potentate
Who acts: ruler, woodcutter, old potentate, potentate · What happens: have, not become, live, order · To what, where: great power, potentate, golden palace, many people
«potentate» 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: potentate in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A ruler, usually a king or prince, who has great power over other people.
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 ruler | det |
| 2 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 has | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 king | punct |
| 4 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 6 king | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ruler | appos |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 prince | cc |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 king | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 has | punct |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 has | nsubj |
| 11 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 power | amod |
| 13 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 has | obj |
| 14 | over | over | ADP | _ | 16 people | case |
| 15 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 people | amod |
| 16 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 power | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a ruler | great power | over other people | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=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 woodcutter did not become a potentate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 woodcutter | det |
| 2 | woodcutter | woodcutter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 become | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 become | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 become | advmod |
| 5 | become | become | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 potentate | det |
| 7 | potentate | potentate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 become | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 become | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not become | past · do-support | the woodcutter | a potentate | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Example 2
The old potentate lived in a golden palace.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 potentate | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 potentate | amod |
| 3 | potentate | potentate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lived | nsubj |
| 4 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 palace | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 palace | det |
| 7 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 palace | amod |
| 8 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lived | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lived | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | the old potentate | a golden palace | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in palace=Location |
Example 3
A potentate can order many people about.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 potentate | det |
| 2 | potentate | potentate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 order | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 order | aux |
| 4 | order | order | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 people | amod |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 order | obj |
| 7 | about | about | ADV | _ | 4 order | advmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 order | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | can | a potentate | many people | about property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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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