legislature Who acts: legislature, elected people, US state, Scottish Parliament, bill · What happens: be, elect, make, vote, have, debate · To what, where: group, laws, new law, own legislature, legislature, Members
«legislature» 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: legislature in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: law — kept apart, not parsed.
A legislature is the group of elected people who make the laws of a country or state, such as a parliament, Congress or a state assembly.
The tree, 26 words det nsubj cop det case amod nmod nsubj acl:relcl det obj case det nmod cc conj punct case fixed det conj punct appos cc det compound conj punct root A DET legislature NOUN is AUX the DET group NOUN of ADP elected VERB people NOUN who PRON make VERB the DET laws NOUN of ADP a DET country NOUN or CCONJ state NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP a DET parliament NOUN , PUNCT Congress PROPN or CCONJ a DET state NOUN assembly NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 legislature det 2 legislature legislature NOUN Number=Sing 5 group nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 group cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 group det 5 group group NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 8 people case 7 elected elect VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 8 people amod 8 people people NOUN Number=Plur 5 group nmod 9 who who PRON PronType=Rel 10 make nsubj 10 make make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 people acl:relcl 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 laws det 12 laws law NOUN Number=Plur 10 make obj 13 of of ADP _ 15 country case 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 country det 15 country country NOUN Number=Sing 12 laws nmod 16 or or CCONJ _ 17 state cc 17 state state NOUN Number=Sing 15 country conj 18 , , PUNCT _ 22 parliament punct 19 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 22 parliament case 20 as as ADP _ 19 such fixed 21 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 22 parliament det 22 parliament parliament NOUN Number=Sing 15 country conj 23 , , PUNCT _ 24 Congress punct 24 Congress Congress PROPN Number=Sing 22 parliament appos 25 or or CCONJ _ 28 assembly cc 26 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 28 assembly det 27 state state NOUN Number=Sing 28 assembly compound 28 assembly assembly NOUN Number=Sing 15 country conj 29 . . PUNCT _ 5 group punct
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1 is a present a legislature the group of elected people tree rules 2 elect participle vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 make present elected people the laws of a country or state and a parliament or a state assembly vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 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 The legislature voted on the new law.
det nsubj case det amod obl punct root The DET legislature NOUN voted VERB on ADP the DET new ADJ law NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 legislature det 2 legislature legislature NOUN Number=Sing 3 voted nsubj 3 voted vote VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 on on ADP _ 7 law case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 law det 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 7 law amod 7 law law NOUN Number=Sing 3 voted obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 voted punct
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1 vote past the legislature the new law vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 2 Each US state has its own legislature.
det compound nsubj nmod:poss amod obj punct root Each DET US PROPN state NOUN has VERB its PRON own ADJ legislature NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Each each DET PronType=Tot 3 state det 2 US US PROPN Number=Sing 3 state compound 3 state state NOUN Number=Sing 4 has nsubj 4 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 legislature nmod:poss 6 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 7 legislature amod 7 legislature legislature NOUN Number=Sing 4 has obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 has punct
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1 have present each US state state's own legislature vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent legislature=Patient
Example 3 The Scottish Parliament is a legislature.
det amod nsubj cop det punct root The DET Scottish ADJ Parliament PROPN is AUX a DET legislature NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 Parliament det 2 Scottish Scottish ADJ Degree=Pos 3 Parliament amod 3 Parliament Parliament PROPN Number=Sing 6 legislature nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 legislature cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 legislature det 6 legislature legislature NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 legislature punct
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1 is a present the Scottish Parliament a legislature tree rules
Example 4 Members of the legislature are elected.
nsubj:pass case det nmod aux:pass punct root Members NOUN of ADP the DET legislature NOUN are AUX elected VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Members member NOUN Number=Plur 6 elected nsubj:pass 2 of of ADP _ 4 legislature case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 legislature det 4 legislature legislature NOUN Number=Sing 1 Members nmod 5 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 elected aux:pass 6 elected elect VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 elected punct
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1 elect present · passive Members of the legislature vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
Example 5 The legislature debated school funding.
det nsubj amod compound punct root The DET legislature NOUN debated VERB school NOUN funding NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 legislature det 2 legislature legislature NOUN Number=Sing 5 funding nsubj 3 debated debate VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 funding amod 4 school school NOUN Number=Sing 5 funding compound 5 funding funding NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 funding punct
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1 debate participle vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 A bill must pass the legislature to become law.
det nsubj aux det obj mark advcl xcomp punct root A DET bill NOUN must AUX pass VERB the DET legislature NOUN to PART become VERB law NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 bill det 2 bill bill NOUN Number=Sing 4 pass nsubj 3 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 pass aux 4 pass pass VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 legislature det 6 legislature legislature NOUN Number=Sing 4 pass obj 7 to to PART _ 8 become mark 8 become become VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 pass advcl 9 law law NOUN Number=Sing 8 become xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 pass punct
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1 pass must a bill the legislature vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme legislature=Trajectory 2 become to-infinitive a bill not said here law vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
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