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authorise

Who acts: head teacher, Dad, authorised people, council, Missing school, She · What happens: give, happen, do, authorise, enter, be · To what, where: official permission, power, someone, something, payment, phone · Speech: someone speaks here

«authorise» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: authorise in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To give official permission for something to happen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 permission	amod
4	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 give	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 happen	mark
8	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 something	acl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive		official permission				for something	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent permission=Theme for something=Asset
2	happen	to-infinitive							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

To give someone the power or right to do something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 give	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 power	det
5	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 right	cc
7	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 power	amod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 do	mark
9	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 right	acl
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 do	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive		the power	someone				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient power=Theme
2	do	to-infinitive		something					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

Example 1

The head teacher must authorise any day off school.

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	5 authorise	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 authorise	aux
5	authorise	authorise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 authorise	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	9 school	case
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 authorise	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 authorise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	authorise	must	the head teacher				day	off school	tree rules

Example 2

Dad authorised the payment on his phone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 authorised	nsubj
2	authorised	authorise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 payment	det
4	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 authorised	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 phone	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 phone	nmod:poss
7	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 payment	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 authorised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	authorise	past	Dad	the payment		Dad's phone			tree rules

Example 3

Only authorised people may enter the lab.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 people	advmod
2	authorised	authorised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 enter	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 enter	aux
5	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lab	det
7	lab	lab	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 enter	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 enter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	may	authorised people	the lab					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme lab=Destination

Example 4

The council authorised the new bike lanes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 council	det
2	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 authorised	nsubj
3	authorised	authorise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lanes	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lanes	amod
6	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lanes	compound
7	lanes	lane	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 authorised	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 authorised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	authorise	past	the council	the new bike lanes					tree rules

Example 5

Missing school without a reason is an unauthorised absence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Missing	missing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 school	amod
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 absence	nsubj
3	without	without	ADP	_	5 reason	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reason	det
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 school	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 absence	cop
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 absence	det
8	unauthorised	unauthorised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 absence	amod
9	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 absence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Missing school without a reason	a unauthorised absence					tree rules

Example 6

She was authorised to speak for the class.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 authorised	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 authorised	cop
3	authorised	authorised	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 speak	mark
5	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 authorised	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 class	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 class	det
8	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speak	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 authorised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					authorised property	tree rules
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	She not said here					for the class	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 7

Who authorised this purchase?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 authorised	nsubj
2	authorised	authorise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 purchase	det
4	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 authorised	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 authorised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	authorise	past		this purchase					tree rules

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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