librarian Who acts: librarian, person, people, me, you, school librarian · What happens: be, work, look, help, find, ask · To what, where: person, people, books, me, book, librarian · Speech: someone speaks here
«librarian» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: librarian in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A librarian is a person who works in a library, looks after the books and helps people find books and information.
The tree, 21 words det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl case det obl punct acl:relcl case det obl cc conj obj xcomp obj cc conj punct root A DET librarian NOUN is AUX a DET person NOUN who PRON works VERB in ADP a DET library NOUN , PUNCT looks VERB after ADP the DET books NOUN and CCONJ helps VERB people NOUN find VERB books NOUN and CCONJ information NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 librarian det 2 librarian librarian 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 works nsubj 7 works work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person acl:relcl 8 in in ADP _ 10 library case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 library det 10 library library NOUN Number=Sing 7 works obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 12 looks punct 12 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person acl:relcl 13 after after ADP _ 15 books case 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 books det 15 books book NOUN Number=Plur 12 looks obl 16 and and CCONJ _ 17 helps cc 17 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 looks conj 18 people people NOUN Number=Plur 17 helps obj 19 find find VERB VerbForm=Inf 17 helps xcomp 20 books book NOUN Number=Plur 19 find obj 21 and and CCONJ _ 22 information cc 22 information information NOUN Number=Sing 20 books conj 23 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
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1 is a present a librarian a person tree rules 2 work present a person in a library vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in library=Theme 3 look present a person not said here after the books vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus 4 help present a person not said here people vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary clause=Theme 5 find infinitive people not said here books and information vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=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 librarian helped me find a book about sharks.
det nsubj obj xcomp det obj case nmod punct root The DET librarian NOUN helped VERB me PRON find VERB a DET book NOUN about ADP sharks NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 librarian det 2 librarian librarian NOUN Number=Sing 3 helped nsubj 3 helped help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 helped obj 5 find find VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 helped xcomp 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 book det 7 book book NOUN Number=Sing 5 find obj 8 about about ADP _ 9 sharks case 9 sharks shark NOUN Number=Plur 7 book nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 helped punct
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1 help past the librarian me vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary clause=Theme 2 find infinitive me not said here a book about sharks vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic
Example 2 Ask the librarian how to borrow a book.
det obj advmod mark xcomp det obj punct root Ask VERB the DET librarian NOUN how ADV to PART borrow VERB a DET book NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ask ask VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 librarian det 3 librarian librarian NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ask obj 4 how how ADV PronType=Int 6 borrow advmod 5 to to PART _ 6 borrow mark 6 borrow borrow VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Ask xcomp 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 book det 8 book book NOUN Number=Sing 6 borrow obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 1 Ask punct
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1 ask speech: ask imperative you not said here the librarian vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent librarian=Recipient clause=Topic 2 borrow not said to happen to-infinitive the librarian not said here a book vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme
Example 3 Our school librarian reads us stories.
nmod:poss compound nsubj obj nmod:unmarked punct root Our PRON school NOUN librarian NOUN reads VERB us PRON stories 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 3 librarian nmod:poss 2 school school NOUN Number=Sing 3 librarian compound 3 librarian librarian NOUN Number=Sing 4 reads nsubj 4 reads read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 reads obj 6 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 5 us nmod:unmarked 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 reads punct
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1 read present Our school librarian us vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Topic
Example 4 The librarian stamped my library card.
det nsubj nmod:poss compound obj punct root The DET librarian NOUN stamped VERB my PRON library NOUN card NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 librarian det 2 librarian librarian NOUN Number=Sing 3 stamped nsubj 3 stamped stamp VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 card nmod:poss 5 library library NOUN Number=Sing 6 card compound 6 card card NOUN Number=Sing 3 stamped obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 stamped punct
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1 stamp past the librarian my library card vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent card=Destination
Example 5 She wants to be a librarian when she grows up.
nsubj mark cop det xcomp advmod nsubj conj compound:prt punct root She PRON wants VERB to PART be AUX a DET librarian NOUN when ADV she PRON grows VERB up ADP . 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 wants nsubj 2 wants want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 6 librarian mark 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 6 librarian cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 librarian det 6 librarian librarian NOUN Number=Sing 2 wants xcomp 7 when when ADV PronType=Int 9 grows advmod 8 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 grows nsubj 9 grows grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 wants conj 10 up up ADP _ 9 grows compound:prt 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 wants punct
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1 want present She vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot 2 is a not said to happen to-infinitive She not said here a librarian tree rules 3 grow up present she vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 6 The librarian asked us to speak quietly.
det nsubj iobj mark xcomp advmod punct root The DET librarian NOUN asked VERB us PRON to PART speak VERB quietly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 librarian det 2 librarian librarian NOUN Number=Sing 3 asked nsubj 3 asked ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 asked iobj 5 to to PART _ 6 speak mark 6 speak speak VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 asked xcomp 7 quietly quietly ADV _ 6 speak advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 asked punct
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1 ask speech: ask past the librarian us vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic 2 speak speech: other not said to happen to-infinitive the librarian not said here quietly property vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 7 I am a pupil librarian on Fridays.
nsubj cop det compound case nmod punct root I PRON am AUX a DET pupil NOUN librarian NOUN on ADP Fridays PROPN . 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 5 librarian nsubj 2 am be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 librarian cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 librarian det 4 pupil pupil NOUN Number=Sing 5 librarian compound 5 librarian librarian NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 on on ADP _ 7 Fridays case 7 Fridays Friday PROPN Number=Plur 5 librarian nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 librarian punct
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1 is a present I a pupil librarian friday tree rules
Example 8 The librarian put the returned books back on the shelves.
det nsubj det amod obj advmod case det obl punct root The DET librarian NOUN put VERB the DET returned VERB books NOUN back ADV on ADP the DET shelves NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 librarian det 2 librarian librarian NOUN Number=Sing 3 put nsubj 3 put put VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 books det 5 returned return VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 books amod 6 books book NOUN Number=Plur 3 put obj 7 back back ADV _ 3 put advmod 8 on on ADP _ 10 shelves case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 shelves det 10 shelves shelf NOUN Number=Plur 3 put obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 put punct
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1 put past the librarian the returned books the shelves vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme on shelf=Destination 2 return participle vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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