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designate

Who acts: you, y, Dad, Herr · What happens: choose, mark, name, not start, leave, designate · To what, where: someone, something, special way, Bikes, designated area, park

«designate» 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: designate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To choose someone or something officially for a job or purpose.

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	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 something	cc
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 someone	conj
6	officially	officially	ADV	_	2 choose	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 job	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 job	det
9	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 choose	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 purpose	cc
11	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 job	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 choose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	to-infinitive		someone				for a job or purpose; officially property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent someone=Theme for job=Beneficiary

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

To mark or name something in a special way.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 mark	mark
2	mark	mark	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 name	cc
4	name	name	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 mark	conj
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 name	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 way	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 way	det
8	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 name	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mark	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	to-infinitive							vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	name	infinitive		something		a special way			vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme

Meaning 3

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

Chosen for a job but not started yet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chosen	Chosen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 job	nsubj
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 job	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 job	det
4	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 started	cc
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 started	advmod
7	started	start	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 job	conj
8	yet	yet	ADV	_	7 started	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 job	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not start	participle					yet		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 1

Bikes must be left in the designated area.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bikes	bike	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 left	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 left	aux:pass
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 area	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 area	det
7	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 area	amod
8	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	must · passive		Bikes		the designated area			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in area=Location
2	designate	participle							vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The park was designated a nature reserve.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 park	det
2	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 designated	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 designated	aux:pass
4	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reserve	det
6	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reserve	compound
7	reserve	reserve	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 designated	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 designated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	past · passive		the park					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme reserve=Attribute

Example 3

Smoking is only allowed in designated places.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Smoking	smoking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 places	case
6	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 places	amod
7	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 allowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		Smoking		designated places			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
2	designate	participle							vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 4

She was designated team captain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 designated	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 designated	aux:pass
3	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 captain	compound
5	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 designated	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 designated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	past · passive		She					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme captain=Attribute

Example 5

Let y designate the number of oranges.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	y	y	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Let	obj
3	designate	designate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Let	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 number	det
5	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 designate	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 oranges	case
7	oranges	orange	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 number	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	imperative	you not said here	y					tree rules
2	designate	infinitive	y not said here	the number of oranges					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme

Example 6

Dad was the designated driver.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 driver	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 driver	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 driver	det
4	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 driver	amod
5	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 driver	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	designate	participle							vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	Dad	the designated driver					tree rules

Example 7

In earlier times, by which name our aunt used to designate thirty years ago, she and the before-mentioned Herr Sivertsen had been younger.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 times	case
2	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 times	amod
3	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 name	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 name	punct
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 name	nsubj
7	name	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 aunt	nmod:poss
9	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 name	obj
10	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 aunt	acl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 designate	mark
12	designate	designate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 used	advcl
13	thirty	thirty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 years	nummod
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 ago	obl:unmarked
15	ago	ago	ADV	_	12 designate	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 before	punct
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 before	nsubj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 before	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 before	det
20	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 name	advmod
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 before	punct
22	mentioned	mention	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 before	conj
23	Herr	Herr	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 mentioned	obj
24	Sivertsen	Sivertsen	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Herr	flat
25	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 younger	aux
26	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	27 younger	cop
27	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	23 Herr	acl:relcl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	present		our aunt			time		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aunt=Theme
2	use	participle		our aunt not said here					vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	designate	to-infinitive						ago property	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	mention speech: other	participle		Herr					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent herr=Topic
5	is	past · perfect	Herr not said here					young property	tree rules

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