preceptor

Who acts: preceptor, tutor, hero, Chiron · What happens: be, look, live, thank, teach, ride · To what, where: teacher, family, preceptor, him, stars

«preceptor» 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: preceptor in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A preceptor is a teacher or tutor who looks after a young person's learning, often one who lives in the family.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 preceptor	det
2	preceptor	preceptor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teacher	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 teacher	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 tutor	cc
7	tutor	tutor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teacher	conj
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 looks	nsubj
9	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tutor	acl:relcl
10	after	after	ADP	_	15 learning	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 person	det
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 person	amod
13	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 learning	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 person	case
15	learning	learning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 looks	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 one	punct
17	often	often	ADV	_	18 one	advmod
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 learning	appos
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 lives	nsubj
20	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 one	acl:relcl
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 family	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 family	det
23	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 lives	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 teacher	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is a	present	a preceptor	a teacher or tutor			tree rules
2	look	present	tutor			after a young person's learning	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	live	present			the family		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in family=Location

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 hero thanked his preceptor for all the lessons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hero	det
2	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thanked	nsubj
3	thanked	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 preceptor	nmod:poss
5	preceptor	preceptor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thanked	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 lessons	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 lessons	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lessons	det
9	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 thanked	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 thanked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	past	the hero	hero's preceptor				for all lessons	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent preceptor=Theme for lesson=Attribute

Example 2

Chiron was the preceptor of many heroes in old stories.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chiron	Chiron	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 preceptor	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 preceptor	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 preceptor	det
4	preceptor	preceptor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 heroes	case
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 heroes	amod
7	heroes	hero	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 preceptor	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 stories	case
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stories	amod
10	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 heroes	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 preceptor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Chiron	the preceptor				of many heroes in old stories	tree rules

Example 3

His preceptor taught him to ride, to fight and to read the stars.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 preceptor	nmod:poss
2	preceptor	preceptor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taught	nsubj
3	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 taught	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 ride	mark
6	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 taught	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fight	punct
8	to	to	PART	_	9 fight	mark
9	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ride	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 read	cc
11	to	to	PART	_	12 read	mark
12	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ride	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 stars	det
14	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 read	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 taught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past	His preceptor		him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	ride	to-infinitive	His preceptor not said here			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	fight	to-infinitive	His preceptor not said here			vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	read	to-infinitive	His preceptor not said here	the stars		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Topic

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