competence Who acts: Competence, someone, She, Swimming, Reading, court · What happens: be, do, have, show, swim, check · To what, where: ability, something, core competences, great competence, football pitch, competence
«competence» 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: competence in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Competence is the ability to do something well enough or properly.
nsubj cop det mark acl obj advmod advmod cc conj punct root Competence NOUN is AUX the DET ability NOUN to PART do VERB something PRON well ADV enough ADV or CCONJ properly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Competence competence NOUN Number=Sing 4 ability nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 ability cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 ability det 4 ability ability NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 to to PART _ 6 do mark 6 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 ability acl 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 do obj 8 well well ADV Degree=Pos 6 do advmod 9 enough enough ADV _ 6 do advmod 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 properly cc 11 properly properly ADV _ 9 enough conj 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 ability punct
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1 is a present Competence the ability tree rules 2 do to-infinitive something enough, well property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
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: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
A skill someone has: core competences.
det compound nsubj punct compound obj punct root A DET skill NOUN someone PRON has VERB : PUNCT core NOUN competences NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 someone det 2 skill skill NOUN Number=Sing 3 someone compound 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 has nsubj 4 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 : : PUNCT _ 7 competences punct 6 core core NOUN Number=Sing 7 competences compound 7 competences competence NOUN Number=Plur 4 has obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 has punct
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1 have present someone core competences vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent competence=Patient
Example 1 She showed great competence on the football pitch.
nsubj amod obj case det compound obl punct root She PRON showed VERB great ADJ competence NOUN on ADP the DET football NOUN pitch NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 showed nsubj 2 showed show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 great great ADJ Degree=Pos 4 competence amod 4 competence competence NOUN Number=Sing 2 showed obj 5 on on ADP _ 8 pitch case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 pitch det 7 football football NOUN Number=Sing 8 pitch compound 8 pitch pitch NOUN Number=Sing 2 showed obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 showed punct
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1 show past She great competence the football pitch vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent competence=Recipient
Example 2 Swimming competence is checked before the trip.
csubj:pass obj aux:pass case det obl punct root Swimming VERB competence NOUN is AUX checked VERB before ADP the DET trip NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Swimming swim VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 checked csubj:pass 2 competence competence NOUN Number=Sing 1 Swimming obj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 checked aux:pass 4 checked check VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 before before ADP _ 7 trip case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 trip det 7 trip trip NOUN Number=Sing 4 checked obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 checked punct
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1 swim gerund competence vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme competence=Trajectory 2 check present · passive Swimming the trip vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: before trip=Location
Example 3 The pilot's competence kept everyone safe.
det nmod:poss case nsubj obj xcomp punct root The DET pilot NOUN 's PART competence NOUN kept VERB everyone PRON safe ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 pilot det 2 pilot pilot NOUN Number=Sing 4 competence nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 pilot case 4 competence competence NOUN Number=Sing 5 kept nsubj 5 kept keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 5 kept obj 7 safe safe ADJ Degree=Pos 5 kept xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 kept punct
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1 keep past the pilot's competence everyone safe property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme
Example 4 Reading competence improves with practice.
csubj obj case obl punct root Reading VERB competence NOUN improves VERB with ADP practice NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Reading read VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 improves csubj 2 competence competence NOUN Number=Sing 1 Reading obj 3 improves improve VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 with with ADP _ 5 practice case 5 practice practice NOUN Number=Sing 3 improves obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 improves punct
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1 read gerund competence vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent competence=Topic 2 improve present Reading with practice vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with practice=Instrument
Example 5 The court questioned his competence to manage money.
det nsubj nmod:poss obj mark advcl obj punct root The DET court NOUN questioned VERB his PRON competence NOUN to PART manage VERB money NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 court det 2 court court NOUN Number=Sing 3 questioned nsubj 3 questioned question VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 competence nmod:poss 5 competence competence NOUN Number=Sing 3 questioned obj 6 to to PART _ 7 manage mark 7 manage manage VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 questioned advcl 8 money money NOUN Number=Sing 7 manage obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 questioned punct
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1 question speech: other past the court court's competence vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent competence=Recipient 2 manage to-infinitive the court not said here money vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
Example 6 Her competence with computers helped the whole class.
nmod:poss nsubj case nmod det amod obj punct root Her PRON competence NOUN with ADP computers NOUN helped VERB the DET whole ADJ class NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 competence nmod:poss 2 competence competence NOUN Number=Sing 5 helped nsubj 3 with with ADP _ 4 computers case 4 computers computer NOUN Number=Plur 2 competence nmod 5 helped help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 class det 7 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 8 class amod 8 class class NOUN Number=Sing 5 helped obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 helped punct
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1 help past Her competence with computers the whole class vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Beneficiary
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