acknowledgment

Who acts: something, He, paper · What happens: admit, be, receive, send, arrive, owe · To what, where: note, acknowledgment, parcel, debt, father, Grateful acknowledgment · Speech: someone speaks here

«acknowledgment» 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: acknowledgment in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Admitting that something is true or real.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Admitting	admit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 true	mark
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 true	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 true	cop
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Admitting	ccomp
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 real	cc
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 true	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Admitting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	gerund			vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	something	true property	tree rules
3	be		something not said here		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.

Meaning 2

A note or sign that something has been received, or a thank-you for help.

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 note	det
2	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 received	nsubj:pass
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 sign	cc
4	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 note	conj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 received	mark
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 received	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 received	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 received	aux:pass
9	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 you	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 you	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 thank	det
13	thank	thank	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 you	nsubj
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 you	punct
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 received	obl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 help	case
17	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 received	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 received	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present · perfect · passive		a note or sign				for help; you obl	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 1

He sent an acknowledgment that the parcel had arrived.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 acknowledgment	det
4	acknowledgment	acknowledgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 arrived	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parcel	det
7	parcel	parcel	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 arrived	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 arrived	aux
9	arrived	arrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sent	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	a acknowledgment					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent acknowledgment=Theme
2	arrive	past · perfect · passive		the parcel					tree rules

Example 2

The paper was an acknowledgment of a debt owed to his father.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 paper	det
2	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acknowledgment	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 acknowledgment	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 acknowledgment	det
5	acknowledgment	acknowledgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 debt	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 debt	det
8	debt	debt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 acknowledgment	nmod
9	owed	owe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 debt	acl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 father	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 father	nmod:poss
12	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 owed	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 acknowledgment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the paper	a acknowledgment				of a debt	tree rules
2	owe	participle		a debt not said here	his father				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to father=Goal

Example 3

Grateful acknowledgment is given to all who helped.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grateful	grateful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 acknowledgment	amod
2	acknowledgment	acknowledgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 given	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 helped	nsubj
8	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 all	acl:relcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		Grateful acknowledgment	all				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to all=Recipient
2	help	past							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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