postdate

Who acts: cheque, date, houses, Dad, bank, library · What happens: write, be, count, happen, exist, postdate · To what, where: date, cheque, castle, postdated cheque, church, oldest ones

«postdate» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: postdate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To write a date on a cheque or document that is later than the day you write it, so it only counts from that later day.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 write	mark
2	write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 date	det
4	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 write	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 cheque	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cheque	det
7	cheque	cheque	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 write	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 document	cc
9	document	document	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cheque	conj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 write	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 later	cop
12	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	17 write	advmod
13	than	than	ADP	_	15 day	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 write	obl
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 write	nsubj
17	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cheque	acl:relcl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 write	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 counts	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	23 counts	advmod
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 counts	nsubj
22	only	only	ADV	_	23 counts	advmod
23	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 write	parataxis
24	from	from	ADP	_	27 day	case
25	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 day	det
26	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	27 day	amod
27	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 counts	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	to-infinitive		a date	a cheque or document			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent date=Theme on cheque=Destination
2	is	present					late property	tree rules
3	write	present	a cheque or document	date		day		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	count	present	date			day		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To happen or exist after something else: «These houses postdate the castle.».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 happen	mark
2	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 exist	cc
4	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 happen	conj
5	after	after	ADP	_	6 something	case
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 exist	obl
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 something	advmod
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 postdate	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 postdate	punct
10	These	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	11 houses	det
11	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 postdate	nsubj
12	postdate	postdate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 something	appos
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 castle	det
14	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 postdate	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 postdate	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 postdate	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	happen	to-infinitive				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	exist	infinitive			after something	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	postdate in a quote	infinitive	this houses	the castle		tree rules

Example 1

Dad postdated the cheque to the first of next month.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 postdated	nsubj
2	postdated	postdate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cheque	det
4	cheque	cheque	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 postdated	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 first	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 first	det
7	first	first	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 postdated	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 month	case
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 month	amod
10	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 first	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 postdated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	postdate	past	Dad	the cheque				to the first of next month	tree rules

Example 2

The bank will not pay a postdated cheque before its date.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bank	det
2	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pay	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 pay	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 pay	advmod
5	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cheque	det
7	postdated	postdate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 cheque	amod
8	cheque	cheque	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pay	obj
9	before	before	ADP	_	11 date	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 date	nmod:poss
11	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pay	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 pay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pay	future	the bank	a postdated cheque			before bank's date		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheque=Asset
2	postdate	participle							tree rules

Example 3

The town's library postdates the church by two hundred years.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 town	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 library	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 town	case
4	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 postdates	nsubj
5	postdates	postdate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 church	det
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 postdates	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 years	case
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 hundred	compound
10	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 years	nummod
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 postdates	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 postdates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	postdate	present	the town's library	the church			year		tree rules

Example 4

These cave paintings postdate the oldest ones found in Spain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	These	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	3 paintings	det
2	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paintings	compound
3	paintings	painting	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 postdate	nsubj
4	postdate	postdate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ones	det
6	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 ones	amod
7	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 postdate	obj
8	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 ones	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Spain	case
10	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 found	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 postdate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	postdate	present	this cave paintings	the oldest ones					tree rules
2	find	participle		the oldest ones not said here		Spain			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Example 5

If something postdates another thing, it came later.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 postdates	mark
2	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 postdates	nsubj
3	postdates	postdate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 came	advcl
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 thing	det
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 postdates	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 postdates	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 came	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	postdate a condition, not said to happen	present	something	another thing					tree rules
2	come	past	thing					late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

The coins in the hoard postdate the Roman invasion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coins	det
2	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 postdate	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hoard	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hoard	det
5	hoard	hoard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coins	nmod
6	postdate	postdate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 invasion	det
8	Roman	roman	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 invasion	amod
9	invasion	invasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 postdate	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 postdate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	postdate	infinitive	the coins in the hoard	the Roman invasion					tree rules

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