preside

Who acts: He, head teacher, King, Gran, Terminus, god · What happens: be, preside, give, preside over · To what, where: charge, judge, trial, control, mayor, meeting

«preside» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: preside in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, court or event: «The judge presided over the trial.».

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	4 charge	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 charge	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 charge	case
4	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 meeting	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 meeting	det
7	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 charge	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ceremony	punct
9	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meeting	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 court	punct
11	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meeting	nmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 event	cc
13	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 court	conj
14	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 judge	punct
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 judge	punct
16	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 judge	det
17	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 charge	appos
18	presided	preside	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 judge	acl
19	over	over	ADP	_	21 trial	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 trial	det
21	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 presided	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 judge	punct
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 judge	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 charge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	to-infinitive				charge		of a meeting court or event	tree rules
2	preside in a quote	participle		the judge not said here		the trial			tree rules

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

To be in control of a situation or period: «He presided over a time of peace.».

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	4 control	mark
2	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 control	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 control	case
4	control	control	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 presided	advcl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 situation	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 situation	det
7	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 control	nmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 period	cc
9	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 situation	conj
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 control	punct
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 presided	punct
12	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 presided	nsubj
13	presided	preside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	over	over	ADP	_	16 time	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 time	det
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 presided	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 peace	case
18	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 time	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 presided	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 presided	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 presided	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	to-infinitive	He not said here			control		of a situation or period	tree rules
2	preside in a quote	past	He				time		tree rules

Example 1

The judge presided over the trial.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	presided	preside	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 judge	acl
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 trial	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trial	det
6	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 presided	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 judge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preside	participle		the judge not said here		the trial			tree rules

Example 2

The head teacher presided at the prize-giving.

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	4 presided	nsubj
4	presided	preside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	SCONJ	_	9 giving	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 giving	det
7	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 giving	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 prize	punct
9	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 presided	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 presided	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preside	past	the head teacher						tree rules
2	give	gerund	the head teacher not said here						vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Example 3

The King of Hearts presided over the trial in Wonderland.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 presided	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Hearts	case
4	Hearts	Heart	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 King	nmod
5	presided	preside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 trial	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 trial	det
8	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 presided	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Wonderland	case
10	Wonderland	Wonderland	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 presided	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 presided	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preside	past	the King of Hearts			the trial		in Wonderland	tree rules

Example 4

The mayor presided over the meeting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mayor	det
2	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	presided	preside	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mayor	acl
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 meeting	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 meeting	det
6	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 presided	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mayor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preside	participle		the mayor not said here		the meeting			tree rules

Example 5

The priest presided at the wedding.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 priest	det
2	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	presided	preside	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 priest	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 wedding	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wedding	det
6	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 presided	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 priest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preside	participle		the priest not said here		the wedding			tree rules

Example 6

Gran presided over the Christmas dinner table.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 presided	nsubj
2	presided	preside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	7 table	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 table	det
5	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 table	compound
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 table	compound
7	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presided	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 presided	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	preside	past	Gran			the Christmas dinner table			tree rules

Example 7

Terminus was the god who presided over all boundaries and landmarks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Terminus	Terminus	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 god	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 god	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 god	det
4	god	god	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 presided	nsubj
6	presided	preside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 god	acl:relcl
7	over	over	ADV	_	6 presided	advmod
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 boundaries	det
9	boundaries	boundary	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 presided	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 landmarks	cc
11	landmarks	landmark	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 boundaries	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 god	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Terminus	the god					tree rules
2	preside over	past	the god	all boundaries and landmarks				over property	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent boundary=Eventuality

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