bearer
Who acts: bearer, person, bearers, bride, Two bearers, flag bearer · What happens: be, carry, lift, gift, walk · To what, where: person, something, heavy box, gifts, hill, sick man
«bearer» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: bearer in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A bearer is a person who carries something, such as a load, a flag, a coffin or a sick person on a stretcher.
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bearer | det |
| 2 | bearer | bearer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 carries | nsubj |
| 7 | carries | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 carries | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 load | punct |
| 10 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 13 load | case |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 such | fixed |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 load | det |
| 13 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 something | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 flag | punct |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 flag | det |
| 16 | flag | flag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 coffin | punct |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 coffin | det |
| 19 | coffin | coffin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | appos |
| 20 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 23 person | cc |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 person | det |
| 22 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 person | amod |
| 23 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 coffin | conj |
| 24 | on | on | ADP | _ | 26 stretcher | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 stretcher | det |
| 26 | stretcher | stretcher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 person | nmod |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a bearer | a person and a flag | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | carry | present | a person and a flag | something | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=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.
Example 1
The bearers lifted the heavy box.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bearers | det |
| 2 | bearers | bearer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lifted | nsubj |
| 3 | lifted | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 box | det |
| 5 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 box | amod |
| 6 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lifted | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lifted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift | past | the bearers | the heavy box | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme |
Example 2
The bearers carried the bride's gifts over the hill.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bearers | det |
| 2 | bearers | bearer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 carried | nsubj |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bride | det |
| 5 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gifts | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 bride | case |
| 7 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 carried | obj |
| 8 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 hill | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 hill | det |
| 10 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 carried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | the bearers | the bride's gifts | the hill | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | |||
| 2 | gift | the bride | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 3
Two bearers carried the sick man home.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 bearers | nummod |
| 2 | bearers | bearer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 carried | nsubj |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 5 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obj |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 carried | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 carried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | Two bearers | the sick man | home property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme |
Example 4
The flag bearer walked at the front.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bearer | det |
| 2 | flag | flag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bearer | compound |
| 3 | bearer | bearer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 walked | nsubj |
| 4 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 front | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 front | det |
| 7 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 walked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 walked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | the flag bearer | the front | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at front=Trajectory |
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