motorist

Who acts: person, road user, Motorists, passing motorist, Snow, Road signs · What happens: drive, slow down, pass, stop, help, cause · To what, where: car, motor vehicle, schools, delays, motorists, seat belts

«motorist» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: motorist in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person who drives a car.

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 drives	nsubj
4	drives	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 car	det
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drives	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	present	a person	a car					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent car=Location

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.

Any road user who drives a motor vehicle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 user	det
2	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 user	compound
3	user	user	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 drives	nsubj
5	drives	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 user	acl:relcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 vehicle	det
7	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 vehicle	compound
8	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drives	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 user	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	present	any road user	a motor vehicle					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent vehicle=Location

Example 1

Motorists must slow down near schools.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Motorists	motorist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 slow	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 slow	aux
3	slow	slow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 slow	compound:prt
5	near	near	ADP	_	6 schools	case
6	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 slow	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 slow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slow down	must	Motorists			schools			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 2

A passing motorist stopped to help.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 motorist	det
2	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 motorist	amod
3	motorist	motorist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stopped	nsubj
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 help	mark
6	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stopped	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	pass	gerund		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	past	a passing motorist	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	help	to-infinitive	a passing motorist not said here	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Snow caused delays for motorists.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 caused	nsubj
2	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	delays	delay	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 caused	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 motorists	case
5	motorists	motorist	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 caused	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	Snow	delays				for motorists	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition delay=Patient

Example 4

Road signs warn motorists about sharp bends.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signs	compound
2	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 warn	nsubj
3	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	motorists	motorist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 warn	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 bends	case
6	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bends	amod
7	bends	bend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 warn	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 warn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	present	Road signs	motorists				about sharp bends	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent motorist=Recipient about bend=Topic

Example 5

Motorists should watch out for cyclists.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Motorists	motorist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 watch	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 watch	aux
3	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 watch	compound:prt
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 cyclists	case
6	cyclists	cyclist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 watch	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 watch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch out	should	Motorists					for cyclists	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for cyclist=Theme

Example 6

The police reminded motorists to wear seat belts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 police	det
2	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reminded	nsubj
3	reminded	remind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	motorists	motorist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 reminded	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 wear	mark
6	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 reminded	xcomp
7	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 belts	compound
8	belts	belt	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wear	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reminded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remind speech: other	past	the police	motorists					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent motorist=Recipient clause=Topic
2	wear	to-infinitive	motorists not said here	seat belts					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent belt=Theme

Example 7

The new road will help motorists get to town faster.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 road	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 road	amod
3	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 help	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 help	aux
5	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	motorists	motorist	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 help	obj
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 help	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 town	case
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
10	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 get	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	future	the new road	motorists					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent motorist=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	get	infinitive	motorists not said here					to town result; fast property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to town=Result

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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