delegate

Who acts: person, your, class, Delegates, good captain, Mum · What happens: choose, speak, vote, act, give, do · To what, where: person, part, someone, one delegate, jobs, washing up · Speech: someone speaks here

«delegate» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: delegate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: noun — kept apart, not parsed.

A person chosen to speak, vote or act for a group, especially at a meeting or conference.

The tree, 17 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	7 vote	nsubj
3	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 person	acl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 speak	mark
5	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 chosen	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 vote	punct
7	vote	vote	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 act	cc
9	act	act	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 vote	conj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 group	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 group	det
12	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 act	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 meeting	punct
14	especially	especially	ADV	_	17 meeting	advmod
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 meeting	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 meeting	det
17	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 vote	parataxis
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 conference	cc
19	conference	conference	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 meeting	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 vote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	choose	participle		a person not said here		tree rules
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	vote	infinitive	a person			vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	act	infinitive	a person not said here		for a group	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

To give part of your work, power or a task to someone else to do for you.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 give	mark
2	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 give	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 work	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 work	nmod:poss
6	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 power	punct
8	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 task	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 task	det
11	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 someone	case
13	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 give	obl
14	else	else	ADV	_	13 someone	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 do	mark
16	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 give	advcl
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 you	case
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 do	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	to-infinitive		part of your work and power or a task	someone		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent part=Theme to someone=Recipient
2	do	to-infinitive				for you	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	work		your				nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Meaning 3

Usage: verb, formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To choose someone to act for a group.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 choose	mark
2	choose	choose	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 choose	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 act	mark
5	act	act	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 someone	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 group	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 group	det
8	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 act	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 choose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	to-infinitive		someone					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	act	to-infinitive		someone not said here				for a group	vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Each class chose one delegate for the school council.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 class	det
2	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chose	nsubj
3	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 delegate	nummod
5	delegate	delegate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chose	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 council	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 council	det
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 council	compound
9	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chose	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	each class	one delegate				for the school council	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent delegate=Theme for council=Beneficiary

Example 2

Delegates from many countries met to talk about the oceans.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Delegates	delegate	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 met	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 countries	case
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 countries	amod
4	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Delegates	nmod
5	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 talk	mark
7	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 met	xcomp
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 oceans	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 oceans	det
10	oceans	ocean	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 talk	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 met	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past	Delegates from many countries						tree rules
2	talk	to-infinitive	Delegates from many countries not said here					about the oceans	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about ocean=Topic

Example 3

A good captain knows how to delegate jobs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 captain	det
2	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 captain	amod
3	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knows	nsubj
4	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 delegate	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 delegate	mark
7	delegate	delegate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 knows	ccomp
8	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 delegate	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 knows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	a good captain						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	delegate	to-infinitive		jobs					tree rules

Example 4

Mum delegated the washing-up to me.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 delegated	nsubj
2	delegated	delegate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 up	det
4	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 up	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 up	punct
6	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 delegated	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 me	case
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 delegated	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 delegated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delegate	past	Mum	the washing up	me				tree rules

Example 5

The teacher delegated the job of handing out books to Priya.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delegated	nsubj
3	delegated	delegate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 job	det
5	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delegated	obj
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 handing	mark
7	handing	hand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 job	acl
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 handing	compound:prt
9	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 handing	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Priya	case
11	Priya	Priya	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 handing	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 delegated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delegate	past	the teacher	the job					tree rules
2	hand out	gerund	the job not said here	books	Priya				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent book=Theme to priya=Recipient

Example 6

Our delegate reported back to the class.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 delegate	nmod:poss
2	delegate	delegate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reported	nsubj
3	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 reported	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 class	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 class	det
7	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reported	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reported	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report back	past	Our delegate					to the class	vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to class=Co-Agent

Example 7

The manager delegated the planning to her team.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 manager	det
2	manager	manager	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delegated	nsubj
3	delegated	delegate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 planning	det
5	planning	planning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delegated	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 team	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 team	nmod:poss
8	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delegated	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 delegated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delegate	past	the manager	the planning				to manager's team	tree rules

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