devolve

Who acts: first person, duty, king, task · What happens: devolve, be, do, guard, grow, fall · To what, where: person, gate, youngest guard, rule, task, me

«devolve» 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: devolve in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To devolve is to pass a duty, power or job on to another person, often because the first person is no longer able to do it.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 devolve	mark
2	devolve	devolve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 pass	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 pass	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pass	mark
5	pass	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 duty	det
7	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pass	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 power	punct
9	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 duty	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 job	cc
11	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 duty	conj
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 person	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 person	case
14	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	15 person	det
15	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pass	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 able	punct
17	often	often	ADV	_	25 able	advmod
18	because	because	SCONJ	_	25 able	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 person	det
20	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	21 person	amod
21	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 able	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 able	cop
23	no	no	ADV	_	24 longer	advmod
24	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	25 able	advmod
25	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pass	conj
26	to	to	PART	_	27 do	mark
27	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 able	xcomp
28	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 do	obj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pass	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	devolve	to-infinitive				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is	present			on another person; pass property	tree rules
3	is	present	the first person		able, long, often property	tree rules
4	do	to-infinitive	the first person not said here	person		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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 duty of guarding the gate devolved on the youngest guard.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 duty	det
2	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 guarding	mark
4	guarding	guard	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 duty	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 guarding	obj
7	devolved	devolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 gate	acl
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 guard	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 guard	det
10	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	11 guard	amod
11	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 devolved	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 duty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	gerund	the duty not said here	the gate					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary
2	devolve	participle		the gate not said here		the youngest guard			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Example 2

When the king grew old, rule devolved upon his son.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 grew	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grew	nsubj
4	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 grew	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rule	punct
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grew	obl
8	devolved	devolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 rule	acl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 son	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 son	nmod:poss
11	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 devolved	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 grew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	the king	rule				old property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	devolve	participle		rule not said here				upon king's son	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The task devolved to me after the captain fell ill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 task	det
2	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fell	nsubj
3	devolved	devolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 task	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 me	case
5	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 devolved	obl
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 captain	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 captain	det
8	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devolved	obl
9	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fell	xcomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devolve	participle		the task not said here	me		after the captain		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to i=Goal
2	fall	past	the task					ill property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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