apportion

Who acts: much · What happens: apportion, be, share out, accord, use · To what, where: something, it, prize money, costs, blame, land · Speech: someone speaks here

«apportion» 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: apportion in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To apportion something is to divide it and share it out among people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 apportion	mark
2	apportion	apportion	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 divide	advcl
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 apportion	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 divide	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 divide	mark
6	divide	divide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 divide	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 share	cc
9	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 divide	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 share	obj
11	out	out	ADP	_	9 share	compound:prt
12	among	among	ADP	_	13 people	case
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 share	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 divide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	apportion	to-infinitive	something		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	is	present		divide property	tree rules
3	share out	infinitive	it	among people	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

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To apportion blame is to decide how much each person is responsible for something bad.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 blame	mark
2	apportion	apportion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blame	compound
3	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 decide	advcl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 decide	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 decide	mark
6	decide	decide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 much	advmod
8	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 responsible	nsubj
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 responsible	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 responsible	cop
12	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 decide	ccomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 something	case
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 responsible	obl
15	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 something	amod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 decide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						decide property	tree rules
2	is	present	much					for something; responsible property	tree rules

Example 1

The prize money was apportioned among the winners.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 money	det
2	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 money	compound
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 apportioned	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 apportioned	aux:pass
5	apportioned	apportion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	among	among	ADP	_	8 winners	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 winners	det
8	winners	winner	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 apportioned	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 apportioned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apportion	past · passive		the prize money				among the winners	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Example 2

Apportion 36 sweets equally among 4 children: 9 each.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Apportion	apportion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sweets	compound
2	36	36	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 sweets	nummod
3	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	equally	equally	ADV	_	3 sweets	advmod
5	among	among	ADP	_	7 children	case
6	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 children	nummod
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 equally	obl
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 9	punct
9	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 sweets	conj
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 9	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sweets	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 3

The costs were apportioned according to use.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 costs	det
2	costs	cost	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 apportioned	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 apportioned	aux:pass
4	apportioned	apportion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	according	accord	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 apportioned	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 use	mark
7	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 according	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 apportioned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	apportion	past · passive	the costs	tree rules
2	accord	gerund		tree rules
3	use	to-infinitive		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

It's hard to apportion blame for the accident.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hard	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hard	cop
3	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 apportion	mark
5	apportion	apportion	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hard	csubj
6	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 apportion	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 accident	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 accident	det
9	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 apportion	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						hard property	tree rules
2	apportion	to-infinitive		blame				for the accident goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent blame=Theme for accident=Goal

Example 5

The land was apportioned between the two brothers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 land	det
2	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 apportioned	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 apportioned	aux:pass
4	apportioned	apportion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	between	between	ADP	_	8 brothers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brothers	det
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 brothers	nummod
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 apportioned	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 apportioned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apportion	past · passive		the land				between the two brothers	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Example 6

Apportion the time fairly between the tasks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Apportion	apportion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 time	det
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Apportion	appos
4	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	7 tasks	advmod
5	between	between	ADP	_	7 tasks	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tasks	det
7	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 time	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Apportion	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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