instruct Who acts: they, teacher, coach, you, pilot, Firefighters · What happens: instruct, be, do, work, line up, pass · To what, where: someone, them, lawyer, us, team, ball · Speech: someone speaks here
«instruct» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: instruct in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To instruct someone is to tell them what they must do, especially officially or with authority.
The tree, 16 words mark advcl obj cop mark iobj obj nsubj aux ccomp punct advmod advmod cc case conj punct root To PART instruct VERB someone PRON is AUX to PART tell VERB them PRON what PRON they PRON must AUX do VERB , PUNCT especially ADV officially ADV or CCONJ with ADP authority NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 instruct mark 2 instruct instruct VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 tell advcl 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 instruct obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 tell cop 5 to to PART _ 6 tell mark 6 tell tell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 tell iobj 8 what what PRON PronType=Int 11 do obj 9 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 do nsubj 10 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 do aux 11 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 tell ccomp 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 officially punct 13 especially especially ADV _ 14 officially advmod 14 officially officially ADV _ 11 do advmod 15 or or CCONJ _ 17 authority cc 16 with with ADP _ 17 authority case 17 authority authority NOUN Number=Sing 14 officially conj 18 . . PUNCT _ 6 tell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 instruct speech: other to-infinitive someone vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient 2 be speech: assert present them = they tell property tree rules 3 do must they officially property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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.
Meaning 2 To instruct someone is to teach them a skill.
mark advcl obj cop mark iobj det obj punct root To PART instruct VERB someone PRON is AUX to PART teach VERB them PRON a DET skill NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 instruct mark 2 instruct instruct VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 teach advcl 3 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 instruct obj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 teach cop 5 to to PART _ 6 teach mark 6 teach teach VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 teach iobj 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 skill det 9 skill skill NOUN Number=Sing 6 teach obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 teach punct
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1 instruct speech: other to-infinitive someone vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient 2 is present them = they teach property tree rules
Meaning 3 Usage: law, UK — kept apart, not parsed.
To instruct a lawyer is to hire them to work for you.
mark advcl det obj cop mark obj mark advcl case obl punct root To PART instruct VERB a DET lawyer NOUN is AUX to PART hire VERB them PRON to PART work VERB for ADP you PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 instruct mark 2 instruct instruct VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 hire advcl 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 lawyer det 4 lawyer lawyer NOUN Number=Sing 2 instruct obj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 hire cop 6 to to PART _ 7 hire mark 7 hire hire VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 8 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 hire obj 9 to to PART _ 10 work mark 10 work work VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 hire advcl 11 for for ADP _ 12 you case 12 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 10 work obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 7 hire punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 instruct speech: other to-infinitive a lawyer vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lawyer=Recipient 2 is present hire property tree rules 3 work to-infinitive for you vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for you=Beneficiary
Example 1 The teacher instructed us to line up quietly.
det nsubj obj mark xcomp compound:prt advmod punct root The DET teacher NOUN instructed VERB us PRON to PART line VERB up ADP quietly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 teacher det 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 instructed nsubj 3 instructed instruct VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 instructed obj 5 to to PART _ 6 line mark 6 line line VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 instructed xcomp 7 up up ADP _ 6 line compound:prt 8 quietly quietly ADV _ 6 line advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 instructed punct
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1 instruct speech: other past the teacher us vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic 2 line up to-infinitive the teacher not said here quietly property vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
Example 2 The coach instructed the team in how to pass the ball.
det nsubj det obj mark advmod mark advcl det obj punct root The DET coach NOUN instructed VERB the DET team NOUN in SCONJ how ADV to PART pass VERB the DET ball NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 coach det 2 coach coach NOUN Number=Sing 3 instructed nsubj 3 instructed instruct VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 team det 5 team team NOUN Number=Sing 3 instructed obj 6 in in SCONJ _ 9 pass mark 7 how how ADV PronType=Int 9 pass advmod 8 to to PART _ 9 pass mark 9 pass pass VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 instructed advcl 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 ball det 11 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 9 pass obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 instructed punct
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1 instruct speech: other past the coach the team vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent team=Recipient 2 pass to-infinitive the coach not said here the ball vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ball=Trajectory
Example 3 Follow the steps as instructed.
det obj mark advcl punct root Follow VERB the DET steps NOUN as SCONJ instructed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Follow follow VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 steps det 3 steps step NOUN Number=Plur 1 Follow obj 4 as as SCONJ _ 5 instructed mark 5 instructed instruct VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Follow advcl 6 . . PUNCT _ 1 Follow punct
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1 follow imperative you not said here the steps vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme 2 instruct speech: other participle you not said here vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
Example 4 The pilot instructed passengers to fasten their seat belts.
det nsubj obj mark xcomp nmod:poss compound obj punct root The DET pilot NOUN instructed VERB passengers NOUN to PART fasten VERB their PRON seat NOUN belts NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 pilot det 2 pilot pilot NOUN Number=Sing 3 instructed nsubj 3 instructed instruct VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 passengers passenger NOUN Number=Plur 3 instructed obj 5 to to PART _ 6 fasten mark 6 fasten fasten VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 instructed xcomp 7 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 belts nmod:poss 8 seat seat NOUN Number=Sing 9 belts compound 9 belts belt NOUN Number=Plur 6 fasten obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 instructed punct
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1 instruct speech: other past the pilot passengers vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent passenger=Recipient clause=Topic 2 fasten to-infinitive the pilot not said here passengers's seat belts vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belt=Patient
Example 5 Firefighters instructed everyone to leave the building.
nsubj obj mark xcomp det obj punct root Firefighters NOUN instructed VERB everyone PRON to PART leave VERB the DET building NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Firefighters firefighter NOUN Number=Plur 2 instructed nsubj 2 instructed instruct VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 2 instructed obj 4 to to PART _ 5 leave mark 5 leave leave VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 instructed xcomp 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 building det 7 building building NOUN Number=Sing 5 leave obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 instructed punct
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1 instruct speech: other past Firefighters everyone vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic 2 leave to-infinitive Firefighters not said here the building vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent building=Theme
Example 6 She instructs children in swimming at the local pool.
nsubj obj case obl case det amod obl punct root She PRON instructs VERB children NOUN in ADP swimming NOUN at ADP the DET local ADJ pool NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 instructs nsubj 2 instructs instruct VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 children child NOUN Number=Plur 2 instructs obj 4 in in ADP _ 5 swimming case 5 swimming swimming NOUN Number=Sing 2 instructs obl 6 at at ADP _ 9 pool case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 pool det 8 local local ADJ Degree=Pos 9 pool amod 9 pool pool NOUN Number=Sing 2 instructs obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 instructs punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 instruct speech: other present She children swimming at the local pool vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient
Example 7 The recipe instructs you to bake the cake for 30 minutes.
det nsubj obj mark xcomp det obj case nummod obl punct root The DET recipe NOUN instructs VERB you PRON to PART bake VERB the DET cake NOUN for ADP 30 NUM minutes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 recipe det 2 recipe recipe NOUN Number=Sing 3 instructs nsubj 3 instructs instruct VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 instructs obj 5 to to PART _ 6 bake mark 6 bake bake VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 instructs xcomp 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 cake det 8 cake cake NOUN Number=Sing 6 bake obj 9 for for ADP _ 11 minutes case 10 30 30 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 11 minutes nummod 11 minutes minute NOUN Number=Plur 6 bake obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 instructs punct
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1 instruct speech: other present the recipe you vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic 2 bake to-infinitive the recipe not said here the cake minute vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Product
Example 8 Then her aunt instructed her what to do.
advmod nmod:poss nsubj obj obj mark xcomp punct root Then ADV her PRON aunt NOUN instructed VERB her PRON what PRON to PART do VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 4 instructed advmod 2 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 aunt nmod:poss 3 aunt aunt NOUN Number=Sing 4 instructed nsubj 4 instructed instruct VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 instructed obj 6 what what PRON PronType=Int 8 do obj 7 to to PART _ 8 do mark 8 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 instructed xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 instructed punct
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1 instruct speech: other past her aunt her = she then vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic 2 do to-infinitive her aunt not said here vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
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