porter

Who acts: porter, job, doorkeeper, porters · What happens: be, guard, carry, open · To what, where: person, station, doorkeeper, gate, bags, train

«porter» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: porter in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A porter is a person whose job is to carry bags or loads, for example at a station or a hotel.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 porter	det
2	porter	porter	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	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	7 job	nmod:poss
7	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carry	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 carry	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	10 carry	mark
10	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 person	acl:relcl
11	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 carry	obj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 loads	cc
13	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 bags	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 example	punct
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 example	case
16	example	example	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carry	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 station	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 station	det
19	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carry	obl
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	22 hotel	cc
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 hotel	det
22	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 station	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a porter	a person					tree rules
2	is	present	job			a station or a hotel		for example; carry property	tree rules

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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A porter is a doorkeeper who guards the gate or entrance of a building.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 porter	det
2	porter	porter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doorkeeper	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 doorkeeper	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 doorkeeper	det
5	doorkeeper	doorkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 guards	nsubj
7	guards	guard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 doorkeeper	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 guards	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 entrance	cc
11	entrance	entrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gate	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 building	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 building	det
14	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 entrance	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 doorkeeper	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a porter	a doorkeeper					tree rules
2	guard	present	a doorkeeper	the gate or entrance of a building					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary

Example 1

The porter carried our bags to the train.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 porter	det
2	porter	porter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	nsubj
3	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bags	nmod:poss
5	bags	bag	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 train	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 train	det
8	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the porter	our bags		the train			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bag=Theme to train=Destination

Example 2

The porters carried the baskets up the hill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 porters	det
2	porters	porter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	nsubj
3	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 baskets	det
5	baskets	basket	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	8 hill	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hill	det
8	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the porters	the baskets				up the hill	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme

Example 3

The porter opened the great gate for the visitors.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 porter	det
2	porter	porter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 opened	nsubj
3	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gate	amod
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 opened	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 visitors	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 visitors	det
9	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 opened	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 opened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	the porter	the great gate				for the visitors	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme

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