catering

Who acts: Catering, local café, catering staff, We, club, menu · What happens: provide, cater, need, want, do, cook · To what, where: food, group, catering, lunch, cottages, holiday

«catering» 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: catering in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Providing food and drink for an event or a group of people, as a job.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Providing	provide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Providing	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 drink	cc
4	drink	drink	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 food	conj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 event	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 event	det
7	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Providing	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 group	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 group	det
10	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 event	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 people	case
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 group	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 job	punct
14	as	as	ADP	_	16 job	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 job	det
16	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Providing	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Providing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	gerund		food and drink				for a event or a group of people; as a job	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

Usage: verb form — kept apart, not parsed.

Catering for or to: providing what a group needs or wants.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Catering	cater	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 needs	csubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	1 Catering	obl
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 providing	cc
4	to	to	PART	_	6 providing	mark
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 providing	punct
6	providing	provide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Catering	conj
7	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	9 group	det
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 group	det
9	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 providing	obj
10	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 wants	cc
12	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 needs	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 needs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cater	gerund			tree rules
2	provide	gerund		what group	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition group=Theme
3	need	present	Catering		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
4	want	present	Catering not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Example 1

The catering for the party was done by a local café.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 catering	det
2	catering	catering	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 done	nsubj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 party	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 party	det
5	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 catering	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 done	aux:pass
7	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 café	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 café	det
10	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 café	amod
11	café	café	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 done	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · passive	a local café	the catering for the party					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality

Example 2

The school's catering staff cook lunch for 300 pupils.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 school	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 staff	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 school	case
4	catering	catering	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 staff	compound
5	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cook	nsubj
6	cook	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cook	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 pupils	case
9	300	300	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 pupils	nummod
10	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cook	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cook	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	present	the school's catering staff	lunch				for 300 pupils	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent lunch=Product for pupil=Beneficiary

Example 3

We stayed in self-catering cottages on holiday.

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	SCONJ	_	6 catering	mark
4	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 catering	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 self	punct
6	catering	cater	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 stayed	advcl
7	cottages	cottage	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 catering	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 holiday	case
9	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 catering	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	We						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cater	gerund	We not said here	cottages		holiday			tree rules

Example 4

This club caters for children of all ages.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 club	det
2	club	club	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	this club					for children of all ages	tree rules

Example 5

The menu is catering 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	4 catering	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 catering	aux
4	catering	cater	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 vegetarians	case
6	vegetarians	vegetarian	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 catering	obl
7	too	too	ADV	_	4 catering	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 catering	punct

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

Example 6

If each of 40 guests eats 3 sandwiches, the catering needs 120 sandwiches.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	6 eats	mark
2	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 eats	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 guests	case
4	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 guests	nummod
5	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 each	nmod
6	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 needs	advcl
7	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 sandwiches	nummod
8	sandwiches	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eats	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 eats	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 catering	det
11	catering	catering	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 needs	nsubj
12	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	120	120	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 sandwiches	nummod
14	sandwiches	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 needs	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 needs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat a condition, not said to happen	present	each	3 sandwiches					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandwich=Patient
2	need	present	the catering	120 sandwiches					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sandwich=Theme

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