deputation

Who acts: deputation, villagers, you, us · What happens: be, choose, go, speak, ask, send · To what, where: small group, people, deputation, mayor, us, palace gate · Speech: someone speaks here

«deputation» 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: deputation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A deputation is a small group of people chosen to go and speak or ask for something on behalf of others.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 deputation	det
2	deputation	deputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 group	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 group	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 group	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 group	amod
6	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 people	case
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 group	nmod
9	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 people	acl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 go	mark
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 chosen	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 speak	cc
13	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 go	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 ask	cc
15	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 go	conj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 something	case
17	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 ask	obl
18	on	on	ADP	_	19 behalf	case
19	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 something	nmod
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 others	case
21	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 behalf	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 group	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a deputation	a small group	of people	tree rules
2	choose	participle		people not said here		tree rules
3	go	to-infinitive				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	speak speech: other	infinitive				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	ask speech: ask	infinitive			for something	vn inquire-37.1.2 «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.

Example 1

The villagers sent a deputation to the mayor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 villagers	det
2	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 deputation	det
5	deputation	deputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 mayor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mayor	det
8	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the villagers	a deputation		the mayor			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent deputation=Theme to mayor=Destination

Example 2

Let us choose a deputation of the bravest to go.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 deputation	det
5	deputation	deputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 choose	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 bravest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bravest	det
8	bravest	brave	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 deputation	appos
9	to	to	PART	_	10 go	mark
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 bravest	acl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	us	tree rules
2	choose	infinitive	us not said here	a deputation	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deputation=Theme
3	go	to-infinitive			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The deputation waited outside the palace gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 deputation	det
2	deputation	deputation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	nsubj
3	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	outside	outside	ADP	_	7 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gate	compound
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waited	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 waited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	the deputation			the palace gate			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside gate=Location

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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