amateur

Who acts: amateur, person, show, dad, amateur painter, She · What happens: be, do, train, describe, paint, not be · To what, where: person, something, such work, amateur performance, amateur painter, keen amateur

«amateur» 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: amateur in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An amateur is a person who does something for love or fun, not for pay and not as a trained expert.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 amateur	det
2	amateur	amateur	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	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 does	nsubj
7	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 does	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 love	case
10	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 does	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 fun	cc
12	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 love	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 pay	punct
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 pay	advmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 pay	case
16	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 does	parataxis
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 expert	cc
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 expert	advmod
19	as	as	ADP	_	22 expert	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 expert	det
21	trained	train	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 expert	amod
22	expert	expert	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 pay	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a amateur	a person		tree rules
2	do	present	a person	something	for love or fun	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
3	train	participle				vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

«Amateur» describes such work: «an amateur play».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Amateur	punct
2	Amateur	Amateur	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Amateur	punct
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 work	amod
6	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 play	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 play	punct
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 play	det
10	amateur	amateur	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 play	compound
11	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 play	punct
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	Amateur	such work					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent work=Theme clause=Attribute

Example 1

The show was an amateur performance by children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 show	det
2	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 performance	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 performance	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 performance	det
5	amateur	amateur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 performance	compound
6	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 children	case
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 performance	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 performance	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the show	a amateur performance				by children	tree rules

Example 2

My dad is an amateur painter who paints for fun.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dad	nmod:poss
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 painter	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 painter	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 painter	det
5	amateur	amateur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 painter	compound
6	painter	painter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 paints	nsubj
8	paints	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 painter	acl:relcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 fun	case
10	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 paints	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 painter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	My dad	a amateur painter					tree rules
2	paint	present	a amateur painter					for fun	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

She is a keen amateur but not a professional.

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	5 amateur	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 amateur	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 amateur	det
4	keen	keen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 amateur	amod
5	amateur	amateur	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 professional	cc
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 professional	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 professional	det
9	professional	professional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 amateur	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 amateur	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	She	a keen amateur					tree rules
2	not be		She not said here						tree rules

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