postponement Who acts: match, We, postponement, Rain, school · What happens: be, happen, plan, have, cause, announce · To what, where: postponement, us
«postponement» 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: postponement in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A postponement is when an event is moved to a later time instead of happening when planned.
The tree, 17 words det nsubj cop advmod det nsubj aux:pass case det amod obl mark fixed advcl advmod xcomp punct root A DET postponement NOUN is AUX when ADV an DET event NOUN is AUX moved VERB to ADP a DET later ADJ time NOUN instead ADV of ADP happening VERB when ADV planned VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 postponement det 2 postponement postponement NOUN Number=Sing 8 moved nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 moved cop 4 when when ADV PronType=Int 8 moved advmod 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 event det 6 event event NOUN Number=Sing 8 moved nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 moved aux:pass 8 moved move VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 9 to to ADP _ 12 time case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 time det 11 later late ADJ Degree=Cmp 12 time amod 12 time time NOUN Number=Sing 8 moved obl 13 instead instead ADV ExtPos=SCONJ 15 happening mark 14 of of ADP _ 13 instead fixed 15 happening happen VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 moved advcl 16 when when ADV PronType=Int 17 planned advmod 17 planned plan VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 15 happening xcomp 18 . . PUNCT _ 8 moved punct
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1 is present · passive a postponement time move property tree rules 2 happen gerund tree rules 3 plan participle vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
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 match had a postponement because of snow.
det nsubj det obj case fixed obl punct root The DET match NOUN had VERB a DET postponement NOUN because ADP of ADP snow NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 match det 2 match match NOUN Number=Sing 3 had nsubj 3 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 postponement det 5 postponement postponement NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obj 6 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 8 snow case 7 of of ADP _ 6 because fixed 8 snow snow NOUN Number=Sing 3 had obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 had punct
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1 have past the match a postponement because snow vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent postponement=Patient
Example 2 We were sad about the postponement of sports day.
nsubj cop case det obl case compound nmod punct root We PRON were AUX sad ADJ about ADP the DET postponement NOUN of ADP sports NOUN day NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 sad nsubj 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 sad cop 3 sad sad ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 about about ADP _ 6 postponement case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 postponement det 6 postponement postponement NOUN Number=Sing 3 sad obl 7 of of ADP _ 9 day case 8 sports sport NOUN Number=Plur 9 day compound 9 day day NOUN Number=Sing 6 postponement nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 sad punct
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1 is past We about the postponement of sports day; sad property tree rules
Example 3 The postponement was only for one week.
det nsubj cop advmod case nummod punct root The DET postponement NOUN was AUX only ADV for ADP one NUM week NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 postponement det 2 postponement postponement NOUN Number=Sing 7 week nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 week cop 4 only only ADV _ 7 week advmod 5 for for ADP _ 7 week case 6 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 week nummod 7 week week NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 week punct
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1 is past the postponement for one week tree rules
Example 4 Rain caused another postponement.
nsubj det obj punct root Rain NOUN caused VERB another DET postponement NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Rain rain NOUN Number=Sing 2 caused nsubj 2 caused cause VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 another another DET PronType=Ind 4 postponement det 4 postponement postponement NOUN Number=Sing 2 caused obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 caused punct
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1 cause past Rain another postponement vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition postponement=Patient
Example 5 The school announced a postponement of the trip.
det nsubj det obj case det nmod punct root The DET school NOUN announced VERB a DET postponement NOUN of ADP the DET trip NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 school det 2 school school NOUN Number=Sing 3 announced nsubj 3 announced announce VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 postponement det 5 postponement postponement NOUN Number=Sing 3 announced obj 6 of of ADP _ 8 trip case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 trip det 8 trip trip NOUN Number=Sing 5 postponement nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 announced punct
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1 announce speech: other past the school a postponement of the trip vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent postponement=Theme
Example 6 The postponement of the concert gave us more time to practise.
det nsubj case det nmod iobj amod obj mark acl punct root The DET postponement NOUN of ADP the DET concert NOUN gave VERB us PRON more ADJ time NOUN to PART practise VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 postponement det 2 postponement postponement NOUN Number=Sing 6 gave nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 concert case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 concert det 5 concert concert NOUN Number=Sing 2 postponement nmod 6 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 gave iobj 8 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 9 time amod 9 time time NOUN Number=Sing 6 gave obj 10 to to PART _ 11 practise mark 11 practise practise VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 time acl 12 . . PUNCT _ 6 gave punct
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1 give past the postponement of the concert us time vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme 2 practise to-infinitive the postponement of the concert not said here tree rules
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