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postal

Who acts: you, your, postal worker, postal code, postal service, Grandma · What happens: do, send, deliver, write, address, be · To what, where: letters, full postal address, envelope, Canada, present

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

Meaning 1

To do with the post (mail): sending and delivering letters and parcels.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 do	mark
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 post	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 post	det
5	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obl
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 mail	punct
7	mail	mail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 post	appos
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 mail	punct
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 sending	punct
10	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 do	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 delivering	cc
12	delivering	deliver	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 sending	conj
13	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 delivering	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 parcels	cc
15	parcels	parcel	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 letters	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 sending	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive						with the post	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	send	gerund							vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	deliver	gerund		letters and parcels					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=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

Write your full postal address on the envelope.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 address	nmod:poss
3	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 address	amod
4	postal	postal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 address	amod
5	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 envelope	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 envelope	det
8	envelope	envelope	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	your full postal address		the envelope			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent address=Theme on envelope=Destination
2	address		your						nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The postal worker delivers letters every morning.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 worker	det
2	postal	postal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 worker	amod
3	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 delivers	nsubj
4	delivers	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 delivers	obj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 morning	det
7	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 delivers	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 delivers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliver	present	the postal worker	letters			morning		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient

Example 3

What is your postal code?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 code	nmod:poss
4	postal	postal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 code	amod
5	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	your postal code						tree rules
2	code		your						nom code «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

The postal service was slow because of the snow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 service	det
2	postal	postal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 service	amod
3	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slow	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 slow	cop
5	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	9 snow	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 because	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 snow	det
9	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slow	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 slow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the postal service					because the snow; slow property	tree rules

Example 5

In Canada, a postal code has letters and numbers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 Canada	case
2	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 has	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Canada	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 code	det
5	postal	postal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 code	amod
6	code	code	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 has	nsubj
7	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 has	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 numbers	cc
10	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 letters	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a postal code	letters and numbers		Canada			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient

Example 6

Grandma sent the present by postal mail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 present	det
4	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 mail	case
6	postal	postal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mail	amod
7	mail	mail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	Grandma	the present				by postal mail	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Theme

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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