orient

Who acts: you, It, house, church, many old churches, Marco · What happens: find out, work out, be, face, turn, aim · To what, where: way, something, certain way, particular group, course, compass

«orient» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings 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: orient in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To find out or work out where you are or which way you are facing, as in "orient yourself with a map".

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 work	advcl
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 find	compound:prt
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 work	cc
5	work	work	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 work	compound:prt
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 way	advmod
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 way	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 way	cop
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 way	cc
11	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 work	obl
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 facing	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 facing	aux
15	facing	face	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 way	acl:relcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 orient	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 orient	mark
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 orient	case
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 orient	punct
20	orient	orient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 work	parataxis
21	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	20 orient	obl
22	with	with	ADP	_	24 map	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 map	det
24	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 orient	obl
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 orient	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	find out	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	work out	imperative	you not said here		vn discover-84 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	is a	present	you	which way	tree rules
4	face	present · progressive	you	which way not said here	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Destination

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 turn or place something to face a certain way, as in "oriented north".

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 turn	mark
2	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 something	cc
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 something	compound
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 turn	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 face	mark
7	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 something	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 way	det
9	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	amod
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 face	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 north	punct
12	as	as	ADP	_	16 north	case
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 north	case
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 north	punct
15	oriented	oriented	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 north	amod
16	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 face	obl
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 north	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 turn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	to-infinitive		something					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	face	to-infinitive		a certain way				as oriented north	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Destination

Meaning 3

To aim something at a particular group or purpose, as in "a course oriented to beginners".

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 aim	mark
2	aim	aim	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 aim	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 group	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 group	det
6	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 group	amod
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 aim	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 purpose	cc
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 group	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 course	punct
11	as	as	ADP	_	15 course	case
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 course	case
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 course	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 course	det
15	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 aim	obl
16	oriented	orient	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 course	acl
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 beginners	case
18	beginners	beginner	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 oriented	obl
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 course	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 aim	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	aim	to-infinitive		something		a particular group or purpose		as a course	vn intend-61.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent something=Topic as course=Attribute
2	orient in a quote	participle		a course not said here				to beginners	tree rules

Meaning 4

Usage: the Orient, old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.

The countries of East Asia.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 countries	det
2	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Asia	case
4	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Asia	compound
5	Asia	Asia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 countries	nmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 countries	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Use the compass to orient the map to north.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 compass	det
3	compass	compass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 orient	mark
5	orient	orient	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Use	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 map	det
7	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 orient	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 north	case
9	north	north	ADV	_	5 orient	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	the compass					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compass=Patient
2	orient	to-infinitive	you not said here	the map					tree rules

Example 2

It took me a week to orient myself in the new school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 took	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 week	det
5	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl:unmarked
6	to	to	PART	_	7 orient	mark
7	orient	orient	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 took	advcl
8	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 orient	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 school	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 school	det
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 school	amod
12	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 orient	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	It		me		week		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination
2	orient	to-infinitive		myself		the new school			tree rules

Example 3

The house is oriented to face the sun.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oriented	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 oriented	cop
4	oriented	oriented	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 face	mark
6	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 oriented	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sun.	det
8	sun.	sun.	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 face	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the house					oriented property	tree rules
2	face	to-infinitive	the house not said here	the sun.					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sun.=Destination

Example 4

The church is oriented east, as many old churches are.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 church	det
2	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oriented	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 oriented	cop
4	oriented	oriented	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	east	east	ADV	_	4 oriented	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 are	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 are	mark
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 churches	amod
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 churches	amod
10	churches	church	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 are	nsubj
11	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 oriented	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 oriented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the church					east, oriented property	tree rules
2	does	present	many old churches						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

The game is oriented towards young children.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 game	det
2	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 oriented	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 oriented	aux:pass
4	oriented	orient	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 children	case
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 children	amod
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 oriented	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 oriented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	orient	present · passive		the game				towards young children	tree rules

Example 6

Marco Polo travelled to the Orient. (old-fashioned)

Sentence 1: Marco Polo travelled to the Orient.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Marco	Marco	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 travelled	nsubj
2	Polo	Polo	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Marco	flat
3	travelled	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Orient	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Orient	det
6	Orient	orient	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 travelled	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 travelled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	past	Marco			the Orient			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to orient=Destination

Sentence 2: (old-fashioned)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 fashioned	punct
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fashioned	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 old	punct
4	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 fashioned	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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