellas	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liability=Theme
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The company's liabilities were bigger than its money, so it closed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 company	det
2	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 liabilities	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 company	case
4	liabilities	liability	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bigger	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bigger	cop
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 money	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 money	nmod:poss
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bigger	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 closed	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 closed	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 closed	nsubj
13	closed	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bigger	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bigger	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the company's liabilities					than company's money; big property	tree rules
2	close	past	money						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 4

The broken ladder is a liability; someone could fall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ladder	det
2	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 ladder	amod
3	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 liability	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 liability	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 liability	det
6	liability	liability	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 fall	punct
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 fall	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 fall	aux
10	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 liability	acl:relcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 liability	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	break	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	the broken ladder	a liability	tree rules
3	fall	could	someone	a liability not said here	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient liability=Result

Example 5

With his bad ankle, he was a liability in the match.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	4 ankle	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ankle	nmod:poss
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ankle	amod
4	ankle	ankle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 liability	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ankle	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 liability	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 liability	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 liability	det
9	liability	liability	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 match	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 match	det
12	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 liability	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 liability	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	a liability		the match		with his bad ankle	tree rules

Example 6

The driver admitted liability for the crash.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 admitted	nsubj
3	admitted	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	liability	liability	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 admitted	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 crash	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 crash	det
7	crash	crash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 admitted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 admitted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	past	the driver	liability				for the crash	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liability=Theme

Example 7

Debts are liabilities.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Debts	debt	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 liabilities	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 liabilities	cop
3	liabilities	liability	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 liabilities	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Debts	liabilities					tree rules

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