legislative Who acts: Legislative, legislative branch, that, Congress, Parliament, legislative process · What happens: mean, do, make, be, have, take · To what, where: laws, part, legislative branch, legislative power, UK, new rule · Speech: someone speaks here
«legislative» 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: legislative in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: law — kept apart, not parsed.
Legislative means to do with making laws.
nsubj mark ccomp mark advcl obj punct root Legislative ADJ means VERB to PART do VERB with SCONJ making VERB laws NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Legislative legislative ADJ Degree=Pos 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 do mark 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 means ccomp 5 with with SCONJ _ 6 making mark 6 making make VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 do advcl 7 laws law NOUN Number=Plur 6 making obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Legislative vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 do not said to happen to-infinitive vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 make gerund 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.
Meaning 2 The legislative branch of government is the part, such as Parliament or Congress, that makes laws.
The tree, 16 words det amod nsubj case nmod cop det punct case fixed appos cc conj punct nsubj conj obj punct root The DET legislative ADJ branch NOUN of ADP government NOUN is AUX the DET part NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP Parliament PROPN or CCONJ Congress PROPN , PUNCT that PRON makes VERB laws NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 branch det 2 legislative legislative ADJ Degree=Pos 3 branch amod 3 branch branch NOUN Number=Sing 8 part nsubj 4 of of ADP _ 5 government case 5 government government NOUN Number=Sing 3 branch nmod 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 part cop 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 part det 8 part part NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 Parliament punct 10 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 12 Parliament case 11 as as ADP _ 10 such fixed 12 Parliament Parliament PROPN Number=Sing 8 part appos 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 Congress cc 14 Congress Congress PROPN Number=Sing 12 Parliament conj 15 , , PUNCT _ 17 makes punct 16 that that PRON PronType=Rel 17 makes nsubj 17 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 part conj 18 laws law NOUN Number=Plur 17 makes obj 19 . . PUNCT _ 8 part punct
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1 is a present the legislative branch of government the part tree rules 2 make present that laws vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset law=Product
Example 1 Congress is the legislative branch of the US government.
nsubj cop det amod case det compound nmod punct root Congress PROPN is AUX the DET legislative ADJ branch NOUN of ADP the DET US PROPN government NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Congress Congress PROPN Number=Sing 5 branch nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 branch cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 branch det 4 legislative legislative ADJ Degree=Pos 5 branch amod 5 branch branch NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 9 government case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 government det 8 US US PROPN Number=Sing 9 government compound 9 government government NOUN Number=Sing 5 branch nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 branch punct
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1 is a present Congress the legislative branch of the US government tree rules
Example 2 Parliament has legislative power in the UK.
nsubj amod obj case det nmod punct root Parliament NOUN has VERB legislative ADJ power NOUN in ADP the DET UK PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Parliament parliament NOUN Number=Sing 2 has nsubj 2 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 legislative legislative ADJ Degree=Pos 4 power amod 4 power power NOUN Number=Sing 2 has obj 5 in in ADP _ 7 UK case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 UK det 7 UK UK PROPN Number=Sing 4 power nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 has punct
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1 have present Parliament legislative power the UK vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient
Example 3 The legislative process can take months.
det amod nsubj aux obj punct root The DET legislative ADJ process NOUN can AUX take VERB months NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 process det 2 legislative legislative ADJ Degree=Pos 3 process amod 3 process process NOUN Number=Sing 5 take nsubj 4 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 take aux 5 take take VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 months month NOUN Number=Plur 5 take obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 take punct
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1 take can the legislative process month vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 4 A legislative assembly passed the new rule.
det amod nsubj det amod obj punct root A DET legislative ADJ assembly NOUN passed VERB the DET new ADJ rule NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 assembly det 2 legislative legislative ADJ Degree=Pos 3 assembly amod 3 assembly assembly NOUN Number=Sing 4 passed nsubj 4 passed pass VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 rule det 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 7 rule amod 7 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 4 passed obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 passed punct
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1 pass past a legislative assembly the new rule vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rule=Trajectory
Example 5 The legislative branch makes laws, and the courts explain them.
det amod nsubj obj punct cc det nsubj parataxis obj punct root The DET legislative ADJ branch NOUN makes VERB laws NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ the DET courts NOUN explain VERB them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 branch det 2 legislative legislative ADJ Degree=Pos 3 branch amod 3 branch branch NOUN Number=Sing 4 makes nsubj 4 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 laws law NOUN Number=Plur 4 makes obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 explain punct 7 and and CCONJ _ 10 explain cc 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 courts det 9 courts court NOUN Number=Plur 10 explain nsubj 10 explain explain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 makes parataxis 11 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 explain obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 makes punct
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1 make present the legislative branch laws vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset law=Product 2 explain speech: assert present the courts laws = law vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic
Example 6 Our class held a pretend legislative debate.
nmod:poss nsubj det amod amod obj punct root Our PRON class NOUN held VERB a DET pretend ADJ legislative ADJ debate NOUN . PUNCT 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 class nmod:poss 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 held nsubj 3 held hold VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 debate det 5 pretend pretend ADJ Degree=Pos 7 debate amod 6 legislative legislative ADJ Degree=Pos 7 debate amod 7 debate debate NOUN Number=Sing 3 held obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 held punct
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1 hold past Our class a pretend legislative debate vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent debate=Theme
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