arbiter

Who acts: person, referee, Mum, our, court, magazine · What happens: settle, decide, be, have, act, argue · To what, where: argument, great power, final arbiter, pitch, arbiter, disputes · Speech: someone speaks here

«arbiter» 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: arbiter in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person who settles an argument or decides who is right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 settles	nsubj
4	settles	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 argument	det
6	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 settles	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 decides	cc
8	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 settles	conj
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 right	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 right	cop
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 decides	ccomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	settle	present	a person	a argument		vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme argument=Location
2	decide	present	a person not said here			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present			right property	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

A person who has great power to decide what is good, like in fashion or taste.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 power	amod
6	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 decide	mark
8	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 has	advcl
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 good	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 good	cop
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 decide	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fashion	punct
13	like	like	ADP	_	15 fashion	case
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 fashion	case
15	fashion	fashion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 good	obl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 taste	cc
17	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fashion	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	a person	great power		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient
2	decide	to-infinitive	a person not said here			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present			like fashion or taste; good property	tree rules

Example 1

The referee is the final arbiter on the pitch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 referee	det
2	referee	referee	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arbiter	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 arbiter	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 arbiter	det
5	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 arbiter	amod
6	arbiter	arbiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 pitch	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pitch	det
9	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arbiter	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 arbiter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the referee	the final arbiter		the pitch			tree rules

Example 2

Mum acted as arbiter in our argument.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acted	nsubj
2	acted	act	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	4 arbiter	case
4	arbiter	arbiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acted	obl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 argument	case
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 argument	nmod:poss
7	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acted	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 acted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	act	past	Mum			our argument		as arbiter	vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as arbiter=Attribute
2	argue		our						nom argument «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The court is the arbiter in disputes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 court	det
2	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arbiter	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 arbiter	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 arbiter	det
5	arbiter	arbiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 disputes	case
7	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 arbiter	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 arbiter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the court	the arbiter		disputes			tree rules

Example 4

The magazine was the arbiter of style.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 magazine	det
2	magazine	magazine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arbiter	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 arbiter	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 arbiter	det
5	arbiter	arbiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 style	case
7	style	style	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arbiter	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 arbiter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the magazine	the arbiter				of style	tree rules

Example 5

A fair arbiter listens to both sides.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 arbiter	det
2	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 arbiter	amod
3	arbiter	arbiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 listens	nsubj
4	listens	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 sides	case
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 sides	det
7	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 listens	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 listens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	present	a fair arbiter					to both sides	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to side=Theme

Example 6

Let the teacher be the arbiter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Let	obj
4	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 arbiter	det
6	arbiter	arbiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 be	nsubj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	the teacher					tree rules
2	be	infinitive	the arbiter						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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