foreman

Who acts: person, foreman, uncle, everyone, jury foreman, you · What happens: charge, speak, tell, start, be, check · To what, where: group, court, builders, foreman, factory, hard hat · Speech: someone speaks here

«foreman» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: foreman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A worker in charge of a group of workers, for example on a building site or in a factory.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 worker	det
2	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 charge	case
4	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worker	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 group	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 group	det
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 charge	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 workers	case
9	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 group	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 example	punct
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 example	case
12	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worker	nmod
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 site	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 site	det
15	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 site	compound
16	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 example	nmod
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 factory	cc
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 factory	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 factory	det
20	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 site	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 worker	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge			a group of workers					nom charge «act 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

Usage: law — kept apart, not parsed.

The person who speaks for a jury in court.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 speaks	nsubj
4	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 jury	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 jury	det
7	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speaks	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 court	case
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speaks	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	the person			court		for a jury	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

The foreman told the builders where to start.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 foreman	det
2	foreman	foreman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 builders	det
5	builders	builder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 told	iobj
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 start	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 start	mark
8	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 builders	acl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the foreman		the builders				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent builder=Recipient
2	start	to-infinitive	the foreman not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 2

My uncle is a foreman at the factory.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 foreman	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 foreman	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 foreman	det
5	foreman	foreman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 factory	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 factory	det
8	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 foreman	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 foreman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	My uncle	a foreman		the factory			tree rules

Example 3

The foreman checked everyone was wearing a hard hat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 foreman	det
2	foreman	foreman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 checked	nsubj
3	checked	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 wearing	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wearing	aux
6	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 checked	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hat	det
8	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hat	amod
9	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wearing	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 checked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	past	the foreman						tree rules
2	wear	past · progressive	everyone	a hard hat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme

Example 4

The jury foreman stood up to give the verdict.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 foreman	det
2	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 foreman	compound
3	foreman	foreman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stood	nsubj
4	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 stood	compound:prt
6	to	to	PART	_	7 give	mark
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stood	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 verdict	det
9	verdict	verdict	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stood	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	past	the jury foreman						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give	to-infinitive	the jury foreman not said here	the verdict					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verdict=Theme

Example 5

Ask the foreman before you go on site.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 foreman	det
3	foreman	foreman	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 go	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 go	nsubj
6	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	advcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 site	case
8	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the foreman					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent foreman=Recipient
2	go	present	you			site			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on site=Location

Example 6

The foreman counted the workers each morning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 foreman	det
2	foreman	foreman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 counted	nsubj
3	counted	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 workers	det
5	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 counted	obj
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 morning	det
7	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 counted	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 counted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	past	the foreman	the workers			morning		vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worker=Theme

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