license

Who acts: license, written paper, someone, You, king · What happens: write, be, say, allow, do, drive · To what, where: written paper, someone, something, car, dog, noun · Speech: someone speaks here

«license» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: license in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A license is a written paper that says someone is allowed to do something, such as drive a car or keep a dog; in Britain the noun is spelled licence.

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 license	det
2	license	license	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paper	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 paper	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 paper	det
5	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 paper	amod
6	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 paper	acl:relcl
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 allowed	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 allowed	aux:pass
11	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 says	ccomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 do	mark
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 allowed	xcomp
14	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 do	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 drive	punct
16	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	18 drive	mark
17	as	as	ADP	_	16 such	fixed
18	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 something	acl:relcl
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 car	det
20	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 drive	obj
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 keep	cc
22	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 drive	conj
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 dog	det
24	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 keep	obj
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 spelled	punct
26	in	in	ADP	_	27 Britain	case
27	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	31 spelled	obl
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 noun	det
29	noun	noun	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 spelled	nsubj:pass
30	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 spelled	aux:pass
31	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 allowed	conj
32	licence	licence	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 spelled	obj
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 paper	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	write	participle				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	a license	a written paper		tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	a written paper			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	allow	present · passive		someone		vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
5	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	someone not said here	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality
6	drive	infinitive		a car		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme car=Trajectory
7	keep	infinitive		a dog		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Theme
8	spell	present · passive		the noun	Britain	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme licence=Manner

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

To license is to give someone official permission to do something.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 license	mark
2	license	license	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 give	csubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 give	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 give	mark
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 give	obj
7	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 permission	amod
8	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 do	mark
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 permission	acl
11	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 do	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	license	to-infinitive			vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		give property	tree rules
3	do	to-infinitive	something		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality

Example 1

You need a license to drive a car.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 license	det
4	license	license	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 need	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 drive	mark
6	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 need	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 car	det
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drive	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	You	a license					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot license=Theme
2	drive	to-infinitive	You not said here	a car					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme car=Trajectory

Example 2

The king gave permission, a license to leave the land.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 license	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 license	det
7	license	license	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 permission	appos
8	to	to	PART	_	9 leave	mark
9	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gave	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 land	det
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leave	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the king	permission					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent permission=Theme
2	leave	to-infinitive	the king not said here	the land					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme

Example 3

The shop was licensed to sell sweets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shop	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 licensed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 licensed	aux:pass
4	licensed	license	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 sell	mark
6	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 licensed	xcomp
7	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sell	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 licensed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	license	past · passive		the shop					tree rules
2	sell	to-infinitive		sweets					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme

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