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apprise

Who acts: you, head teacher, me, your, Badger, weasels · What happens: apprise, be, inform, keep, progress, plan · To what, where: someone, them, me, captain, parents, others

«apprise» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: apprise in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To apprise someone of something is to tell them about it or inform them.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 apprise	mark
2	apprise	apprise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 tell	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 apprise	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 something	case
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 someone	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 tell	cop
7	to	to	PART	_	8 tell	mark
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tell	iobj
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tell	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 inform	cc
13	inform	inform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 tell	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 inform	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apprise speech: other	to-infinitive			someone				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient
2	is	present			them = they			about it; tell property	tree rules
3	inform speech: other	infinitive		them = they					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

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.

Example 1

Please apprise me of any changes to the timetable.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 apprise	discourse
2	apprise	apprise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 apprise	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 changes	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 changes	det
6	changes	change	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 apprise	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 timetable	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 timetable	det
9	timetable	timetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 changes	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 apprise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apprise speech: other	imperative	you not said here		me			of any changes to the timetable	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent i=Recipient of change=Topic

Example 2

The captain was apprised of the danger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 captain	det
2	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 apprised	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 apprised	aux:pass
4	apprised	apprise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 danger	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 danger	det
7	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 apprised	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 apprised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apprise speech: other	past · passive		the captain				of the danger	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of danger=Topic

Example 3

The head teacher apprised parents of the new rules.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	compound
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 apprised	nsubj
4	apprised	apprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 apprised	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 rules	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rules	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rules	amod
9	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 parents	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 apprised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apprise speech: other	past	the head teacher		parents of the new rules				vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient

Example 4

Keep me apprised of your progress.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	apprised	apprise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Keep	xcomp
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 progress	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 progress	nmod:poss
6	progress	progress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 apprised	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	me					tree rules
2	apprise speech: other	participle	me not said here					of your progress	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent of progress=Topic
3	progress		your						nom progress «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

Badger apprised the others of the weasels' plan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 apprised	nsubj
2	apprised	apprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 others	det
4	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 apprised	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 plan	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 weasels	det
7	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 plan	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 weasels	case
9	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 others	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 apprised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apprise speech: other	past	Badger	the others of the weasels's plan					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent other=Recipient
2	plan		the weasels						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 6

We were not apprised of the decision.

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	4 apprised	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 apprised	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 apprised	advmod
4	apprised	apprise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 decision	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 decision	det
7	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 apprised	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 apprised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not apprise speech: other	past · passive		We				of the decision	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: subject=Recipient of decision=Topic

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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