newsreader Who acts: newsreader, person, aunt, We · What happens: be, read, announce, work, speak, pretend · To what, where: person, news, television, football results, drama class, newsreaders · Speech: someone speaks here
«newsreader» 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: newsreader in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: UK, Australia — kept apart, not parsed.
A newsreader is a person who reads the news on television or radio.
det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl det obj case obl cc conj punct root A DET newsreader NOUN is AUX a DET person NOUN who PRON reads VERB the DET news NOUN on ADP television NOUN or CCONJ radio NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 newsreader det 2 newsreader newsreader 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 reads nsubj 7 reads read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person acl:relcl 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 news det 9 news news NOUN Number=Sing 7 reads obj 10 on on ADP _ 11 television case 11 television television NOUN Number=Sing 7 reads obl 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 radio cc 13 radio radio NOUN Number=Sing 11 television conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present a newsreader a person tree rules 2 read present a person the news television or radio vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=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 newsreader announced the football results.
det nsubj det compound obj punct root The DET newsreader NOUN announced VERB the DET football NOUN results NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 newsreader det 2 newsreader newsreader NOUN Number=Sing 3 announced nsubj 3 announced announce VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 results det 5 football football NOUN Number=Sing 6 results compound 6 results result NOUN Number=Plur 3 announced obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 announced punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 announce speech: other past the newsreader the football results vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent result=Theme
Example 2 My aunt works as a newsreader on local radio.
nmod:poss nsubj case det obl case amod obl punct root My PRON aunt NOUN works VERB as ADP a DET newsreader NOUN on ADP local ADJ radio NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 aunt nmod:poss 2 aunt aunt NOUN Number=Sing 3 works nsubj 3 works work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 as as ADP _ 6 newsreader case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 newsreader det 6 newsreader newsreader NOUN Number=Sing 3 works obl 7 on on ADP _ 9 radio case 8 local local ADJ Degree=Pos 9 radio amod 9 radio radio NOUN Number=Sing 3 works obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 works punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 work present My aunt as a newsreader; on local radio vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.theme PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as newsreader=Attribute on radio=Theme
Example 3 The newsreader spoke clearly and calmly.
det nsubj advmod cc conj punct root The DET newsreader NOUN spoke VERB clearly ADV and CCONJ calmly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 newsreader det 2 newsreader newsreader NOUN Number=Sing 3 spoke nsubj 3 spoke speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 clearly clearly ADV _ 3 spoke advmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 calmly cc 6 calmly calmly ADV _ 4 clearly conj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 spoke punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 speak speech: other past the newsreader clearly property vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 4 We pretended to be newsreaders in drama class.
nsubj mark cop xcomp case compound obl punct root We PRON pretended VERB to PART be AUX newsreaders NOUN in ADP drama NOUN class NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 pretended nsubj 2 pretended pretend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 5 newsreaders mark 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 newsreaders cop 5 newsreaders newsreader NOUN Number=Plur 2 pretended xcomp 6 in in ADP _ 8 class case 7 drama drama NOUN Number=Sing 8 class compound 8 class class NOUN Number=Sing 2 pretended obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 pretended punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pretend past We drama class tree rules 2 is a to-infinitive We not said here newsreaders tree rules
Example 5 The newsreader smiled at the end of the bulletin.
det nsubj case det obl case det nmod punct root The DET newsreader NOUN smiled VERB at ADP the DET end NOUN of ADP the DET bulletin NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 newsreader det 2 newsreader newsreader NOUN Number=Sing 3 smiled nsubj 3 smiled smile VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 at at ADP _ 6 end case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 end det 6 end end NOUN Number=Sing 3 smiled obl 7 of of ADP _ 9 bulletin case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 bulletin det 9 bulletin bulletin NOUN Number=Sing 6 end nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 smiled punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 smile past the newsreader at the end of the bulletin vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 A newsreader must practise reading aloud.
det nsubj aux xcomp advmod punct root A DET newsreader NOUN must AUX practise VERB reading VERB aloud ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 newsreader det 2 newsreader newsreader NOUN Number=Sing 4 practise nsubj 3 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 practise aux 4 practise practise VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 reading read VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 practise xcomp 6 aloud aloud ADV _ 5 reading advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 practise punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 practise must a newsreader tree rules 2 read gerund a newsreader not said here aloud property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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