convene

Who acts: head teacher, committee · What happens: come together, call, convene, choose, discuss, settle · To what, where: people, class council, judges, winner, meeting, World leaders · Speech: someone speaks here

«convene» 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: convene in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To come together for a meeting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 come	mark
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	together	together	ADV	_	2 come	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 meeting	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 meeting	det
6	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 come	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come together	to-infinitive						for a meeting; together property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

To call people together for a meeting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 call	mark
2	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 call	obj
4	together	together	ADV	_	2 call	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 meeting	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 meeting	det
7	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 call	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	to-infinitive		people				for a meeting; together property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent people=Theme for meeting=Beneficiary

Example 1

The class council convened after lunch.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 council	det
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 council	compound
3	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	convened	convene	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 council	acl
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 lunch	case
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 convened	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 council	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convene	participle		the class council not said here			after lunch		vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The judges convened to choose the winner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judges	det
2	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	convened	convene	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 judges	acl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 choose	mark
5	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 convened	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 winner	det
7	winner	winner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 choose	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 judges	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convene	participle		the judges not said here					vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	choose	to-infinitive		the winner					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent winner=Theme

Example 3

The head teacher convened a meeting of parents.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
2	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teacher	compound
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 convened	nsubj
4	convened	convene	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 meeting	det
6	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 convened	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 parents	case
8	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 meeting	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 convened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convene	past	the head teacher	a meeting of parents					vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent meeting=Theme

Example 4

World leaders convened to discuss the climate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	World	world	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 leaders	amod
2	leaders	leader	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	convened	convene	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 leaders	acl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 discuss	mark
5	discuss	discuss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 convened	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 climate	det
7	climate	climate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 discuss	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 leaders	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convene	participle		World leaders not said here					vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	discuss speech: other	to-infinitive		the climate					vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent climate=Topic

Example 5

The committee will convene again next week.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 committee	det
2	committee	committee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 convene	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 convene	aux
4	convene	convene	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	again	again	ADV	_	4 convene	advmod
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 week	amod
7	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 convene	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 convene	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convene	future	the committee				again; week		vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

The team convened in the hall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 team	det
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	convened	convene	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 team	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hall	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hall	det
6	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 convened	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 team	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convene	participle		the team not said here		the hall			vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

An assembly was therefore convened at Mecone in order to settle these points.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 assembly	det
2	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 convened	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 convened	aux:pass
4	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	5 convened	advmod
5	convened	convene	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 Mecone	case
7	Mecone	Mecone	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 convened	obl
8	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 settle	mark
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 in	fixed
10	to	to	PART	_	11 settle	mark
11	settle	settle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 convened	advcl
12	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	13 points	det
13	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 settle	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 convened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convene	past · passive		a assembly		Mecone		therefore property	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
2	settle	to-infinitive		this points					vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme point=Location

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