precedence Who acts: Precedence, Order, people, Safety, 3 multiplication, answer · What happens: be, come, go, order, take, sit · To what, where: order, precedence, speed, 11, video games, everything
«precedence» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: precedence in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Precedence is being more important than something else, so it comes first.
nsubj cop cop advmod case obl advmod punct advmod nsubj parataxis advmod punct root Precedence NOUN is AUX being AUX more ADV important ADJ than ADP something PRON else ADV , PUNCT so ADV it PRON comes VERB first ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Precedence precedence NOUN Number=Sing 5 important nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 important cop 3 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 important cop 4 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 5 important advmod 5 important important ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 than than ADP _ 7 something case 7 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 5 important obl 8 else else ADV _ 7 something advmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 comes punct 10 so so ADV _ 12 comes advmod 11 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 comes nsubj 12 comes come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 important parataxis 13 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 12 comes advmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 important punct
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1 is present Precedence than something; important property tree rules 2 come present Precedence first property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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.
Order of precedence is the order in which people or things must go, by rank or importance.
The tree, 17 words nsubj case nmod cop det case obl nsubj cc conj aux acl punct case obl cc conj punct root Order NOUN of ADP precedence NOUN is AUX the DET order NOUN in ADP which PRON people NOUN or CCONJ things NOUN must AUX go VERB , PUNCT by ADP rank NOUN or CCONJ importance NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Order order NOUN Number=Sing 6 order nsubj 2 of of ADP _ 3 precedence case 3 precedence precedence NOUN Number=Sing 1 Order nmod 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 order cop 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 order det 6 order order NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 in in ADP _ 8 which case 8 which which PRON PronType=Rel 13 go obl 9 people people NOUN Number=Plur 13 go nsubj 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 things cc 11 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 9 people conj 12 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 13 go aux 13 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 order acl 14 , , PUNCT _ 16 rank punct 15 by by ADP _ 16 rank case 16 rank rank NOUN Number=Sing 13 go obl 17 or or CCONJ _ 18 importance cc 18 importance importance NOUN Number=Sing 16 rank conj 19 . . PUNCT _ 6 order punct
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1 is a present Order of precedence the order tree rules 2 go must people or things the order by rank or importance vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in which=Location 3 order precedence nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient
Example 1 Safety takes precedence over speed.
nsubj obj case obl punct root Safety NOUN takes VERB precedence NOUN over ADP speed NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Safety safety NOUN Number=Sing 2 takes nsubj 2 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 precedence precedence NOUN Number=Sing 2 takes obj 4 over over ADP _ 5 speed case 5 speed speed NOUN Number=Sing 2 takes obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 takes punct
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1 take present Safety precedence speed vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precedence=Theme
Example 2 In 3 + 4 × 2, multiplication takes precedence, so the answer is 11.
The tree, 14 words case nummod cc conj case nmod punct nsubj obj punct advmod det nsubj cop obl punct root In ADP 3 NUM + SYM 4 NUM × SYM 2 NUM , PUNCT multiplication NOUN takes VERB precedence NOUN , PUNCT so ADV the DET answer NOUN is AUX 11 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 3 case 2 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 multiplication nummod 3 + + SYM _ 4 4 cc 4 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 3 conj 5 × × SYM _ 6 2 case 6 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 3 nmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 2 3 punct 8 multiplication multiplication NOUN Number=Sing 9 takes nsubj 9 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 precedence precedence NOUN Number=Sing 9 takes obj 11 , , PUNCT _ 16 11 punct 12 so so ADV _ 16 11 advmod 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 answer det 14 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 16 11 nsubj 15 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 11 cop 16 11 11 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 takes obl 17 . . PUNCT _ 9 takes punct
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1 take present 3 multiplication precedence vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precedence=Theme 2 is a present the answer 11 tree rules
Example 3 Homework takes precedence over video games.
nsubj obj case compound obl punct root Homework NOUN takes VERB precedence NOUN over ADP video NOUN games NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Homework homework NOUN Number=Sing 2 takes nsubj 2 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 precedence precedence NOUN Number=Sing 2 takes obj 4 over over ADP _ 6 games case 5 video video NOUN Number=Sing 6 games compound 6 games game NOUN Number=Plur 2 takes obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 takes punct
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1 take present Homework precedence video games vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precedence=Theme
Example 4 Brackets take precedence over everything else.
nsubj obj case obl advmod punct root Brackets NOUN take VERB precedence NOUN over ADP everything PRON else ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Brackets bracket NOUN Number=Plur 2 take nsubj 2 take take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 precedence precedence NOUN Number=Sing 2 take obj 4 over over ADP _ 5 everything case 5 everything everything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 2 take obl 6 else else ADV _ 5 everything advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 take punct
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1 take present Brackets precedence everything vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precedence=Theme
Example 5 The guests sat in order of precedence.
det nsubj case obl case nmod punct root The DET guests NOUN sat VERB in ADP order NOUN of ADP precedence NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 guests det 2 guests guest NOUN Number=Plur 3 sat nsubj 3 sat sit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 in in ADP _ 5 order case 5 order order NOUN Number=Sing 3 sat obl 6 of of ADP _ 7 precedence case 7 precedence precedence NOUN Number=Sing 5 order nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 sat punct
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1 sit past the guests order of precedence vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in order=Location 2 order precedence nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient
Example 6 Emergency vehicles take precedence on the road.
compound nsubj obj case det obl punct root Emergency NOUN vehicles NOUN take VERB precedence NOUN on ADP the DET road NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Emergency emergency NOUN Number=Sing 2 vehicles compound 2 vehicles vehicle NOUN Number=Plur 3 take nsubj 3 take take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 precedence precedence NOUN Number=Sing 3 take obj 5 on on ADP _ 7 road case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 road det 7 road road NOUN Number=Sing 3 take obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 take punct
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1 take present Emergency vehicles precedence the road vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent precedence=Theme on road=Destination
Example 7 Health takes precedence over winning.
nsubj obj mark advcl punct root Health NOUN takes VERB precedence NOUN over SCONJ winning VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Health health NOUN Number=Sing 2 takes nsubj 2 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 precedence precedence NOUN Number=Sing 2 takes obj 4 over over SCONJ _ 5 winning mark 5 winning win VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 takes advcl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 takes punct
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1 take present Health precedence vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precedence=Theme 2 win gerund Health not said here vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 8 The head teacher's rule takes precedence.
det compound nmod:poss case nsubj obj punct root The DET head NOUN teacher NOUN 's PART rule NOUN takes VERB precedence NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 teacher det 2 head head NOUN Number=Sing 3 teacher compound 3 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 5 rule nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 teacher case 5 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 6 takes nsubj 6 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 precedence precedence NOUN Number=Sing 6 takes obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 6 takes punct
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1 take present the head teacher's rule precedence vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precedence=Theme 2 rule the head teacher nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 9 She's the oldest of us all, but she takes precedence of the youngest.
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop det case obl nmod:unmarked punct cc nsubj conj obj case det appos punct root She PRON 's AUX the DET oldest ADJ of ADP us PRON all DET , PUNCT but CCONJ she PRON takes VERB precedence NOUN of ADP the DET youngest ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 oldest nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 oldest cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 oldest det 4 oldest old ADJ Degree=Sup root root 5 of of ADP _ 6 us case 6 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 4 oldest obl 7 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 us nmod:unmarked 8 , , PUNCT _ 11 takes punct 9 but but CCONJ _ 11 takes cc 10 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 takes nsubj 11 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 oldest conj 12 precedence precedence NOUN Number=Sing 11 takes obj 13 of of ADP _ 15 youngest case 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 youngest det 15 youngest young ADJ Degree=Sup 12 precedence appos 16 . . PUNCT _ 4 oldest punct
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1 is present She of us; old property tree rules 2 take present she precedence vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precedence=Theme
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