cheque

Who acts: you, bank, your, Grandma, Dad, shops · What happens: print, write on, tell, pay, account, send · To what, where: printed paper form, bank, money, account, cheque, me · Speech: someone speaks here

«cheque» 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: cheque in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, NZ — kept apart, not parsed.

A printed paper form you write on to tell your bank to pay money from your account to someone.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 form	det
2	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 form	amod
3	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 form	compound
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 write	nsubj
6	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 form	acl:relcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	6 write	compound:prt
8	to	to	PART	_	9 tell	mark
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 write	advcl
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bank	nmod:poss
11	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 pay	mark
13	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tell	xcomp
14	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pay	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 account	case
16	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 account	nmod:poss
17	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pay	obl
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 someone	case
19	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 pay	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 form	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	print	participle					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	write on	present	you	a printed paper form not said here			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	you not said here	your bank			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent bank=Recipient clause=Topic
4	pay not said to happen	to-infinitive	your bank not said here	money	your account	to someone	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset
5	account		your				nom account «communication transitive»: poss=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

Usage: US spelling: check — kept apart, not parsed.

The same thing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 thing	det
2	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 thing	amod
3	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thing	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Grandma sent me a cheque for my birthday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 sent	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cheque	det
5	cheque	cheque	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 birthday	case
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 birthday	nmod:poss
8	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	Grandma	a cheque	me			for my birthday	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Destination cheque=Theme

Example 2

You write the amount in words and numbers on a cheque.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 write	nsubj
2	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 amount	det
4	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 write	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 words	case
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 write	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 numbers	cc
8	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 words	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 cheque	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cheque	det
11	cheque	cheque	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 write	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present	You	the amount		words and numbers		on a cheque	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent amount=Theme in word=Destination

Example 3

Dad paid in the cheque at the bank.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paid	nsubj
2	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 cheque	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cheque	det
5	cheque	cheque	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paid	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 bank	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bank	det
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paid	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 paid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	Dad			the cheque		at the bank	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Hardly any shops take cheques now.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hardly	hardly	ADV	_	3 shops	advmod
2	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 shops	det
3	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 take	nsubj
4	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	cheques	cheque	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 take	obj
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 take	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	any shops	cheques			now		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheque=Theme

Example 5

The charity got a giant cheque for £1,000.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 charity	det
2	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cheque	det
5	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cheque	amod
6	cheque	cheque	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 £	case
8	£	£	SYM	_	3 got	obl
9	1,000	1000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 £	nummod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the charity	a giant cheque					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cheque=Theme for £=Source

Example 6

Don't sign a blank cheque — anyone could fill in the amount.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 sign	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 sign	advmod
3	sign	sign	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cheque	det
5	blank	blank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cheque	amod
6	cheque	cheque	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sign	obj
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 fill	punct
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 fill	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 fill	aux
10	fill	fill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sign	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	10 fill	compound:prt
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 amount	det
13	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fill	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sign	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sign	imperative · do-support	you not said here	a blank cheque					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent cheque=Destination
2	fill in	could	anyone	the amount					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent amount=Patient

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