burgomaster
Who acts: burgomaster, daughter, Everyone · What happens: make, play, bow, pass · To what, where: speech, square, piano
«burgomaster» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: burgomaster in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Old use: the mayor or chief official of a town in some European countries, such as Germany or the Netherlands.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 use | amod |
| 2 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 mayor | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mayor | det |
| 5 | mayor | mayor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 use | appos |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 official | cc |
| 7 | chief | chief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 official | amod |
| 8 | official | official | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mayor | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 town | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 town | det |
| 11 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 official | nmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 countries | case |
| 13 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 15 countries | det |
| 14 | European | European | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 countries | amod |
| 15 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 town | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 Germany | punct |
| 17 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 19 Germany | case |
| 18 | as | as | ADP | _ | 17 such | fixed |
| 19 | Germany | Germany | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 countries | nmod |
| 20 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 22 Netherlands | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Netherlands | det |
| 22 | Netherlands | Netherlands | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Germany | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 use | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The burgomaster made a speech in the square.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 burgomaster | det |
| 2 | burgomaster | burgomaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 speech | det |
| 5 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 square | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 square | det |
| 8 | square | square | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the burgomaster | a speech | the square | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset speech=Product |
Example 2
The burgomaster's daughter played the piano.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 burgomaster | det |
| 2 | burgomaster | burgomaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 burgomaster | case |
| 4 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 played | nsubj |
| 5 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 piano | det |
| 7 | piano | piano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 played | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 played | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past | the burgomaster's daughter | the piano | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piano=Theme |
Example 3
Everyone bowed when the burgomaster passed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 bowed | nsubj |
| 2 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 passed | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 burgomaster | det |
| 5 | burgomaster | burgomaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 passed | nsubj |
| 6 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 bowed | ccomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 bowed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bow | past | Everyone | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | pass | past | the burgomaster | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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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