creditor
Who acts: person, creditor, shopkeeper · What happens: owe, wait, pay back, ask, be, want · To what, where: money, creditor
«creditor» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: creditor in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A person or firm to whom money is owed, who is waiting to be paid back.
The tree, 16 words
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 | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 firm | cc |
| 4 | firm | firm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 person | conj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 whom | case |
| 6 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 person | nmod |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 owed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 owed | aux:pass |
| 9 | owed | owe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 whom | acl:relcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 waiting | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 waiting | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 waiting | aux |
| 13 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 person | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 paid | mark |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 paid | aux:pass |
| 16 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 waiting | advcl |
| 17 | back | back | ADV | _ | 16 paid | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owe | present · passive | money | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wait | present · progressive | a person or firm | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | pay back | to-infinitive · passive | a person or firm not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP» |
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.
Example 1
The creditor asked for his money.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 creditor | det |
| 2 | creditor | creditor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 money | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 money | nmod:poss |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | the creditor | for creditor's money | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The shopkeeper was a creditor of the farmer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 shopkeeper | det |
| 2 | shopkeeper | shopkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 creditor | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 creditor | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 creditor | det |
| 5 | creditor | creditor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 farmer | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 farmer | det |
| 8 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 creditor | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 creditor | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the shopkeeper | a creditor | of the farmer | tree rules |
Example 3
Every creditor wanted to be paid that day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 creditor | det |
| 2 | creditor | creditor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 paid | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 paid | aux:pass |
| 6 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 paid | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wanted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | every creditor | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pay not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | every creditor not said here | day | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP» |
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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