chancellor
Who acts: chancellor, They, silly little King · What happens: be, answer, say, not be · To what, where: chief adviser, yours · Speech: someone speaks here
«chancellor» 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: chancellor in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A chancellor is the chief adviser or minister of a king, queen or government.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 chancellor | det |
| 2 | chancellor | chancellor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 adviser | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 adviser | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 adviser | det |
| 5 | chief | chief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 adviser | amod |
| 6 | adviser | adviser | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 minister | cc |
| 8 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 adviser | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 king | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 adviser | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 queen | punct |
| 13 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 king | conj |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 government | cc |
| 15 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 king | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 adviser | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a chancellor | the chief adviser or minister | of a king and queen or government | tree rules |
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.
Example 1
The Chancellor answered: "The Manticora, of course."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Chancellor | det |
| 2 | Chancellor | Chancellor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 answered | nsubj |
| 3 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 Manticora | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Manticora | punct |
| 6 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Manticora | det |
| 7 | Manticora | Manticora | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 answered | parataxis |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 course | punct |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 course | case |
| 10 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Manticora | appos |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 Manticora | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Manticora | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | past | the Chancellor | tree rules |
Example 2
"They are yours, Your Majesty," answered the Chancellor.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 yours | punct |
| 2 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 yours | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 yours | cop |
| 4 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 answered | parataxis |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Majesty | punct |
| 6 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 7 | Majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 yours | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 yours | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 yours | punct |
| 10 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Chancellor | det |
| 12 | Chancellor | Chancellor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 answered | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 answered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | They | yours | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | answer speech: assert | past | the Chancellor | tree rules |
Example 3
The Chancellor said, "Don't be a silly little King."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Chancellor | det |
| 2 | Chancellor | Chancellor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 be | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 be | punct |
| 6 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 be | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 be | advmod |
| 8 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 King | det |
| 10 | silly | silly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 King | amod |
| 11 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 King | amod |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 be | nsubj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the Chancellor | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not be in a quote | infinitive · do-support | a silly little King | vn exist-47.1 «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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