broker

Who acts: broker, person, old man · What happens: be, buy, sell, arrange, find · To what, where: person, things, someone, deal, picture, broker

«broker» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: broker in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A broker is a person who buys and sells things for other people, such as shares, goods or old pictures.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 broker	det
2	broker	broker	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 buys	nsubj
7	buys	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sells	cc
9	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 buys	conj
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sells	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 people	case
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 people	amod
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 things	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 shares	punct
15	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	17 shares	case
16	as	as	ADP	_	15 such	fixed
17	shares	share	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 people	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 goods	punct
19	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	13 people	conj
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 pictures	cc
21	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 pictures	amod
22	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 people	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a broker	a person		tree rules
2	buy	present	a person			vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	sell	present	a person not said here	things	for other people and shares and goods or old pictures	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent thing=Theme for people=Asset

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

A broker is someone who arranges a deal between two people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 broker	det
2	broker	broker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 someone	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 someone	cop
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 arranges	nsubj
6	arranges	arrange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 someone	acl:relcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 deal	det
8	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 arranges	obj
9	between	between	ADP	_	11 people	case
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 people	nummod
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 deal	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 someone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a broker	someone					tree rules
2	arrange	present		a deal				between two people	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent deal=Theme between people=Destination

Example 1

The old man bought a picture at the broker's.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bought	nsubj
4	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 picture	det
6	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bought	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 broker	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 broker	det
9	broker	broker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bought	obl
10	's	's	PART	_	9 broker	case
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	the old man	a picture		the broker			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent picture=Theme at broker=Asset

Example 2

A broker sold the family's old chairs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 broker	det
2	broker	broker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	nsubj
3	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 family	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chairs	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 family	case
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 chairs	amod
8	chairs	chair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sold	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	past	a broker	the family's old chairs					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Theme

Example 3

The broker found a buyer for the house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 broker	det
2	broker	broker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	nsubj
3	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 buyer	det
5	buyer	buyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 found	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 house	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 buyer	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	the broker	a buyer				for the house	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent buyer=Theme for house=Beneficiary

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