cater

Who acts: group, local bakery, camp, menu, We, hotel · What happens: provide, cater, need, want, try, please · To what, where: food, someone, birthday party, catering cottage, hospital

«cater» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: cater in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To provide food and drinks for an event, such as a party or wedding.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 provide	mark
2	provide	provide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provide	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 drinks	cc
5	drinks	drink	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 food	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 event	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 event	det
8	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 provide	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 party	punct
10	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 party	case
11	as	as	ADP	_	10 such	fixed
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 party	det
13	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 event	nmod
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 wedding	cc
15	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 party	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 provide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	to-infinitive		food and drinks				for a event such a party or wedding	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition food=Theme for event=Beneficiary

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

To cater for (UK) / to (US): to provide what a group of people needs or wants.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cater	mark
2	cater	cater	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 UK	case
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 UK	punct
5	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cater	obl
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 UK	punct
7	/	/	SYM	_	10 US	punct
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 US	case
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 US	punct
10	US	US	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 UK	conj
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 UK	punct
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 provide	punct
13	to	to	PART	_	14 provide	mark
14	provide	provide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 cater	conj
15	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	17 group	det
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 group	det
17	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 needs	nsubj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 people	case
19	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 group	nmod
20	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 provide	ccomp
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 wants	cc
22	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 needs	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cater	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cater	to-infinitive		for UK and US	tree rules
2	provide	to-infinitive			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	need	present	what group of people		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	want	present	what group of people not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Meaning 3

To cater to: to try too hard to please someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cater	mark
2	cater	cater	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 try	advcl
3	to	to	ADP	_	2 cater	obl
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 try	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	6 try	mark
6	try	try	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 hard	advmod
8	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 try	xcomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 please	mark
10	please	please	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 hard	xcomp
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 please	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cater	to-infinitive			tree rules
2	try	to-infinitive		hard property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	please	to-infinitive	someone		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus someone=Experiencer

Example 1

A local bakery catered the birthday party.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bakery	det
2	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bakery	amod
3	bakery	bakery	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 catered	nsubj
4	catered	cater	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 party	det
6	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 party	compound
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 catered	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 catered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cater	past	a local bakery	the birthday party					tree rules

Example 2

The camp caters for children of all ages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 camp	det
2	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caters	nsubj
3	caters	cater	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 children	case
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caters	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 ages	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 ages	det
8	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 children	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caters	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cater	present	the camp					for children of all ages	tree rules

Example 3

The menu caters to vegetarians too.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 menu	det
2	menu	menu	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caters	nsubj
3	caters	cater	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 vegetarians	case
5	vegetarians	vegetarian	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caters	obl
6	too	too	ADV	_	3 caters	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caters	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cater	present	the menu					to vegetarians	tree rules

Example 4

We stayed in a self-catering cottage.

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	2 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	8 cottage	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cottage	det
5	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 catering	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 self	punct
7	catering	cater	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 cottage	amod
8	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	We			a catering cottage			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cottage=Location
2	cater	gerund							tree rules

Example 5

The hotel can cater for 200 guests.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hotel	det
2	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cater	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cater	aux
4	cater	cater	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 guests	case
6	200	200	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 guests	nummod
7	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cater	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 cater	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cater	can	the hotel					for 200 guests	tree rules

Example 6

Mum works in catering at the hospital.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	SCONJ	_	4 catering	mark
4	catering	cater	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 works	advcl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 hospital	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hospital	det
7	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 catering	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 works	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Mum						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cater	gerund	Mum not said here			the hospital			tree rules

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