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preferential

Who acts: Preferential, son, Members, It, Older people, club · What happens: mean, give, not get, get, be, have · To what, where: one person, preferential treatment, preferential prices, friends, preferential seats, bus

«preferential» 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: preferential in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Preferential means giving one person or group better treatment than others.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Preferential	Preferential	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 person	nummod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 giving	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 group	cc
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
8	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 treatment	amod
9	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
10	than	than	ADP	_	11 others	case
11	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 treatment	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Preferential						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give not said to happen	gerund	Preferential not said here	one person or group and better treatment than others					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=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.

Example 1

The teacher's son should not get preferential treatment.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 son	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 teacher	case
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 get	advmod
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	preferential	preferential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 treatment	amod
9	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	should	the teacher's son	preferential treatment					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treatment=Stimulus

Example 2

Members got preferential prices for tickets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	preferential	preferential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 prices	amod
4	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 tickets	case
6	tickets	ticket	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Members	preferential prices				for tickets	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent price=Theme for ticket=Source

Example 3

It is unfair to give preferential treatment to friends.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unfair	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unfair	cop
3	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 give	mark
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 unfair	xcomp
6	preferential	preferential	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 treatment	compound
7	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 friends	case
9	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 give	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unfair	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					unfair property	tree rules
2	give	to-infinitive		preferential treatment	friends				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent treatment=Theme to friend=Recipient

Example 4

Older people get preferential seats on the bus.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	preferential	preferential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 seats	amod
5	seats	seat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 bus	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bus	det
8	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Older people	preferential seats		the bus			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent seat=Theme on bus=Source

Example 5

The club had preferential booking for families.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 club	det
2	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	preferential	preferential	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 booking	compound
5	booking	booking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 families	case
7	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the club	preferential booking				for families	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent booking=Patient

Example 6

Should the captain get preferential treatment? No, everyone should be treated fairly.

Sentence 1: Should the captain get preferential treatment?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 captain	det
3	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	preferential	preferential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 treatment	amod
6	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	should	the captain	preferential treatment					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer treatment=Stimulus

Sentence 2: No, everyone should be treated fairly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 treated	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 treated	nsubj:pass
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 treated	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 treated	aux:pass
6	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	fairly	fairly	ADV	_	6 treated	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 treated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	should · passive		everyone				fairly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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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