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headmaster

Who acts: headmaster, pupil · What happens: charge, speak, send, give out, know, name · To what, where: school, assembly, We, office, prizes, name · Speech: someone speaks here

«headmaster» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: headmaster in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A man in charge of a school (mainly UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ, and private schools).

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 charge	case
4	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 school	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 school	det
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 charge	nmod
8	(	(	PUNCT	_	10 UK	punct
9	mainly	mainly	ADV	_	10 UK	advmod
10	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 school	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Ireland	punct
12	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 UK	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Australia	punct
14	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 UK	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 NZ	punct
16	NZ	NZ	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 UK	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 schools	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 schools	cc
19	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 schools	amod
20	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 man	appos
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	20 schools	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge			a school					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.

Example 1

The headmaster spoke in assembly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 headmaster	det
2	headmaster	headmaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	nsubj
3	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 assembly	case
5	assembly	assembly	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spoke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	the headmaster			assembly			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

We were sent to the headmaster's office.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 office	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 headmaster	det
6	headmaster	headmaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 office	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 headmaster	case
8	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		We		the headmaster's office			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to office=Destination

Example 3

The headmaster gave out the prizes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 headmaster	det
2	headmaster	headmaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 gave	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prizes	det
6	prizes	prize	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gave	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give out	past	the headmaster	the prizes					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent prize=Theme

Example 4

Our headmaster knows every pupil's name.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 headmaster	nmod:poss
2	headmaster	headmaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knows	nsubj
3	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 pupil	det
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 name	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 pupil	case
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knows	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 knows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Our headmaster	every pupil's name					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
2	name		every pupil						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

The headmaster rang the bell.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 headmaster	det
2	headmaster	headmaster	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rang	nsubj
3	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bell	det
5	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rang	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	past	the headmaster	the bell					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme

Example 6

In America he would be called the principal.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 America	case
2	America	America	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 called	obl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 called	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 called	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 called	aux:pass
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 principal	det
8	principal	principal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	would · passive		America		America			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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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