consumer

Who acts: consumer, person, living thing, rabbit, fox, Consumers · What happens: be, buy, use, get, eat, not make · To what, where: person, goods, living thing, science, energy, other plants · Speech: someone speaks here

«consumer» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: consumer in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A consumer is a person who buys or uses goods and services.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 consumer	det
2	consumer	consumer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 buys	nsubj
7	buys	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 uses	cc
9	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 buys	conj
10	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 uses	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 services	cc
12	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 goods	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a consumer	a person	tree rules
2	buy	present	a person		vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	use	present	a person not said here	goods and services	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Patient

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

In science, a consumer is a living thing that gets its energy by eating other plants or animals, not by making its own food.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 science	case
2	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thing	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 science	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 consumer	det
5	consumer	consumer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thing	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 thing	det
8	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 gets	nsubj
11	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	acl:relcl
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 energy	nmod:poss
13	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gets	obj
14	by	by	SCONJ	_	15 eating	mark
15	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 gets	advcl
16	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 plants	amod
17	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 eating	obj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 animals	cc
19	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 plants	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 making	punct
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 making	advmod
22	by	by	SCONJ	_	23 making	mark
23	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 eating	conj
24	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 food	nmod:poss
25	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 food	amod
26	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 making	obj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	a consumer	a living thing	science	tree rules
2	get	present	a living thing	consumer's energy		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer energy=Stimulus
3	eat	gerund	a living thing not said here	other plants or animals		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient
4	not make	gerund	a living thing not said here	consumer's own food		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset food=Product

Example 1

A rabbit is a primary consumer because it eats plants.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rabbit	det
2	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consumer	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consumer	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 consumer	det
5	primary	primary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 consumer	amod
6	consumer	consumer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 eats	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 eats	nsubj
9	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consumer	advcl
10	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eats	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 consumer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a rabbit	a primary consumer					tree rules
2	eat	present	rabbit	plants					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plant=Patient

Example 2

A fox is a secondary consumer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fox	det
2	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consumer	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consumer	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 consumer	det
5	secondary	secondary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 consumer	amod
6	consumer	consumer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 consumer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a fox	a secondary consumer					tree rules

Example 3

Consumers want good quality at a fair price.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Consumers	consumer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 want	nsubj
2	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 quality	amod
4	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 want	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 price	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 price	det
7	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 price	amod
8	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 want	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Consumers	good quality		a fair price			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot quality=Theme

Example 4

Every time you buy a toy, you are a consumer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 time	det
2	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buy	obl:unmarked
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 buy	nsubj
4	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 toy	det
6	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buy	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 buy	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 consumer	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 consumer	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 consumer	det
11	consumer	consumer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buy	parataxis
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 buy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	present	you	a toy			time		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme
2	is a	present	you	a consumer					tree rules

Example 5

Consumer rights mean you can return broken goods.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Consumer	consumer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rights	compound
2	rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mean	nsubj
3	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 return	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 return	aux
6	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 mean	ccomp
7	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 goods	amod
8	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 return	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present	Consumer rights		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	return	can	you	broken goods	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goods=Theme
3	break	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Example 6

In a food chain, the arrow points from the food to the consumer.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 chain	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chain	det
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chain	compound
4	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 points	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 points	det
7	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 points	compound
8	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chain	conj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 food	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 food	det
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 points	nmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 consumer	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 consumer	det
14	consumer	consumer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 food	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 chain	punct

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

Example 7

Many consumers now shop online.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 consumers	amod
2	consumers	consumer	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 shop	advmod
4	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 consumers	conj
5	online	online	ADV	_	4 shop	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 consumers	punct

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

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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