journalist Who acts: person, journalist, I, Journalists, sports journalist, you · What happens: be, write, speak, interview, want, grow up · To what, where: head teacher, journalist, facts, mayor, report · Speech: someone speaks here
«journalist» 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: journalist in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A person whose job is to find out news and write or speak about it for newspapers, magazines, TV, radio or websites.
The tree, 22 words det nsubj nmod:poss nsubj cop mark compound:prt obj cc conj cc conj case obl case obl punct conj punct conj punct conj cc conj punct root A DET person NOUN whose PRON job NOUN is AUX to PART find VERB out ADP news NOUN and CCONJ write VERB or CCONJ speak VERB about ADP it PRON for ADP newspapers NOUN , PUNCT magazines NOUN , PUNCT TV NOUN , PUNCT radio NOUN or CCONJ websites NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 person det 2 person person NOUN Number=Sing 7 find nsubj 3 whose whose PRON Poss=Yes PronType=Rel 4 job nmod:poss 4 job job NOUN Number=Sing 7 find nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 find cop 6 to to PART _ 7 find mark 7 find find VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 out out ADP _ 7 find compound:prt 9 news news NOUN Number=Sing 7 find obj 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 write cc 11 write write VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 find conj 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 speak cc 13 speak speak VERB VerbForm=Inf 11 write conj 14 about about ADP _ 15 it case 15 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 speak obl 16 for for ADP _ 17 newspapers case 17 newspapers newspaper NOUN Number=Plur 13 speak obl 18 , , PUNCT _ 19 magazines punct 19 magazines magazine NOUN Number=Plur 17 newspapers conj 20 , , PUNCT _ 21 TV punct 21 TV TV NOUN Number=Sing 17 newspapers conj 22 , , PUNCT _ 23 radio punct 23 radio radio NOUN Number=Sing 17 newspapers conj 24 or or CCONJ _ 25 websites cc 25 websites website NOUN Number=Plur 23 radio conj 26 . . PUNCT _ 7 find punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present a person find property tree rules 2 write infinitive a person not said here vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 speak speech: other infinitive a person not said here about job; for newspapers and magazines and TV and radio or websites vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic
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 journalist interviewed the head teacher.
det nsubj det compound obj punct root The DET journalist NOUN interviewed VERB the DET head NOUN teacher NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 journalist det 2 journalist journalist NOUN Number=Sing 3 interviewed nsubj 3 interviewed interview VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 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 3 interviewed obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 interviewed punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 interview speech: other past the journalist the head teacher vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
Example 2 I want to be a journalist when I grow up.
nsubj mark cop det xcomp advmod nsubj advcl compound:prt punct root I PRON want VERB to PART be AUX a DET journalist NOUN when ADV I PRON grow VERB up ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 want nsubj 2 want want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 6 journalist mark 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 journalist cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 journalist det 6 journalist journalist NOUN Number=Sing 2 want xcomp 7 when when ADV PronType=Int 9 grow advmod 8 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 grow nsubj 9 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 want advcl 10 up up ADP _ 9 grow compound:prt 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 want punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want present I vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot 2 is a not said to happen to-infinitive I not said here a journalist tree rules 3 grow up present I vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 Journalists must check their facts.
nsubj aux nmod:poss obj punct root Journalists NOUN must AUX check VERB their PRON facts NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Journalists journalist NOUN Number=Plur 3 check nsubj 2 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 check aux 3 check check VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 facts nmod:poss 5 facts fact NOUN Number=Plur 3 check obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 check punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 check must Journalists Journalists's facts vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme
Example 4 A sports journalist wrote about the match.
det compound nsubj case det obl punct root A DET sports NOUN journalist NOUN wrote VERB about ADP the DET match NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 journalist det 2 sports sport NOUN Number=Plur 3 journalist compound 3 journalist journalist NOUN Number=Sing 4 wrote nsubj 4 wrote write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 about about ADP _ 7 match case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 match det 7 match match NOUN Number=Sing 4 wrote obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 wrote punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write past a sports journalist about the match vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about match=Topic
Example 5 The journalist asked the mayor a hard question.
det nsubj det obj det amod obj punct root The DET journalist NOUN asked VERB the DET mayor NOUN a DET hard ADJ question NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 journalist det 2 journalist journalist NOUN Number=Sing 3 asked nsubj 3 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 mayor det 5 mayor mayor NOUN Number=Sing 3 asked obj 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 question det 7 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 8 question amod 8 question question NOUN Number=Sing 3 asked obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 asked punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask past the journalist the mayor tree rules
Example 6 Write a report as if you were a journalist.
det obj case fixed nsubj cop det obl punct root Write VERB a DET report NOUN as ADP if SCONJ you PRON were AUX a DET journalist NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Write write VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 report det 3 report report NOUN Number=Sing 1 Write obj 4 as as ADP ExtPos=ADP 9 journalist case 5 if if SCONJ _ 4 as fixed 6 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 journalist nsubj 7 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 journalist cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 journalist det 9 journalist journalist NOUN Number=Sing 1 Write obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Write punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write imperative you not said here a report vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Theme 2 is past you as a journalist tree rules
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