promisee

Who acts: one, person, I, you, promisee, shop · What happens: make, receive, promise, be, give, ask · To what, where: promise, promisor, bike, you, promisee, court · Speech: someone speaks here

«promisee» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: promisee in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: law, formal — kept apart, not parsed.

The person to whom a promise is made; the one who will receive what was promised. The person who makes the promise is the «promisor».

Sentence 1: The person to whom a promise is made; the one who will receive what was promised.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 one	nsubj
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 whom	case
4	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 person	nmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 promise	det
6	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 made	aux:pass
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 whom	acl:relcl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 one	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 one	det
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 receive	nsubj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 receive	aux
14	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 one	acl:relcl
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 promised	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 promised	aux:pass
17	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 receive	ccomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	present · passive		a promise	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	receive	future	the one		tree rules
3	promise speech: promise	past · passive			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=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.

Sentence 2: The person who makes the promise is the «promisor».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 promisor	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 promise	det
6	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 promisor	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 promisor	det
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 promisor	punct
10	promisor	promisor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 promisor	punct
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 promisor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the person	the promise					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Product
2	is a in a quote	present	the person	the promisor					tree rules

Example 1

If I promise to give you my bike, you are the promisee.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 promise	mark
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 promise	nsubj
3	promise	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 promisee	advcl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 give	mark
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 promise	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 give	iobj
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bike	nmod:poss
8	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 promise	punct
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 promisee	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 promisee	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 promisee	det
13	promisee	promisee	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 promisee	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	promise speech: promise a condition, not said to happen	present	I			vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give not said to happen	to-infinitive	I not said here	my bike	you	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient bike=Theme
3	is a	present	you	the promisee		tree rules

Example 2

The promisee can ask a court for help if a contract is broken.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 promisee	det
2	promisee	promisee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 ask	aux
4	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 court	det
6	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	iobj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 help	case
8	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obl
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 broken	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 contract	det
11	contract	contract	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 broken	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 broken	aux:pass
13	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ask	advcl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	can	the promisee		a court			for help	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent court=Recipient
2	break a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		a contract					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Example 3

In the contract, the shop is the promisor and the customer is the promisee.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 contract	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 contract	det
3	contract	contract	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 promisor	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 contract	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shop	det
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 promisor	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 promisor	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 promisor	det
9	promisor	promisor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 promisee	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 customer	det
12	customer	customer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 promisee	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 promisee	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 promisee	det
15	promisee	promisee	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 promisor	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 promisor	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the shop	the promisor and the promisee		the contract			tree rules
2	is a	present	the customer	the promisee					tree rules

Example 4

A promisee trusts that the promise will be kept.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promisee	det
2	promisee	promisee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trusts	nsubj
3	trusts	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 kept	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 promise	det
6	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	nsubj:pass
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 kept	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 kept	aux:pass
9	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 trusts	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 trusts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trust	present	a promisee						vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	keep	future · passive		the promise					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 5

Lawyers use the word promisee, but children just say «the one I promised».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lawyers	lawyer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 promisee	det
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 promisee	compound
5	promisee	promisee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 say	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 say	cc
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 say	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 say	advmod
10	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 use	parataxis
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 one	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 one	det
13	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 say	obj
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 promised	nsubj
15	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 one	acl:relcl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 one	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	present	Lawyers	the word promisee	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promisee=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present	children	the one	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent one=Topic
3	promise speech: promise in a quote	past	children = child	the one not said here	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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