lawmaker Who acts: lawmaker, person, Lawmakers, People, We, senator · What happens: be, help, make, vote, choose, write · To what, where: person, laws, lawmakers, elections, letters, local lawmaker
«lawmaker» 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: lawmaker in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A lawmaker is a person who helps make laws, such as a member of a parliament or congress.
The tree, 18 words det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl xcomp obj punct case fixed det appos case det nmod cc conj punct root A DET lawmaker NOUN is AUX a DET person NOUN who PRON helps VERB make VERB laws NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP a DET member NOUN of ADP a DET parliament NOUN or CCONJ congress NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 lawmaker det 2 lawmaker lawmaker NOUN Number=Sing 5 person nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 person det 5 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 helps nsubj 7 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person acl:relcl 8 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 helps xcomp 9 laws law NOUN Number=Plur 8 make obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 member punct 11 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 14 member case 12 as as ADP _ 11 such fixed 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 member det 14 member member NOUN Number=Sing 9 laws appos 15 of of ADP _ 17 parliament case 16 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 parliament det 17 parliament parliament NOUN Number=Sing 14 member nmod 18 or or CCONJ _ 19 congress cc 19 congress congress NOUN Number=Sing 17 parliament conj 20 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
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1 is a present a lawmaker a person tree rules 2 help present a person vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 3 make infinitive a person not said here laws vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset law=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 Lawmakers voted for a new road safety law.
nsubj case det amod compound compound obl punct root Lawmakers NOUN voted VERB for ADP a DET new ADJ road NOUN safety NOUN law NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lawmakers lawmaker NOUN Number=Plur 2 voted nsubj 2 voted vote VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 for for ADP _ 8 law case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 law det 5 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 8 law amod 6 road road NOUN Number=Sing 7 safety compound 7 safety safety NOUN Number=Sing 8 law compound 8 law law NOUN Number=Sing 2 voted obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 voted punct
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1 vote past Lawmakers for a new safety law goal vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for law=Goal
Example 2 People choose their lawmakers in elections.
nsubj nmod:poss obj case obl punct root People NOUN choose VERB their PRON lawmakers NOUN in ADP elections NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 People people NOUN Number=Plur 2 choose nsubj 2 choose choose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 lawmakers nmod:poss 4 lawmakers lawmaker NOUN Number=Plur 2 choose obj 5 in in ADP _ 6 elections case 6 elections election NOUN Number=Plur 2 choose obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 choose punct
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1 choose present People People's lawmakers elections vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lawmaker=Theme
Example 3 We wrote letters to our local lawmaker about the park.
nsubj obj case nmod:poss amod obl case det nmod punct root We PRON wrote VERB letters NOUN to ADP our PRON local ADJ lawmaker NOUN about ADP the DET park NOUN . PUNCT 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 2 wrote nsubj 2 wrote write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 letters letter NOUN Number=Plur 2 wrote obj 4 to to ADP _ 7 lawmaker case 5 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 lawmaker nmod:poss 6 local local ADJ Degree=Pos 7 lawmaker amod 7 lawmaker lawmaker NOUN Number=Sing 2 wrote obl 8 about about ADP _ 10 park case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 park det 10 park park NOUN Number=Sing 7 lawmaker nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 wrote punct
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1 write past We letters our local lawmaker about the park vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Topic to lawmaker=Recipient
Example 4 Lawmakers argued about the new rules for many hours.
nsubj case det amod obl case amod obl punct root Lawmakers NOUN argued VERB about ADP the DET new ADJ rules NOUN for ADP many ADJ hours NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lawmakers lawmaker NOUN Number=Plur 2 argued nsubj 2 argued argue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 about about ADP _ 6 rules case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 rules det 5 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 6 rules amod 6 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 2 argued obl 7 for for ADP _ 9 hours case 8 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 9 hours amod 9 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 2 argued obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 argued punct
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1 argue speech: disagree past Lawmakers hour about the new rules vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about rule=Topic
Example 5 A senator is a lawmaker in the United States.
det nsubj cop det case det amod nmod punct root A DET senator NOUN is AUX a DET lawmaker NOUN in ADP the DET United ADJ States PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 senator det 2 senator senator NOUN Number=Sing 5 lawmaker nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 lawmaker cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 lawmaker det 5 lawmaker lawmaker NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 in in ADP _ 9 States case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 States det 8 United United ADJ Degree=Pos 9 States amod 9 States State PROPN Number=Plur 5 lawmaker nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 lawmaker punct
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1 is a present a senator a lawmaker the United States tree rules
Example 6 Lawmakers must listen to the people they represent.
nsubj aux case det obl nsubj acl:relcl punct root Lawmakers NOUN must AUX listen VERB to ADP the DET people NOUN they PRON represent VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lawmakers lawmaker NOUN Number=Plur 3 listen nsubj 2 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 listen aux 3 listen listen VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 to to ADP _ 6 people case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 people det 6 people people NOUN Number=Plur 3 listen obl 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 represent nsubj 8 represent represent VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 people acl:relcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 listen punct
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1 listen must Lawmakers to the people vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to people=Theme 2 represent present Lawmakers = lawmaker the people not said here vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot people=Theme
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