overseer

Who acts: person, workers, overseer, rulers, I · What happens: be, see, do, give, job, work · To what, where: workers, work, orders, coins, hands, overseer · Speech: someone speaks here

«overseer» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: overseer in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person whose job is to watch over workers, see that they do their work, and give them orders.

The tree, 19 words

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	7 watch	nsubj
3	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	4 job	nmod:poss
4	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 watch	cop
6	to	to	PART	_	7 watch	mark
7	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	over	over	ADP	_	9 workers	case
9	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 watch	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 see	punct
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 watch	conj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 do	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 do	nsubj
14	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 see	ccomp
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 work	nmod:poss
16	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 do	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 give	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 give	cc
19	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 watch	conj
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 give	iobj
21	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 give	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 watch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	a person			workers	watch property	tree rules
2	see	infinitive	a person not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	do	present	workers = worker	workers's work				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality
4	give	infinitive	a person not said here	orders	workers = worker			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient order=Theme
5	job		a person					nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent
6	work		workers = worker					nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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 overseer of the mint struck coins for me.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 overseer	det
2	overseer	overseer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 struck	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 mint	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mint	det
5	mint	mint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 overseer	nmod
6	struck	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 struck	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 me	case
9	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 struck	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 struck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past	the overseer of the mint	coins				for me	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Patient

Example 2

The rulers of hell laid hands upon the overseer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rulers	det
2	rulers	ruler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 laid	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 hell	case
4	hell	hell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rulers	nmod
5	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 laid	obj
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 overseer	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 overseer	det
9	overseer	overseer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 laid	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 laid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	participle	the rulers of hell	hands		the overseer			vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme upon overseer=Destination

Example 3

I would make him overseer of all my business.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 make	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 make	aux
3	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 make	obj
5	overseer	overseer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 make	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 business	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 business	det:predet
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 business	nmod:poss
9	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 overseer	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	would	I	overseer of my business	him = he				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary overseer=Product

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