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behalf

Who acts: I, She, you, head, He, charity · What happens: like, thank, accept, not worry, speak, sign · To what, where: behalf, Mrs, prize, card, money · Speech: someone speaks here

«behalf» 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: behalf in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

For someone, as their representative, or in their place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	2 someone	case
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 representative	punct
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 representative	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 representative	nmod:poss
6	representative	representative	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 someone	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 place	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 place	cc
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 place	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 place	nmod:poss
11	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 someone	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 someone	punct

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

Meaning 2

For the good of someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 good	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 good	det
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 someone	case
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 good	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 good	punct

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

Example 1

On behalf of the class, I'd like to thank Mrs Lee.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	2 behalf	case
2	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 like	obl
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 class	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 class	det
5	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 behalf	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 behalf	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 like	nsubj
8	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 like	aux
9	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 thank	mark
11	thank	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 like	xcomp
12	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 thank	obj
13	Lee	Lee	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Mrs	flat
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	would	I			behalf of the class			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	thank speech: thank not said to happen	to-infinitive	I not said here		Mrs				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mrs=Theme

Example 2

She accepted the prize on her brother's behalf.

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	2 accepted	nsubj
2	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prize	det
4	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 behalf	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 brother	nmod:poss
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 behalf	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 brother	case
9	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 accepted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	She	the prize		her brother's behalf			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme

Example 3

Please don't worry on my behalf.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	4 worry	discourse
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 worry	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 worry	advmod
4	worry	worry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 behalf	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 behalf	nmod:poss
7	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worry	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 worry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not worry	imperative · do-support	you not said here			my behalf			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Example 4

The head spoke on behalf of the school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 head	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	nsubj
3	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 behalf	case
5	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 school	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 school	det
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 behalf	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	the head			behalf of the school			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 5

He signed the card on behalf of us all.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 signed	nsubj
2	signed	sign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 card	det
4	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signed	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 behalf	case
6	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signed	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 us	case
8	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 behalf	nmod
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 us	nmod:unmarked
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 signed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign	past	He	the card		behalf of us			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent card=Theme on behalf=Destination

Example 6

The charity collects money on behalf of sick children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 charity	det
2	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collects	nsubj
3	collects	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collects	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 behalf	case
6	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collects	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 children	case
8	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 children	amod
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 behalf	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 collects	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	present	the charity	money		behalf of sick children			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=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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