minister Who acts: minister, Christian churches, Prime Minister, education minister, health minister, he · What happens: be, charge, lead, speak, visit, read · To what, where: person, charge, government department, leader, Christian churches, services · Speech: someone speaks here
«minister» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: minister in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A minister is a person in charge of a government department, such as the minister for education.
The tree, 17 words det nsubj cop det case nmod case det compound nmod punct case fixed det obl case nmod punct root A DET minister NOUN is AUX a DET person NOUN in ADP charge NOUN of ADP a DET government NOUN department NOUN , PUNCT such ADJ as ADP the DET minister NOUN for ADP education NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 minister det 2 minister minister 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 in in ADP _ 7 charge case 7 charge charge NOUN Number=Sing 5 person nmod 8 of of ADP _ 11 department case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 department det 10 government government NOUN Number=Sing 11 department compound 11 department department NOUN Number=Sing 7 charge nmod 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 minister punct 13 such such ADJ Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP 16 minister case 14 as as ADP _ 13 such fixed 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 minister det 16 minister minister NOUN Number=Sing 5 person obl 17 for for ADP _ 18 education case 18 education education NOUN Number=Sing 16 minister nmod 19 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
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1 is a present a minister a person charge of a government department such the minister for education tree rules 2 charge a government department nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient
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 A minister is a leader in some Christian churches who leads services.
det nsubj cop det case det amod nmod nsubj acl:relcl obj punct root A DET minister NOUN is AUX a DET leader NOUN in ADP some DET Christian ADJ churches NOUN who PRON leads VERB services NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 minister det 2 minister minister NOUN Number=Sing 5 leader nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 leader cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 leader det 5 leader leader NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 in in ADP _ 9 churches case 7 some some DET PronType=Ind 9 churches det 8 Christian Christian ADJ Degree=Pos 9 churches amod 9 churches church NOUN Number=Plur 5 leader nmod 10 who who PRON PronType=Rel 11 leads nsubj 11 leads lead VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 churches acl:relcl 12 services service NOUN Number=Plur 11 leads obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 leader punct
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1 is a present a minister a leader some Christian churches tree rules 2 lead present some Christian churches services vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme
Meaning 3 To minister to someone is to look after them.
mark nsubj case nmod cop mark case obl punct root To PART minister NOUN to ADP someone PRON is AUX to PART look VERB after ADP them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 To to PART _ 2 minister mark 2 minister minister NOUN Number=Sing 7 look nsubj 3 to to ADP _ 4 someone case 4 someone someone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 minister nmod 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 look cop 6 to to PART _ 7 look mark 7 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 after after ADP _ 9 them case 9 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 look obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 look punct
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1 is present minister to someone after them = they look property tree rules
Example 1 The Prime Minister spoke on television.
det compound nsubj case obl punct root The DET Prime PROPN Minister PROPN spoke VERB on ADP television NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 Minister det 2 Prime Prime PROPN _ 3 Minister compound 3 Minister Minister PROPN Number=Sing 4 spoke nsubj 4 spoke speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 on on ADP _ 6 television case 6 television television NOUN Number=Sing 4 spoke obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 spoke punct
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1 speak speech: other past the Prime Minister television vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 The education minister visited our school.
det compound nsubj nmod:poss obj punct root The DET education NOUN minister NOUN visited VERB our PRON school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 minister det 2 education education NOUN Number=Sing 3 minister compound 3 minister minister NOUN Number=Sing 4 visited nsubj 4 visited visit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 school nmod:poss 6 school school NOUN Number=Sing 4 visited obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 visited punct
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1 visit past the education minister our school vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Co-Agent
Example 3 The minister read from the Bible on Sunday.
det nsubj case det obl case obl punct root The DET minister NOUN read VERB from ADP the DET Bible PROPN on ADP Sunday PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 minister det 2 minister minister NOUN Number=Sing 3 read nsubj 3 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 from from ADP _ 6 Bible case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Bible det 6 Bible Bible PROPN Number=Sing 3 read obl 7 on on ADP _ 8 Sunday case 8 Sunday Sunday PROPN Number=Sing 3 read obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 read punct
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1 read past the minister the Bible sunday vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from bible=Source
Example 4 Each minister is in charge of one department.
det nsubj cop case case nummod nmod punct root Each DET minister NOUN is AUX in ADP charge NOUN of ADP one NUM department NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Each each DET PronType=Tot 2 minister det 2 minister minister NOUN Number=Sing 5 charge nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 charge cop 4 in in ADP _ 5 charge case 5 charge charge NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 8 department case 7 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 department nummod 8 department department NOUN Number=Sing 5 charge nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 charge punct
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1 is present each minister charge of one department tree rules
Example 5 Nurses ministered to the sick.
acl case det obl punct root Nurses NOUN ministered VERB to ADP the DET sick ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nurses nurse NOUN Number=Plur root root 2 ministered minister VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 1 Nurses acl 3 to to ADP _ 5 sick case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sick det 5 sick sick ADJ Degree=Pos 2 ministered obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 1 Nurses punct
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1 minister participle Nurses not said here to the sick tree rules
Example 6 Who is the health minister?
cop det compound nsubj punct root Who PRON is AUX the DET health NOUN minister NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Who cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 minister det 4 health health NOUN Number=Sing 5 minister compound 5 minister minister NOUN Number=Sing 1 Who nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 Who punct
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1 is a present the health minister tree rules
Example 7 “But he is my prime minister’s son!”
punct cc nsubj cop nmod:poss amod nmod:poss case punct punct root “ PUNCT But CCONJ he PRON is AUX my PRON prime ADJ minister NOUN ’s PART son NOUN ! PUNCT ” PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 “ " PUNCT _ 9 son punct 2 But but CCONJ _ 9 son cc 3 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 son nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 son cop 5 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 minister nmod:poss 6 prime prime ADJ Degree=Pos 7 minister amod 7 minister minister NOUN Number=Sing 9 son nmod:poss 8 ’s 's PART _ 7 minister case 9 son son NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 ! ! PUNCT _ 9 son punct 11 ” " PUNCT _ 9 son punct
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1 is a in a quote present he my prime minister's son tree rules
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