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authorities

Who acts: Experts, authorities, you, school authorities, Health authorities, we · What happens: know, give, make, close, find, tell · To what, where: great deal, orders, decisions, beach, something, authorities · Speech: someone speaks here

«authorities» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: authorities in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The authorities: the people or organisations in charge, such as the police, the government or the council.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 authorities	det
2	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 people	nsubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 people	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 people	det
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 organisations	cc
7	organisations	organisation	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 people	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 charge	case
9	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 people	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 police	punct
11	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	14 police	case
12	as	as	ADP	_	11 such	fixed
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 police	det
14	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 people	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 government	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 government	det
17	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 people	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 council	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 council	det
20	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 government	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 people	punct

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

Meaning 2

Experts who know a great deal about a subject (an authority on birds).

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Experts	expert	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 know	nsubj
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 know	nsubj
3	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 deal	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 deal	amod
6	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 know	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 subject	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 subject	det
9	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deal	nmod
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	12 authority	punct
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 authority	det
12	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 subject	appos
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 birds	case
14	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 authority	nmod
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 authority	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Experts	a great deal				about a subject	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer deal=Stimulus

Meaning 3

Plural of authority: the power or right to give orders or make decisions.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plural	plural	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 power	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 authority	case
3	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Plural	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 power	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 power	det
6	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 right	cc
8	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 power	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 give	mark
10	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 right	xcomp
11	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 give	obj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 make	cc
13	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 give	conj
14	decisions	decision	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 make	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 power	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive		orders					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme
2	make	infinitive		decisions					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset decision=Product

Example 1

The authorities closed the beach because of sharks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 authorities	det
2	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 closed	nsubj
3	closed	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beach	det
5	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 closed	obj
6	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	8 sharks	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 because	fixed
8	sharks	shark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 closed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 closed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	past	the authorities	the beach				because sharks	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beach=Patient

Example 2

If you find something dangerous, tell the authorities.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 find	mark
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 find	nsubj
3	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	advcl
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 find	obj
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 something	amod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 find	punct
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 authorities	det
9	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tell	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find a condition, not said to happen	present	you	something					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic
2	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the authorities					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent authority=Recipient

Example 3

The school authorities sent a letter home.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 authorities	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 authorities	compound
3	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 home	det
6	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 home	compound
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the school authorities	a letter home					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme

Example 4

Health authorities say we should wash our hands often.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 authorities	compound
2	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 say	nsubj
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 wash	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wash	aux
6	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 say	ccomp
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hands	nmod:poss
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wash	obj
9	often	often	ADV	_	6 wash	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Health authorities						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wash	should	we	our hands				often property	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Example 5

She is one of the leading authorities on dinosaurs.

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 one	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 one	cop
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 authorities	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 authorities	det
6	leading	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 authorities	amod
7	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 one	nmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 dinosaurs	case
9	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 authorities	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	She	one				of the leading authorities on dinosaurs	tree rules
2	lead	gerund							vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

Example 6

The local authorities fixed the broken streetlight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 authorities	det
2	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 authorities	amod
3	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fixed	nsubj
4	fixed	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 streetlight	det
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 streetlight	amod
7	streetlight	streetlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fixed	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fixed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	past	the local authorities	the broken streetlight					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent streetlight=Patient
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Example 7

The lost hikers were found by the authorities.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 hikers	det
2	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hikers	amod
3	hikers	hiker	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 found	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 found	aux:pass
5	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 authorities	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 authorities	det
8	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 found	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	find	past · passive	the authorities	the lost hikers					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Example 8

We'll hand you over to the authorities.

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	3 hand	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 hand	aux
3	hand	hand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hand	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	3 hand	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 authorities	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 authorities	det
8	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hand	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hand over	future	We	you		the authorities			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to authority=Destination

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