possessor

Who acts: possessor, snake, peasant, gift · What happens: be, own, have, become, make · To what, where: someone, thing, possessor, life

«possessor» 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: possessor in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A possessor is someone who owns or has a thing, often a special or magic one.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 possessor	det
2	possessor	possessor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 someone	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 someone	cop
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 owns	nsubj
6	owns	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 someone	acl:relcl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 has	cc
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 owns	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 thing	det
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 one	punct
12	often	often	ADV	_	17 one	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 one	det
14	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 one	amod
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 magic	cc
16	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 special	conj
17	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 thing	appos
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 someone	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a possessor	someone	tree rules
2	own	present			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	have	present		a thing	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient

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 snake is often the possessor of magic fluids.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snake	det
2	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 possessor	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 possessor	cop
4	often	often	ADV	_	6 possessor	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 possessor	det
6	possessor	possessor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 fluids	case
8	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fluids	amod
9	fluids	fluid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 possessor	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 possessor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the snake	the possessor				of magic fluids; often property	tree rules

Example 2

Our peasant became the possessor of the goose.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 peasant	nmod:poss
2	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 possessor	det
5	possessor	possessor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 goose	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 goose	det
8	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 possessor	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	Our peasant	the possessor of the goose					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 3

The gift makes life a constant happiness to its possessor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gift	det
2	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 happiness	det
6	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 happiness	amod
7	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 possessor	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 possessor	nmod:poss
10	possessor	possessor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 happiness	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the gift	life					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset life=Beneficiary happiness=Product

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