allotment Who acts: allotment, people, Grandad, We, waiting list, class · What happens: be, rent, grow, give out, amount, allot · To what, where: small piece, land, vegetables, share, something, potatoes
«allotment» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: allotment in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: UK, Ireland, Australia — kept apart, not parsed.
An allotment is a small piece of land people rent to grow vegetables, fruit and flowers.
The tree, 16 words det nsubj cop det amod case nmod nsubj acl:relcl mark xcomp obj punct conj cc conj punct root An DET allotment NOUN is AUX a DET small ADJ piece NOUN of ADP land NOUN people NOUN rent VERB to PART grow VERB vegetables NOUN , PUNCT fruit NOUN and CCONJ flowers NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 allotment det 2 allotment allotment NOUN Number=Sing 6 piece nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 piece cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 piece det 5 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 6 piece amod 6 piece piece NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 8 land case 8 land land NOUN Number=Sing 6 piece nmod 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 10 rent nsubj 10 rent rent VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 land acl:relcl 11 to to PART _ 12 grow mark 12 grow grow VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 rent xcomp 13 vegetables vegetable NOUN Number=Plur 12 grow obj 14 , , PUNCT _ 15 fruit punct 15 fruit fruit NOUN Number=Sing 13 vegetables conj 16 and and CCONJ _ 17 flowers cc 17 flowers flower NOUN Number=Plur 13 vegetables conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 6 piece punct
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1 is a present a allotment a small piece of land tree rules 2 rent present people land not said here tree rules 3 grow to-infinitive people not said here vegetables and fruit and flowers vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location vegetable=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: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
An allotment is a share or amount of something given out.
det nsubj cop det cc conj case nmod acl compound:prt punct root An DET allotment NOUN is AUX a DET share NOUN or CCONJ amount NOUN of ADP something PRON given VERB out ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 allotment det 2 allotment allotment NOUN Number=Sing 5 share nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 share cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 share det 5 share share NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 amount cc 7 amount amount NOUN Number=Sing 5 share conj 8 of of ADP _ 9 something case 9 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 amount nmod 10 given give VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 something acl 11 out out ADP _ 10 given compound:prt 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 share punct
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1 is a present a allotment a share or amount of something tree rules 2 give out participle vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient 3 amount something nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient
Example 1 Grandad grows potatoes on his allotment.
nsubj obj case nmod:poss obl punct root Grandad PROPN grows VERB potatoes NOUN on ADP his PRON allotment NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 2 grows nsubj 2 grows grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 potatoes potato NOUN Number=Plur 2 grows obj 4 on on ADP _ 6 allotment case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 allotment nmod:poss 6 allotment allotment NOUN Number=Sing 2 grows obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 grows punct
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1 grow present Grandad potatoes Grandad's allotment vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location potato=Theme 2 allot Grandad nom allotment «possession transitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 We picked strawberries at the allotment.
nsubj obj case det obl punct root We PRON picked VERB strawberries NOUN at ADP the DET allotment NOUN . PUNCT 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 picked nsubj 2 picked pick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 strawberries strawberry NOUN Number=Plur 2 picked obj 4 at at ADP _ 6 allotment case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 allotment det 6 allotment allotment NOUN Number=Sing 2 picked obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 picked punct
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1 pick past We strawberries the allotment vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent strawberry=Theme at allotment=Asset
Example 3 There is a waiting list for allotments in our town.
expl det compound nsubj case nmod case nmod:poss nmod punct root There PRON is VERB a DET waiting NOUN list NOUN for ADP allotments NOUN in ADP our PRON town NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 2 is expl 2 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 list det 4 waiting waiting NOUN Number=Sing 5 list compound 5 list list NOUN Number=Sing 2 is nsubj 6 for for ADP _ 7 allotments case 7 allotments allotment NOUN Number=Plur 5 list nmod 8 in in ADP _ 10 town case 9 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 town nmod:poss 10 town town NOUN Number=Sing 7 allotments nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 is punct
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1 be present a waiting list for allotments in our town there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 Each class got an allotment of time in the hall.
det nsubj det obj case nmod case det nmod punct root Each DET class NOUN got VERB an DET allotment NOUN of ADP time NOUN in ADP the DET hall NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Each each DET PronType=Tot 2 class det 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 got nsubj 3 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 allotment det 5 allotment allotment NOUN Number=Sing 3 got obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 time case 7 time time NOUN Number=Sing 5 allotment nmod 8 in in ADP _ 10 hall case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 hall det 10 hall hall NOUN Number=Sing 7 time nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 got punct
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1 get past each class a allotment of time in the hall vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer allotment=Stimulus 2 allot time in the hall nom allotment «possession transitive»: of=patient
Example 5 The allotment has a little shed.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET allotment NOUN has VERB a DET little ADJ shed NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 allotment det 2 allotment allotment NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 shed det 5 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 6 shed amod 6 shed shed NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present the allotment a little shed vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shed=Patient
Example 6 Her allotment of tickets was four.
nmod:poss nsubj case nmod cop punct root Her PRON allotment NOUN of ADP tickets NOUN was AUX four NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 allotment nmod:poss 2 allotment allotment NOUN Number=Sing 6 four nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 4 tickets case 4 tickets ticket NOUN Number=Plur 2 allotment nmod 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 four cop 6 four four NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 four punct
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1 is a past Her allotment of tickets four tree rules 2 allot Her = she tickets nom allotment «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
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