pac

Who acts: group, Pac Man, PAC, super PAC, Dad, news · What happens: collect, help, elect, eat, run, spend · To what, where: money, politicians, dots, ghosts, adverts, huge amounts · Speech: someone speaks here

«pac» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: pac in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: US, politics — kept apart, not parsed.

PAC: political action committee, a group that collects money to help elect politicians or support causes.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	PAC	pac	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 committee	punct
3	political	political	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 committee	amod
4	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 committee	compound
5	committee	committee	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 PAC	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 group	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 group	det
8	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 committee	appos
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 collects	nsubj
10	collects	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 group	acl:relcl
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 collects	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 help	mark
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 collects	advcl
14	elect	elect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 help	xcomp
15	politicians	politician	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 elect	obj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 causes	cc
17	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 causes	compound
18	causes	cause	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 politicians	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 PAC	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	collect	present	a group	money	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
2	help	to-infinitive	a group not said here		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	elect	infinitive	a group not said here	politicians or support causes	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent politician=Theme

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

Part of names, such as Pac-Man (a famous video game) and the Pac-12 (a group of US university sports teams).

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 names	case
3	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Part	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Man	punct
5	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 Man	case
6	as	as	ADP	_	5 such	fixed
7	Pac	Pac	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Man	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 Pac	punct
9	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 names	nmod
10	(	(	PUNCT	_	14 game	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 game	det
12	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 game	amod
13	video	video	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 game	compound
14	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Man	appos
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	14 game	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 Pac	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Pac	det
18	Pac	Pac	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Man	conj
19	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 12	punct
20	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 Man	appos
21	(	(	PUNCT	_	23 group	punct
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 group	det
23	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 12	appos
24	of	of	ADP	_	28 teams	case
25	US	US	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 teams	compound
26	university	university	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 teams	compound
27	sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 teams	compound
28	teams	team	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 group	nmod
29	)	)	PUNCT	_	23 group	punct
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Part	punct

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

Meaning 3

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Short for package or pack in some names and shops.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 package	case
3	package	package	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Short	obl
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 pack	cc
5	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 package	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 names	case
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 names	det
8	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pack	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shops	cc
10	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 names	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Short	punct

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

Example 1

Pac-Man eats dots and runs from ghosts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pac	Pac	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Man	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Pac	punct
3	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 eats	nsubj
4	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	dots	dot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eats	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 runs	cc
7	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 eats	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 ghosts	case
9	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 runs	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 eats	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	Pac Man	dots					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dot=Patient
2	run	present	Pac Man not said here			ghosts			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from ghost=Trajectory

Example 2

The PAC spent money on adverts before the election.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 PAC	det
2	PAC	pac	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spent	nsubj
3	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spent	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 adverts	case
6	adverts	advert	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 spent	obl
7	before	before	ADP	_	9 election	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 election	det
9	election	election	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spent	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 spent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past	the PAC	money			before the election	on adverts goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent money=Asset on advert=Goal

Example 3

A super PAC can spend huge amounts on political adverts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 PAC	det
2	super	super	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 PAC	amod
3	PAC	pac	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spend	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 spend	aux
5	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 amounts	amod
7	amounts	amount	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spend	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 adverts	case
9	political	political	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 adverts	amod
10	adverts	advert	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spend	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 spend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	can	a super PAC	huge amounts				on political adverts goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent amount=Asset on advert=Goal

Example 4

Dad played Pac-Man when he was a boy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 played	nsubj
2	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Pac	Pac	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Man	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 Pac	punct
5	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 played	obj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 boy	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 boy	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 boy	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 boy	det
10	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 played	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	Dad	Pac Man					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
2	is a	past	Dad	a boy					tree rules

Example 5

The news said many PACs gave money to both parties.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 news	det
2	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 PACs	amod
5	PACs	pac	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 parties	case
9	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	10 parties	det
10	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 gave	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the news						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give	past	many PACs	money	both parties				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to party=Recipient

Example 6

Pac-Man was made in Japan in 1980.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pac	Pac	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj:pass
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Pac	punct
3	Man	Man	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Pac	flat
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Japan	case
7	Japan	Japan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 1980	case
9	1980	1980	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 made	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		Pac		Japan		in 1980	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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