earmarks

Who acts: politician, bill, school, Critics, council, Farmers · What happens: set, criticise, project, set aside, be, earmark · To what, where: budget, favourite local projects, money, 500 dollars, earmarks, field · Speech: someone speaks here

«earmarks» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: earmarks in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: US politics — kept apart, not parsed.

money in a budget set aside for a politician's favourite local projects, often criticised as waste.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 budget	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 budget	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 budget	det
4	budget	budget	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 budget	acl
6	aside	aside	ADV	_	5 set	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	13 projects	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 politician	det
9	politician	politician	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 projects	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 politician	case
11	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 projects	amod
12	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 projects	amod
13	projects	project	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 set	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 criticised	punct
15	often	often	ADV	_	16 criticised	advmod
16	criticised	criticise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 projects	acl
17	as	as	ADP	_	18 waste	case
18	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 criticised	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 budget	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	set	participle		a budget not said here	for a politician's favourite local projects; aside property	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for project=Beneficiary
2	criticise	participle		a politician's favourite local projects not said here	as waste; often property	tree rules
3	project		a politician			nom project «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

to set aside money or something for a purpose.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 set	mark
2	set	set	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	aside	aside	ADP	_	2 set	compound:prt
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 set	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 something	cc
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 money	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 purpose	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 purpose	det
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 something	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 set	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set aside	to-infinitive		money					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient money=Result

Meaning 3

Usage: literal — kept apart, not parsed.

a mark on an animal's ear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mark	det
2	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	7 ear	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 animal	det
5	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ear	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 animal	case
7	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mark	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mark	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

The bill was full of earmarks for local bridges and museums.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bill	det
2	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 full	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 full	cop
4	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 earmarks	case
6	earmarks	earmark	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 full	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 bridges	case
8	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bridges	amod
9	bridges	bridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 full	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 museums	cc
11	museums	museum	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 bridges	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the bill					of earmarks; for local bridges and museums; full property	tree rules

Example 2

The school earmarked 500 dollars for new books.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 school	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 earmarked	nsubj
3	earmarked	earmark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	500	500	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 dollars	nummod
5	dollars	dollar	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 earmarked	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 books	case
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 books	amod
8	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dollars	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 earmarked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	earmark	past	the school	500 dollars				for new books	tree rules

Example 3

Critics call earmarks a waste of tax money.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Critics	critic	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 call	nsubj
2	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	earmarks	earmark	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 call	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 waste	det
5	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 call	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 money	case
7	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 money	compound
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 waste	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	Critics	earmarks					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent earmark=Recipient

Example 4

The council earmarked the field for a new park.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 council	det
2	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 earmarked	nsubj
3	earmarked	earmark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 field	det
5	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 earmarked	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 park	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 park	det
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 park	amod
9	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 field	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 earmarked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	earmark	past	the council	the field				for a new park	tree rules

Example 5

Farmers once put earmarks on sheep to show the owner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 put	nsubj
2	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 put	advmod
3	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	earmarks	earmark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 put	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 sheep	case
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 put	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 show	mark
8	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 put	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 owner	det
10	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 show	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	past	Farmers	earmarks				on sheep; once property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent earmark=Theme on sheep=Destination
2	show	to-infinitive	Farmers not said here	the owner					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent owner=Recipient

Example 6

The senator defended his earmarks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 senator	det
2	senator	senator	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 defended	nsubj
3	defended	defend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 earmarks	nmod:poss
5	earmarks	earmark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 defended	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 defended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defend	past	the senator	senator's earmarks					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earmark=Beneficiary

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