governance Who acts: Governance, report, Good governance, leaders, charity, Citizens · What happens: be, run, control, make, look, mean · To what, where: way, decisions, governance, say, mayor, money · Speech: someone speaks here
«governance» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: governance in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
Governance is the way a country, organisation or school is run and controlled, including who makes decisions and how.
The tree, 19 words nsubj cop det obl:unmarked det appos punct conj cc conj aux:pass cc conj punct mark nsubj conj obj cc conj punct root Governance NOUN is AUX the DET way NOUN a DET country NOUN , PUNCT organisation NOUN or CCONJ school NOUN is AUX run VERB and CCONJ controlled VERB , PUNCT including ADP who PRON makes VERB decisions NOUN and CCONJ how ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Governance governance NOUN Number=Sing 4 way nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 way cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 way det 4 way way NOUN Number=Sing 12 run obl:unmarked 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 country det 6 country country NOUN Number=Sing 4 way appos 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 organisation punct 8 organisation organisation NOUN Number=Sing 6 country conj 9 or or CCONJ _ 10 school cc 10 school school NOUN Number=Sing 6 country conj 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 run aux:pass 12 run run VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 controlled cc 14 controlled control VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 12 run conj 15 , , PUNCT _ 18 makes punct 16 including including ADP _ 18 makes mark 17 who who PRON PronType=Rel 18 makes nsubj 18 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 controlled conj 19 decisions decision NOUN Number=Plur 18 makes obj 20 and and CCONJ _ 21 how cc 21 how how ADV PronType=Int 18 makes conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 12 run punct
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1 is a present Governance the way tree rules 2 run present · passive vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V» 3 control participle vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 4 make present decisions vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent decision=Product
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 report looked at the governance of the school.
det nsubj case det obl case det nmod punct root The DET report NOUN looked VERB at ADP the DET governance NOUN of ADP the DET school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 report det 2 report report NOUN Number=Sing 3 looked nsubj 3 looked look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 at at ADP _ 6 governance case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 governance det 6 governance governance NOUN Number=Sing 3 looked obl 7 of of ADP _ 9 school case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 school det 9 school school NOUN Number=Sing 6 governance nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 looked punct
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1 look past the report at the governance of the school vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at governance=Theme
Example 2 Good governance means leaders are honest and fair.
amod nsubj nsubj cop ccomp cc conj punct root Good ADJ governance NOUN means VERB leaders NOUN are AUX honest ADJ and CCONJ fair ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Good good ADJ Degree=Pos 2 governance amod 2 governance governance NOUN Number=Sing 3 means nsubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 leaders leader NOUN Number=Plur 6 honest nsubj 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 honest cop 6 honest honest ADJ Degree=Pos 3 means ccomp 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 fair cc 8 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos 6 honest conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 means punct
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1 mean present Good governance vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is present leaders honest property tree rules 3 be leaders not said here tree rules
Example 3 The charity changed its governance after problems.
det nsubj nmod:poss obj case obl punct root The DET charity NOUN changed VERB its PRON governance NOUN after ADP problems NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 charity det 2 charity charity NOUN Number=Sing 3 changed nsubj 3 changed change VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 governance nmod:poss 5 governance governance NOUN Number=Sing 3 changed obj 6 after after ADP _ 7 problems case 7 problems problem NOUN Number=Plur 3 changed obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 changed punct
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1 change past the charity charity's governance after problems vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent governance=Patient
Example 4 Citizens have a say in the governance of their country by voting.
nsubj det obj case det nmod case nmod:poss nmod mark acl punct root Citizens NOUN have VERB a DET say NOUN in ADP the DET governance NOUN of ADP their PRON country NOUN by SCONJ voting VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Citizens citizen NOUN Number=Plur 2 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 say det 4 say say NOUN Number=Sing 2 have obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 governance case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 governance det 7 governance governance NOUN Number=Sing 4 say nmod 8 of of ADP _ 10 country case 9 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 country nmod:poss 10 country country NOUN Number=Sing 7 governance nmod 11 by by SCONJ _ 12 voting mark 12 voting vote VERB VerbForm=Ger 10 country acl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 have punct
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1 have present Citizens a say the governance of Citizens's country vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent say=Patient 2 vote gerund Citizens's country not said here vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 5 The company's governance is checked every year.
det nmod:poss case nsubj:pass aux:pass det obl:unmarked punct root The DET company NOUN 's PART governance NOUN is AUX checked VERB every DET year NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 company det 2 company company NOUN Number=Sing 4 governance nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 company case 4 governance governance NOUN Number=Sing 6 checked nsubj:pass 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 checked aux:pass 6 checked check VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 every every DET PronType=Tot 8 year det 8 year year NOUN Number=Sing 6 checked obl:unmarked 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 checked punct
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1 check present · passive the company's governance year vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Example 6 Students learned about local governance from the mayor.
nsubj case amod obl case det obl punct root Students NOUN learned VERB about ADP local ADJ governance NOUN from ADP the DET mayor NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Students student NOUN Number=Plur 2 learned nsubj 2 learned learn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 about about ADP _ 5 governance case 4 local local ADJ Degree=Pos 5 governance amod 5 governance governance NOUN Number=Sing 2 learned obl 6 from from ADP _ 8 mayor case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 mayor det 8 mayor mayor NOUN Number=Sing 2 learned obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 learned punct
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1 learn past Students the mayor about local governance vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.theme PP.source»: agent=Agent about governance=Theme from mayor=Source
Example 7 Weak governance can let money be wasted.
amod nsubj aux obj aux:pass xcomp punct root Weak ADJ governance NOUN can AUX let VERB money NOUN be AUX wasted VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Weak weak ADJ Degree=Pos 2 governance amod 2 governance governance NOUN Number=Sing 4 let nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 let aux 4 let let VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 money money NOUN Number=Sing 4 let obj 6 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 wasted aux:pass 7 wasted waste VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 let xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 let punct
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1 let can Weak governance money tree rules 2 waste infinitive · passive money not said here vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»
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