chairman Who acts: person, chairman, everyone, class, Order, chairwoman · What happens: lead, keep, decide, speak, charge, ask · To what, where: meeting, order, board, everyone, Priya, speech · Speech: someone speaks here
«chairman» 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: chairman in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A person who leads a meeting or a committee and keeps order, deciding who speaks.
The tree, 15 words det nsubj nsubj acl:relcl det obj cc det conj cc obj punct advcl nsubj ccomp punct root A DET person NOUN who PRON leads VERB a DET meeting NOUN or CCONJ a DET committee NOUN and CCONJ keeps VERB order NOUN , PUNCT deciding VERB who PRON speaks VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 person det 2 person person NOUN Number=Sing 11 keeps nsubj 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 4 leads nsubj 4 leads lead VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 person acl:relcl 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 meeting det 6 meeting meeting NOUN Number=Sing 4 leads obj 7 or or CCONJ _ 9 committee cc 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 committee det 9 committee committee NOUN Number=Sing 6 meeting conj 10 and and CCONJ _ 4 leads cc 11 keeps keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 12 order order NOUN Number=Sing 11 keeps obj 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 deciding punct 14 deciding decide VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 11 keeps advcl 15 who who PRON PronType=Rel 16 speaks nsubj 16 speaks speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 deciding ccomp 17 . . PUNCT _ 11 keeps punct
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1 lead present a person a meeting or a committee vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meeting=Theme 2 keep present a person order vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme 3 decide gerund a person not said here vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 4 speak speech: other present vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 The person in charge of the board of a company, club or organisation.
The tree, 13 words det case nmod case det nmod case det nmod punct conj cc conj punct root The DET person NOUN in ADP charge NOUN of ADP the DET board NOUN of ADP a DET company NOUN , PUNCT club NOUN or CCONJ organisation NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 person det 2 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 in in ADP _ 4 charge case 4 charge charge NOUN Number=Sing 2 person nmod 5 of of ADP _ 7 board case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 board det 7 board board NOUN Number=Sing 4 charge nmod 8 of of ADP _ 10 company case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 company det 10 company company NOUN Number=Sing 7 board nmod 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 club punct 12 club club NOUN Number=Sing 2 person conj 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 organisation cc 14 organisation organisation NOUN Number=Sing 12 club conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 person punct
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1 charge the board of a company nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient
Example 1 The chairman asked everyone to sit down.
det nsubj obj mark xcomp compound:prt punct root The DET chairman NOUN asked VERB everyone PRON to PART sit VERB down ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 chairman det 2 chairman chairman NOUN Number=Sing 3 asked nsubj 3 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 3 asked obj 5 to to PART _ 6 sit mark 6 sit sit VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 asked xcomp 7 down down ADP _ 6 sit compound:prt 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 asked punct
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1 ask speech: ask past the chairman everyone vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic 2 sit down not said to happen to-infinitive everyone not said here vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 Our class chose Priya as chair of the school council.
nmod:poss nsubj obj case obl case det compound nmod punct root Our PRON class NOUN chose VERB Priya PROPN as ADP chair NOUN of ADP the DET school NOUN council NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 class nmod:poss 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 chose nsubj 3 chose choose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 Priya Priya PROPN Number=Sing 3 chose obj 5 as as ADP _ 6 chair case 6 chair chair NOUN Number=Sing 3 chose obl 7 of of ADP _ 10 council case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 council det 9 school school NOUN Number=Sing 10 council compound 10 council council NOUN Number=Sing 6 chair nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 chose punct
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1 choose past Our class Priya as chair of the school council vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priya=Theme
Example 3 The chairman of the football club gave a speech.
det nsubj case det compound nmod det obj punct root The DET chairman NOUN of ADP the DET football NOUN club NOUN gave VERB a DET speech NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 chairman det 2 chairman chairman NOUN Number=Sing 7 gave nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 6 club case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 club det 5 football football NOUN Number=Sing 6 club compound 6 club club NOUN Number=Sing 2 chairman nmod 7 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 speech det 9 speech speech NOUN Number=Sing 7 gave obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 gave punct
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1 give past the chairman of the football club a speech vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Theme
Example 4 «Order, please!» said the chairman.
punct nsubj punct discourse punct punct det nsubj punct root « PUNCT Order NOUN , PUNCT please INTJ ! PUNCT » PUNCT said VERB the DET chairman NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 2 Order punct 2 Order order NOUN Number=Sing 7 said nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 Order punct 4 please please INTJ _ 2 Order discourse 5 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 Order punct 6 » » PUNCT _ 2 Order punct 7 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 chairman det 9 chairman chairman NOUN Number=Sing 7 said nsubj 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past Order vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Example 5 The chairwoman thanked everyone for coming.
det nsubj obj mark advcl punct root The DET chairwoman NOUN thanked VERB everyone PRON for SCONJ coming VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 chairwoman det 2 chairwoman chairwoman NOUN Number=Sing 3 thanked nsubj 3 thanked thank VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 3 thanked obj 5 for for SCONJ _ 6 coming mark 6 coming come VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 thanked advcl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 thanked punct
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1 thank speech: thank past the chairwoman everyone vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme 2 come gerund the chairwoman not said here vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 6 The chairman counted the votes for each idea.
det nsubj det obj case det nmod punct root The DET chairman NOUN counted VERB the DET votes NOUN for ADP each DET idea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 chairman det 2 chairman chairman NOUN Number=Sing 3 counted nsubj 3 counted count VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 votes det 5 votes vote NOUN Number=Plur 3 counted obj 6 for for ADP _ 8 idea case 7 each each DET PronType=Tot 8 idea det 8 idea idea NOUN Number=Sing 5 votes nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 counted punct
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1 count past the chairman the votes for each idea vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Theme
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