appointed Who acts: We, government, you, two · What happens: appoint, mean, choose, fix, agree, equip · To what, where: Mrs, Jack, appointed place, judge, hotel rooms · Speech: someone speaks here
«appointed» in the school 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: appointed in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Appointed means chosen officially for a job or role.
nsubj ccomp advmod case det obl cc conj punct root Appointed VERB means VERB chosen VERB officially ADV for ADP a DET job NOUN or CCONJ role NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Appointed appoint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 chosen choose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 means ccomp 4 officially officially ADV _ 3 chosen advmod 5 for for ADP _ 7 job case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 job det 7 job job NOUN Number=Sing 3 chosen obl 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 role cc 9 role role NOUN Number=Sing 7 job conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 appoint participle vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 choose participle for a job or role; officially property vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for job=Beneficiary
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, adjective — kept apart, not parsed.
Appointed means fixed or agreed: «at the appointed time».
nsubj ccomp cc conj punct punct case det amod parataxis punct punct root Appointed VERB means VERB fixed VERB or CCONJ agreed VERB : PUNCT « PUNCT at ADP the DET appointed VERB time NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Appointed appoint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 fixed fix VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 means ccomp 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 agreed cc 5 agreed agree VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 fixed conj 6 : : PUNCT _ 11 time punct 7 « « PUNCT _ 11 time punct 8 at at ADP _ 11 time case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 time det 10 appointed appoint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 11 time amod 11 time time NOUN Number=Sing 2 means parataxis 12 » » PUNCT _ 11 time punct 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 appoint participle vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 fix participle vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient 4 agree speech: agree participle vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 5 appoint in a quote participle vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Meaning 3 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
Well-appointed means well equipped and nicely furnished.
discourse punct nsubj advmod ccomp cc advmod conj punct root Well INTJ - PUNCT appointed VERB means VERB well ADV equipped VERB and CCONJ nicely ADV furnished VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Well well INTJ _ 3 appointed discourse 2 - - PUNCT _ 1 Well punct 3 appointed appoint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 well well ADV Degree=Pos 6 equipped advmod 6 equipped equip VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 means ccomp 7 and and CCONJ _ 9 furnished cc 8 nicely nicely ADV _ 9 furnished advmod 9 furnished furnish VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 equipped conj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 means punct
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1 appoint participle vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 equip participle well property vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 4 furnish participle nicely property vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 1 Mrs Lee was appointed as our new head teacher.
nsubj flat aux:pass case nmod:poss amod compound obl punct root Mrs PROPN Lee PROPN was AUX appointed VERB as ADP our PRON new ADJ head NOUN teacher NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mrs Mrs PROPN Number=Sing 4 appointed nsubj 2 Lee Lee PROPN Number=Sing 1 Mrs flat 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 appointed aux:pass 4 appointed appoint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 as as ADP _ 9 teacher case 6 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 teacher nmod:poss 7 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 9 teacher amod 8 head head NOUN Number=Sing 9 teacher compound 9 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 4 appointed obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 appointed punct
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1 appoint past · passive Mrs as our new head teacher vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as teacher=Attribute
Example 2 Jack was appointed class captain.
nsubj aux:pass compound obj punct root Jack PROPN was AUX appointed VERB class NOUN captain NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jack Jack PROPN Number=Sing 3 appointed nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 appointed aux:pass 3 appointed appoint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 class class NOUN Number=Sing 5 captain compound 5 captain captain NOUN Number=Sing 3 appointed obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 appointed punct
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1 appoint past · passive Jack vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme captain=Attribute
Example 3 We met at the appointed place.
nsubj case det amod obl punct root We PRON met VERB at ADP the DET appointed VERB place 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 met nsubj 2 met meet VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 at at ADP _ 6 place case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 place det 5 appointed appoint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 place amod 6 place place NOUN Number=Sing 2 met obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 met punct
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1 meet past We the appointed place vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 appoint participle vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 4 The judge was appointed by the government.
det nsubj aux:pass case det obl:agent punct root The DET judge NOUN was AUX appointed VERB by ADP the DET government NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 judge det 2 judge judge NOUN Number=Sing 4 appointed nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 appointed aux:pass 4 appointed appoint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 by by ADP _ 7 government case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 government det 7 government government NOUN Number=Sing 4 appointed obl:agent 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 appointed punct
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1 appoint past · passive the government the judge vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
Example 5 Arrive at the appointed time, please.
case det amod obl punct discourse punct root Arrive VERB at ADP the DET appointed VERB time NOUN , PUNCT please INTJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Arrive arrive VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 at at ADP _ 5 time case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 time det 4 appointed appoint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 time amod 5 time time NOUN Number=Sing 1 Arrive obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 1 Arrive punct 7 please please INTJ _ 1 Arrive discourse 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Arrive punct
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1 arrive imperative you not said here time vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 appoint participle vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 6 The hotel rooms were well appointed.
det compound nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod punct root The DET hotel NOUN rooms NOUN were AUX well ADV appointed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 rooms det 2 hotel hotel NOUN Number=Sing 3 rooms compound 3 rooms room NOUN Number=Plur 6 appointed nsubj:pass 4 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 appointed aux:pass 5 well well ADV Degree=Pos 6 appointed advmod 6 appointed appoint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 appointed punct
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1 appoint past · passive the hotel rooms well property vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Example 7 On the day appointed for the race the two started together.
case det obl case det obl det nsubj parataxis advmod punct root On ADP the DET day NOUN appointed VERB for ADP the DET race NOUN the DET two NUM started VERB together ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 On on ADP _ 3 day case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 day det 3 day day NOUN Number=Sing 4 appointed obl 4 appointed appoint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 for for ADP _ 7 race case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 race det 7 race race NOUN Number=Sing 4 appointed obl 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 two det 9 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 10 started nsubj 10 started start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 appointed parataxis 11 together together ADV _ 10 started advmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 appointed punct
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1 appoint participle day for the race vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 start past the two together property vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
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