commander Who acts: person, commander, soldiers, Neil Armstrong, President, brother · What happens: be, lead, give, tell, wait, stay · To what, where: charge, orders, soldiers, commander, deck, Chief · Speech: someone speaks here
«commander» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: commander in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A person who is in charge of a group of soldiers, a ship, an aircraft, a mission or a police operation.
The tree, 21 words det nsubj nsubj cop case case det nmod case nmod punct det conj punct det conj punct det conj cc det compound conj punct root A DET person NOUN who PRON is AUX in ADP charge NOUN of ADP a DET group NOUN of ADP soldiers NOUN , PUNCT a DET ship NOUN , PUNCT an DET aircraft NOUN , PUNCT a DET mission NOUN or CCONJ a DET police NOUN operation NOUN . 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 6 charge nsubj 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 6 charge nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 charge cop 5 in in ADP _ 6 charge case 6 charge charge NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 9 group case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 group det 9 group group NOUN Number=Sing 6 charge nmod 10 of of ADP _ 11 soldiers case 11 soldiers soldier NOUN Number=Plur 9 group nmod 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 ship punct 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 ship det 14 ship ship NOUN Number=Sing 9 group conj 15 , , PUNCT _ 17 aircraft punct 16 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 aircraft det 17 aircraft aircraft NOUN Number=Sing 6 charge conj 18 , , PUNCT _ 20 mission punct 19 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 20 mission det 20 mission mission NOUN Number=Sing 6 charge conj 21 or or CCONJ _ 24 operation cc 22 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 24 operation det 23 police police NOUN Number=Sing 24 operation compound 24 operation operation NOUN Number=Sing 20 mission conj 25 . . PUNCT _ 6 charge punct
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1 is present a person charge and a aircraft and a mission or a police operation of a group of soldiers and a ship 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.
Meaning 2 Usage: title — kept apart, not parsed.
A rank in some navies (between lieutenant commander and captain) and in the London police.
The tree, 15 words det case det nmod punct case compound appos cc conj punct cc case det compound conj punct root A DET rank NOUN in ADP some DET navies NOUN ( PUNCT between ADP lieutenant NOUN commander NOUN and CCONJ captain NOUN ) PUNCT and CCONJ in ADP the DET London PROPN police NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 rank det 2 rank rank NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 in in ADP _ 5 navies case 4 some some DET PronType=Ind 5 navies det 5 navies navy NOUN Number=Plur 2 rank nmod 6 ( ( PUNCT _ 9 commander punct 7 between between ADP _ 9 commander case 8 lieutenant lieutenant NOUN Number=Sing 9 commander compound 9 commander commander NOUN Number=Sing 5 navies appos 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 captain cc 11 captain captain NOUN Number=Sing 9 commander conj 12 ) ) PUNCT _ 9 commander punct 13 and and CCONJ _ 17 police cc 14 in in ADP _ 17 police case 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 police det 16 London London PROPN Number=Sing 17 police compound 17 police police NOUN Number=Sing 2 rank conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 2 rank punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 3 Anyone who leads or gives orders, like the commander of a space mission.
The tree, 13 words nsubj acl:relcl cc conj obj punct case det appos case det compound nmod punct root Anyone PRON who PRON leads VERB or CCONJ gives VERB orders NOUN , PUNCT like ADP the DET commander NOUN of ADP a DET space NOUN mission NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 2 who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 leads nsubj 3 leads lead VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Anyone acl:relcl 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 gives cc 5 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 leads conj 6 orders order NOUN Number=Plur 5 gives obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 commander punct 8 like like ADP _ 10 commander case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 commander det 10 commander commander NOUN Number=Sing 6 orders appos 11 of of ADP _ 14 mission case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 mission det 13 space space NOUN Number=Sing 14 mission compound 14 mission mission NOUN Number=Sing 10 commander nmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 1 Anyone punct
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1 lead present vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition 2 give present orders vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme
Example 1 The commander told the soldiers to wait for the signal.
det nsubj det obj mark xcomp case det obl punct root The DET commander NOUN told VERB the DET soldiers NOUN to PART wait VERB for ADP the DET signal NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 commander det 2 commander commander NOUN Number=Sing 3 told nsubj 3 told tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 soldiers det 5 soldiers soldier NOUN Number=Plur 3 told obj 6 to to PART _ 7 wait mark 7 wait wait VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 told xcomp 8 for for ADP _ 10 signal case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 signal det 10 signal signal NOUN Number=Sing 7 wait obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 told punct
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1 tell speech: assert past the commander the soldiers vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent soldier=Recipient clause=Topic 2 wait not said to happen to-infinitive the soldiers not said here for the signal vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 Neil Armstrong was the commander of Apollo 11.
compound nsubj cop det case compound nmod punct root Neil PROPN Armstrong PROPN was AUX the DET commander NOUN of ADP Apollo PROPN 11 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Neil Neil PROPN Number=Sing 2 Armstrong compound 2 Armstrong Armstrong PROPN Number=Sing 5 commander nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 commander cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 commander det 5 commander commander NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 8 11 case 7 Apollo Apollo PROPN Number=Sing 8 11 compound 8 11 11 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 commander nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 commander punct
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1 is a past Neil Armstrong the commander of Apollo 11 tree rules
Example 3 The commander of the ship stayed on deck during the storm.
det nsubj case det nmod case obl case det obl punct root The DET commander NOUN of ADP the DET ship NOUN stayed VERB on ADP deck NOUN during ADP the DET storm NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 commander det 2 commander commander NOUN Number=Sing 6 stayed nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 ship case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 ship det 5 ship ship NOUN Number=Sing 2 commander nmod 6 stayed stay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 on on ADP _ 8 deck case 8 deck deck NOUN Number=Sing 6 stayed obl 9 during during ADP _ 11 storm case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 storm det 11 storm storm NOUN Number=Sing 6 stayed obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 stayed punct
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1 stay past the commander of the ship deck during the storm vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on deck=Location
Example 4 In the US, the President is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces.
The tree, 14 words case det obl punct det nsubj cop det case nmod case det amod nmod punct root In ADP the DET US PROPN , PUNCT the DET President PROPN is AUX the DET Commander PROPN in ADP Chief PROPN of ADP the DET armed ADJ forces NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 US case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 US det 3 US US PROPN Number=Sing 9 Commander obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 US punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 President det 6 President President PROPN Number=Sing 9 Commander nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 Commander cop 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 Commander det 9 Commander Commander PROPN Number=Sing root root 10 in in ADP _ 11 Chief case 11 Chief Chief PROPN Number=Sing 9 Commander nmod 12 of of ADP _ 15 forces case 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 forces det 14 armed armed ADJ Degree=Pos 15 forces amod 15 forces force NOUN Number=Plur 9 Commander nmod 16 . . PUNCT _ 9 Commander punct
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1 is a present the President the Commander Chief in the US; of the armed forces tree rules
Example 5 My brother wants to be a space station commander one day.
nmod:poss nsubj mark cop det compound compound obj nummod obl:unmarked punct root My PRON brother NOUN wants VERB to PART be AUX a DET space NOUN station NOUN commander NOUN one NUM day NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 brother nmod:poss 2 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 wants nsubj 3 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 9 commander mark 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 9 commander cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 commander det 7 space space NOUN Number=Sing 8 station compound 8 station station NOUN Number=Sing 9 commander compound 9 commander commander NOUN Number=Sing 3 wants obj 10 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 11 day nummod 11 day day NOUN Number=Sing 9 commander obl:unmarked 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 wants punct
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1 want present My brother vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot 2 is a to-infinitive a station commander day tree rules
Example 6 The police commander spoke to the news reporters.
det compound nsubj case det compound obl punct root The DET police NOUN commander NOUN spoke VERB to ADP the DET news NOUN reporters NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 commander det 2 police police NOUN Number=Sing 3 commander compound 3 commander commander NOUN Number=Sing 4 spoke nsubj 4 spoke speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to ADP _ 8 reporters case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 reporters det 7 news news NOUN Number=Sing 8 reporters compound 8 reporters reporter NOUN Number=Plur 4 spoke obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 spoke punct
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1 speak speech: other past the police commander to the news reporters vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to reporter=Co-Agent
Example 7 In our game, Sam was the commander and gave us all secret missions.
The tree, 13 words case nmod:poss obl punct nsubj cop det cc conj iobj det amod obj punct root In ADP our PRON game NOUN , PUNCT Sam PROPN was AUX the DET commander NOUN and CCONJ gave VERB us PRON all DET secret ADJ missions NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 game case 2 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 game nmod:poss 3 game game NOUN Number=Sing 8 commander obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 game punct 5 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 8 commander nsubj 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 commander cop 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 commander det 8 commander commander NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 gave cc 10 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 commander conj 11 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 gave iobj 12 all all DET PronType=Tot 14 missions det 13 secret secret ADJ Degree=Pos 14 missions amod 14 missions mission NOUN Number=Plur 10 gave obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 8 commander punct
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1 is a past Sam the commander our game tree rules 2 give past Sam not said here all secret missions us vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient mission=Theme
Example 8 The Roman commanders never undertook any naval expedition without propitiating Neptune by a sacrifice.
The tree, 14 words det amod nsubj advmod det amod obj mark advcl obj case det obl punct root The DET Roman ADJ commanders NOUN never ADV undertook VERB any DET naval ADJ expedition NOUN without SCONJ propitiating VERB Neptune PROPN by ADP a DET sacrifice NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 commanders det 2 Roman roman ADJ Degree=Pos 3 commanders amod 3 commanders commander NOUN Number=Plur 5 undertook nsubj 4 never never ADV PronType=Neg 5 undertook advmod 5 undertook undertake VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 any any DET PronType=Ind 8 expedition det 7 naval naval ADJ Degree=Pos 8 expedition amod 8 expedition expedition NOUN Number=Sing 5 undertook obj 9 without without SCONJ _ 10 propitiating mark 10 propitiating propitiate VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 undertook advcl 11 Neptune Neptune PROPN Number=Sing 10 propitiating obj 12 by by ADP _ 14 sacrifice case 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 sacrifice det 14 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN Number=Sing 10 propitiating obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 5 undertook punct
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1 not undertake past the Roman commanders any naval expedition vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expedition=Eventuality 2 propitiate gerund the Roman commanders not said here Neptune by a sacrifice tree rules
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