directory

Who acts: directory, people, folder, you, name, His · What happens: be, arrange, look up, list, hold, name · To what, where: book, order, numbers, names, folder, computer

«directory» 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: directory in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A directory is a book or list of names, addresses and numbers, arranged in order so people can look them up.

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 directory	det
2	directory	directory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 book	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 book	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 book	det
5	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 list	cc
7	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 book	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 names	case
9	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 list	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 addresses	punct
11	addresses	address	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 names	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 numbers	cc
13	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 names	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 arranged	punct
15	arranged	arrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 book	parataxis
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 order	case
17	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 arranged	obl
18	so	so	SCONJ	_	21 look	mark
19	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 look	nsubj
20	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 look	aux
21	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 arranged	advcl
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 look	obj
23	up	up	ADP	_	21 look	compound:prt
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 book	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	a directory	a book or list of names and addresses and numbers		tree rules
2	arrange	participle			order	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in order=Destination
3	look up	can	people	numbers = number		vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Attribute
4	list			names and addresses and numbers		nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

On a computer, a directory is a folder that holds files.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 computer	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 computer	det
3	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 folder	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 computer	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 directory	det
6	directory	directory	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 folder	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 folder	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 folder	det
9	folder	folder	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 holds	nsubj
11	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 folder	acl:relcl
12	files	file	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 holds	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 folder	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a directory	a folder		a computer			tree rules
2	hold	present	a folder	files					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent file=Theme

Example 1

Look the shop up in the phone directory.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shop	det
3	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	1 Look	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 directory	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 directory	det
7	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 directory	compound
8	directory	directory	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look up	imperative	you not said here	the shop		the phone directory			vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shop=Attribute

Example 2

His name is certain to be in the Directory.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 name	nmod:poss
2	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 certain	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 certain	cop
4	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	9 Directory	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 Directory	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 Directory	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Directory	det
9	Directory	Directory	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 certain	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 certain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	His name		certain property	tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive		the Directory		tree rules
3	name		His = he			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

The file is saved in a directory on the computer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 file	det
2	file	file	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 saved	aux:pass
4	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 directory	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 directory	det
7	directory	directory	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saved	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 computer	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 computer	det
10	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 directory	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 saved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	present · passive		the file		a directory on the computer			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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