impersonate

Who acts: you, way, people, He, comedian, scammer · What happens: copy, look, move, make, laugh, pretend · To what, where: voice, people, person, crime, police officer, Prime Minister

«impersonate» 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: impersonate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To copy the voice, look or way of moving of someone, usually to make people laugh.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 copy	mark
2	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 look	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 voice	det
4	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 copy	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 look	punct
6	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 way	cc
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 look	conj
9	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 moving	mark
10	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 way	acl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 someone	case
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 moving	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 make	punct
14	usually	usually	ADV	_	16 make	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 make	mark
16	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 look	conj
17	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 make	obj
18	laugh	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 make	xcomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 look	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	copy	to-infinitive	you not said here	the voice		vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme
2	look	imperative	you not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	move	gerund	way not said here		of someone	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme of someone=Trajectory
4	make	to-infinitive	you not said here	people	usually property	tree rules
5	laugh	infinitive	people not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=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

To pretend to be another person in order to trick people, which can be a crime, for example pretending to be a police officer.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 pretend	mark
2	pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	6 person	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 person	cop
5	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pretend	xcomp
7	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 trick	mark
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 in	fixed
9	to	to	PART	_	10 trick	mark
10	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pretend	advcl
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 trick	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 crime	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 crime	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 crime	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 crime	cop
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 crime	det
17	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 people	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 example	punct
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 example	case
20	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 crime	obl
21	pretending	pretend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 people	acl
22	to	to	PART	_	26 officer	mark
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	26 officer	cop
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 officer	det
25	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 officer	compound
26	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 pretending	xcomp
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pretend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pretend	to-infinitive				tree rules
2	is a	to-infinitive		another person		tree rules
3	trick	to-infinitive		people and a crime		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
4	is a	can	people and a crime	a crime	for example	tree rules
5	pretend	gerund	people and a crime not said here			tree rules
6	is a	to-infinitive	people and a crime not said here	a police officer		tree rules

Example 1

He can impersonate the head teacher's voice perfectly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 impersonate	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 impersonate	aux
3	impersonate	impersonate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 teacher	det
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 teacher	compound
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 voice	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 teacher	case
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impersonate	obj
9	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	3 impersonate	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 impersonate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impersonate	can	He	the head teacher's voice				perfectly property	vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme

Example 2

The comedian impersonated the Prime Minister.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 comedian	det
2	comedian	comedian	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impersonated	nsubj
3	impersonated	impersonate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Minister	det
5	Prime	Prime	PROPN	_	6 Minister	compound
6	Minister	Minister	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 impersonated	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 impersonated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impersonate	past	the comedian	the Prime Minister					vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent minister=Theme

Example 3

A scammer impersonated my aunt's bank in a text message.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 scammer	det
2	scammer	scammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	impersonated	impersonate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 scammer	acl
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 aunt	nmod:poss
5	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bank	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 aunt	case
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impersonated	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 message	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 message	det
10	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 message	compound
11	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impersonated	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 scammer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impersonate	participle	a scammer not said here	my aunt's bank		a text message			vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Theme

Example 4

It is a crime to impersonate a police officer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 crime	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 crime	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 crime	det
4	crime	crime	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 impersonate	mark
6	impersonate	impersonate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 crime	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 officer	det
8	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 officer	compound
9	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 impersonate	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 crime	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a crime					tree rules
2	impersonate	to-infinitive		a police officer					vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent officer=Theme

Example 5

My sister impersonated a robot in the school play.

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 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impersonated	nsubj
3	impersonated	impersonate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 robot	det
5	robot	robot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 impersonated	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 play	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 play	det
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 play	compound
9	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 robot	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 impersonated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impersonate	participle	My sister	a robot		the school play			vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robot=Theme

Example 6

Someone impersonated my friend online, so we reported the account.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 reported	ccomp
2	impersonated	impersonate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Someone	acl
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 friend	nmod:poss
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 impersonated	obj
5	online	online	ADV	_	2 impersonated	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 reported	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 reported	advmod
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 reported	nsubj
9	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 account	det
11	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reported	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 reported	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impersonate	participle		my friend				online property	vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme
2	report	past	we	the account					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Patient

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