attorney
Who acts: we, attorney · What happens: trust, act, say, come, send, count · To what, where: person, lawyer, house, scrivener, gold · Speech: someone speaks here
«attorney» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: attorney in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
a person trusted to act for someone else in law or business; today we would say a lawyer.
The tree, 18 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 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 person | acl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 act | mark |
| 5 | act | act | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 trusted | advcl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 someone | case |
| 7 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 act | obl |
| 8 | else | else | ADV | _ | 7 someone | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 law | case |
| 10 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 someone | nmod |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 business | cc |
| 12 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 law | conj |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 say | punct |
| 14 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 say | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 say | nsubj |
| 16 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 say | aux |
| 17 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 person | acl:relcl |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 lawyer | det |
| 19 | lawyer | lawyer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 say | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | participle | a person not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | act | to-infinitive | for someone | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | would | we | a lawyer | today | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lawyer=Topic |
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
The attorney came to the house with the papers.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 attorney | det |
| 2 | attorney | attorney | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 papers | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 papers | det |
| 9 | papers | paper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 came | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the attorney | the house | with the papers | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location |
Example 2
Neither the scrivener nor the attorney was sent for.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 sent | cc:preconj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 scrivener | det |
| 3 | scrivener | scrivener | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 attorney | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 attorney | det |
| 6 | attorney | attorney | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scrivener | conj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sent | aux:pass |
| 8 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 sent | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · passive | the scrivener nor the attorney | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Example 3
The attorney counted the gold for the family.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 attorney | det |
| 2 | attorney | attorney | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counted | nsubj |
| 3 | counted | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 gold | det |
| 5 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counted | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 family | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 family | det |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counted | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 counted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | past | the attorney | the gold | for the family | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |
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