emissary
Who acts: emissary, king · What happens: be, send, carry, do, bring, knock · To what, where: person, message, official errand, emissary, neighbouring land, letter
«emissary» 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: emissary in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
An emissary is a person sent to carry a message or do an official errand for someone else.
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 emissary | det |
| 2 | emissary | emissary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 person | acl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 carry | mark |
| 8 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 sent | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 message | det |
| 10 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 carry | obj |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 do | cc |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 carry | conj |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 errand | det |
| 14 | official | official | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 errand | amod |
| 15 | errand | errand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 do | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 someone | case |
| 17 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 12 do | obl |
| 18 | else | else | ADV | _ | 17 someone | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a emissary | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | send | participle | a person not said here | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | carry | to-infinitive | a message | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | |||||
| 4 | do | infinitive | a official errand | for someone | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent errand=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 king sent an emissary to the neighbouring land.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | nsubj |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 emissary | det |
| 5 | emissary | emissary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 land | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 land | det |
| 8 | neighbouring | neighbouring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 land | amod |
| 9 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | the king | a emissary | the neighbouring land | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent emissary=Theme to land=Destination |
Example 2
The fairy's emissary brought a letter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fairy | det |
| 2 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 emissary | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 fairy | case |
| 4 | emissary | emissary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brought | nsubj |
| 5 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 letter | det |
| 7 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brought | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 brought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | the fairy's emissary | a letter | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |
Example 3
Fortune's emissary knocked at the door.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 emissary | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Fortune | case |
| 3 | emissary | emissary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knocked | nsubj |
| 4 | knocked | knock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 door | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 door | det |
| 7 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 knocked | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 knocked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knock | past | Fortune's emissary | at the door | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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