deputy
Who acts: deputy, person, captain · What happens: be, act, take, need, bring · To what, where: person, place, second command, news, class, charge
«deputy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: deputy in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A deputy is a person who acts for another and takes their place when needed.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 deputy | det |
| 2 | deputy | deputy | 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 acts | nsubj |
| 7 | acts | act | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | acl:relcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 another | case |
| 9 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 acts | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 takes | cc |
| 11 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 acts | conj |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 place | nmod:poss |
| 13 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 takes | obj |
| 14 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 15 needed | advmod |
| 15 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 takes | advcl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a deputy | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | act | present | a person | for another | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | take | present | a person not said here | their place | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | ||||
| 4 | need | participle | a person not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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
A deputy is the second in command, the one just below the leader.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 deputy | det |
| 2 | deputy | deputy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 command | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 command | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 command | det |
| 5 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 command | amod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 command | case |
| 7 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 one | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 one | det |
| 10 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 command | appos |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 leader | advmod |
| 12 | below | below | ADP | _ | 14 leader | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 leader | det |
| 14 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 one | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 command | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a deputy | the second command | tree rules |
Example 1
The queen's deputy brought the news.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 queen | det |
| 2 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 deputy | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 queen | case |
| 4 | deputy | deputy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brought | nsubj |
| 5 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 news | det |
| 7 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brought | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 brought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | the queen's deputy | the news | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent news=Theme |
Example 2
Our teacher's deputy took the class today.
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 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 deputy | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 teacher | case |
| 4 | deputy | deputy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | nsubj |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 class | det |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obj |
| 8 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Our teacher's deputy | the class | today | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Theme |
Example 3
The captain was away, so the deputy was in charge.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 captain | det |
| 2 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 away | cop |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 captain | acl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 charge | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 charge | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 deputy | det |
| 8 | deputy | deputy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 charge | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 charge | cop |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 charge | case |
| 11 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 captain | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 captain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the captain and charge not said here | away property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the deputy | charge | tree rules |
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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