dignitary

Who acts: dignitary, important person, mayor, He, I · What happens: be, hold, sit, think, arrive · To what, where: important person, high rank, front, one · Speech: someone speaks here

«dignitary» 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: dignitary in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A dignitary is an important person who holds a high rank or office, such as a judge, bishop or senior official.

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 dignitary	det
2	dignitary	dignitary	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 person	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
5	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 person	amod
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 holds	nsubj
8	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 person	acl:relcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rank	det
10	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rank	amod
11	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 holds	obj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 office	cc
13	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rank	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 judge	punct
15	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	18 judge	case
16	as	as	ADP	_	15 such	fixed
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 judge	det
18	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	parataxis
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 bishop	punct
20	bishop	bishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 judge	appos
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 official	cc
22	senior	senior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 official	amod
23	official	official	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 bishop	conj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a dignitary	a important person					tree rules
2	hold	present	a important person	a high rank or office					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rank=Theme

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 mayor and other dignitaries sat at the front.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mayor	det
2	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 dignitaries	cc
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dignitaries	amod
5	dignitaries	dignitary	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mayor	conj
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 front	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 front	det
9	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sat	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the mayor and other dignitaries			the front			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at front=Location

Example 2

He thought I was one of the court dignitaries.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 one	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 one	cop
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 thought	ccomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 dignitaries	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dignitaries	det
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dignitaries	compound
9	dignitaries	dignitary	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 one	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	I	one				of the court dignitaries	tree rules

Example 3

The dignitary arrived with a long train of servants.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dignitary	det
2	dignitary	dignitary	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arrived	nsubj
3	arrived	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 train	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 train	det
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 train	amod
7	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arrived	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 servants	case
9	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 train	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 arrived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	past	the dignitary					with a long train of servants	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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