legislator Who acts: person, Anyone, Legislators, legislator, children, She · What happens: make, vote, build, be, help, write · To what, where: laws, rules, new hospital, someone, letters, state legislators
«legislator» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: legislator in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A person who makes laws, especially a member of a parliament, congress or other law-making group.
The tree, 17 words det nsubj acl:relcl obj punct advmod det conj case det nmod punct conj cc amod compound punct amod conj punct root A DET person NOUN who PRON makes VERB laws NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV a DET member NOUN of ADP a DET parliament NOUN , PUNCT congress NOUN or CCONJ other ADJ law NOUN - PUNCT making VERB group 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 root root 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 4 makes nsubj 4 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 person acl:relcl 5 laws law NOUN Number=Plur 4 makes obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 member punct 7 especially especially ADV _ 9 member advmod 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 member det 9 member member NOUN Number=Sing 2 person conj 10 of of ADP _ 12 parliament case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 parliament det 12 parliament parliament NOUN Number=Sing 9 member nmod 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 congress punct 14 congress congress NOUN Number=Sing 2 person conj 15 or or CCONJ _ 20 group cc 16 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 20 group amod 17 law law NOUN Number=Sing 19 making compound 18 - - PUNCT _ 17 law punct 19 making make VERB VerbForm=Ger 20 group amod 20 group group NOUN Number=Sing 2 person conj 21 . . PUNCT _ 2 person punct
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1 make present a person and a member of a parliament and congress or other making group laws vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Product 2 make gerund vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
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 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
Anyone with the power to make rules for a country or state.
nsubj case det nmod mark obj case det obl cc conj punct root Anyone PRON with ADP the DET power NOUN to PART make VERB rules NOUN for ADP a DET country NOUN or CCONJ state NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 6 make nsubj 2 with with ADP _ 4 power case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 power det 4 power power NOUN Number=Sing 1 Anyone nmod 5 to to PART _ 6 make mark 6 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 6 make obj 8 for for ADP _ 10 country case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 country det 10 country country NOUN Number=Sing 6 make obl 11 or or CCONJ _ 12 state cc 12 state state NOUN Number=Sing 10 country conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 6 make punct
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1 make to-infinitive Anyone rules for a country or state vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent rule=Product for country=Asset
Example 1 Legislators voted to build a new hospital.
nsubj mark xcomp det amod obj punct root Legislators NOUN voted VERB to PART build VERB a DET new ADJ hospital NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Legislators legislator NOUN Number=Plur 2 voted nsubj 2 voted vote VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 build mark 4 build build VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 voted xcomp 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 hospital det 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 7 hospital amod 7 hospital hospital NOUN Number=Sing 4 build obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 voted punct
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1 vote past Legislators tree rules 2 build to-infinitive Legislators not said here a new hospital vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hospital=Product
Example 2 A legislator is someone who helps make the laws.
det nsubj cop nsubj acl:relcl xcomp det obj punct root A DET legislator NOUN is AUX someone PRON who PRON helps VERB make VERB the DET laws NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 legislator det 2 legislator legislator NOUN Number=Sing 4 someone nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 someone cop 4 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 5 who who PRON PronType=Rel 6 helps nsubj 6 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 someone acl:relcl 7 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 helps xcomp 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 laws det 9 laws law NOUN Number=Plur 7 make obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 someone punct
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1 is a present a legislator someone tree rules 2 help present vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 3 make infinitive the laws vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset law=Product
Example 3 The children wrote letters to their state legislators about plastic bags.
det nsubj obj case nmod:poss compound obl case amod nmod punct root The DET children NOUN wrote VERB letters NOUN to ADP their PRON state NOUN legislators NOUN about ADP plastic ADJ bags NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 children det 2 children child NOUN Number=Plur 3 wrote nsubj 3 wrote write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 letters letter NOUN Number=Plur 3 wrote obj 5 to to ADP _ 8 legislators case 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 legislators nmod:poss 7 state state NOUN Number=Sing 8 legislators compound 8 legislators legislator NOUN Number=Plur 3 wrote obl 9 about about ADP _ 11 bags case 10 plastic plastic ADJ Degree=Pos 11 bags amod 11 bags bag NOUN Number=Plur 8 legislators nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 wrote punct
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1 write past the children letters children's state legislators about plastic bags vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Topic to legislator=Recipient
Example 4 Legislators argued about the new school rules for hours.
nsubj case det amod compound obl case obl punct root Legislators NOUN argued VERB about ADP the DET new ADJ school NOUN rules NOUN for ADP hours NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Legislators legislator 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 _ 7 rules case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 rules det 5 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 7 rules amod 6 school school NOUN Number=Sing 7 rules compound 7 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 2 argued obl 8 for for ADP _ 9 hours case 9 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 2 argued obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 argued punct
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1 argue speech: disagree past Legislators hour about the new school rules vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about rule=Topic
Example 5 She became a legislator after working as a teacher.
nsubj det xcomp mark advcl case det obl punct root She PRON became VERB a DET legislator NOUN after SCONJ working VERB as ADP a DET teacher 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 became nsubj 2 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 legislator det 4 legislator legislator NOUN Number=Sing 2 became xcomp 5 after after SCONJ _ 6 working mark 6 working work VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 became advcl 7 as as ADP _ 9 teacher case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 teacher det 9 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 6 working obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 became punct
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1 become past She a legislator vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient 2 work gerund She not said here as a teacher vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as teacher=Attribute
Example 6 Legislators must listen to the people who elected them.
nsubj aux case det obl nsubj acl:relcl obj punct root Legislators NOUN must AUX listen VERB to ADP the DET people NOUN who PRON elected VERB them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Legislators legislator 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 who who PRON PronType=Rel 8 elected nsubj 8 elected elect VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 people acl:relcl 9 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 elected obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 listen punct
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1 listen must Legislators to the people vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to people=Theme 2 elect past the people Legislators = legislator vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
Example 7 The legislator visited our school to talk about democracy.
det nsubj nmod:poss obj mark advcl case obl punct root The DET legislator NOUN visited VERB our PRON school NOUN to PART talk VERB about ADP democracy NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 legislator det 2 legislator legislator NOUN Number=Sing 3 visited nsubj 3 visited visit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 school nmod:poss 5 school school NOUN Number=Sing 3 visited obj 6 to to PART _ 7 talk mark 7 talk talk VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 visited advcl 8 about about ADP _ 9 democracy case 9 democracy democracy NOUN Number=Sing 7 talk obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 visited punct
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1 visit past the legislator our school vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Co-Agent 2 talk to-infinitive the legislator not said here about democracy vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about democracy=Topic
Example 8 Many legislators supported the new road safety law.
amod nsubj det amod compound compound obj punct root Many ADJ legislators NOUN supported VERB the DET new ADJ road NOUN safety NOUN law NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Many many ADJ Degree=Pos 2 legislators amod 2 legislators legislator NOUN Number=Plur 3 supported nsubj 3 supported support VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def 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 3 supported obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 supported punct
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1 support past Many legislators the new safety law vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Stimulus
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