prospective

Who acts: Prospective pupils, prospective buyers, She, coach, Prospective parents, prospective · What happens: expect, be, go, happen, take, tour · To what, where: effect, future, school, prospective players, trials, timetable

«prospective» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: prospective in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Likely or expected to be or become something in the future: «prospective parents».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Likely	likely	ADV	_	3 expected	advmod
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 expected	cc
3	expected	expect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	7 become	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 become	cop
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 become	cc
7	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 expected	advcl
8	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 become	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 future	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 future	det
11	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 something	nmod
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	15 parents	punct
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 parents	punct
14	prospective	prospective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 parents	amod
15	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 something	appos
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 parents	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 expected	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	participle						likely property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	to-infinitive						become property	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

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

Going to happen or take effect in the future.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 happen	mark
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Going	xcomp
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 take	cc
5	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 happen	conj
6	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 future	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 future	det
9	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 take	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	go	gerund			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	happen	to-infinitive			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	take	infinitive	effect	the future	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent effect=Value in future=Location

Example 1

Prospective pupils toured the school on open day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prospective	prospective	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pupils	compound
2	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 toured	nsubj
3	toured	tour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 school	det
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 toured	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 day	amod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 toured	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 toured	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tour	past	Prospective pupils	the school			day		vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent school=Location

Example 2

The prospective buyers looked round our house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 buyers	det
2	prospective	prospective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 buyers	amod
3	buyers	buyer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	round	round	ADP	_	7 house	case
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 house	nmod:poss
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 looked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	the prospective buyers					round our house	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent round house=Theme

Example 3

She met her prospective in-laws for the first time.

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	2 met	nsubj
2	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 prospective	nmod:poss
4	prospective	prospective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 met	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 laws	case
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 in	punct
7	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prospective	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 time	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 laws	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 met	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past	She					prospective property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

The coach watched the prospective players at trials.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 coach	det
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watched	nsubj
3	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 players	det
5	prospective	prospective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 players	amod
6	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 watched	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 trials	case
8	trials	trial	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 watched	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 watched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	the coach	the prospective players		trials			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent player=Theme

Example 5

Prospective parents asked about the lunch menu.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prospective	prospective	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 parents	compound
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	7 menu	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 menu	det
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 menu	compound
7	menu	menu	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	Prospective parents					about the lunch menu	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about menu=Topic

Example 6

The prospective changes to the timetable were explained.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prospective	det
2	prospective	prospective	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changes	nsubj
3	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	SCONJ	_	8 explained	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 timetable	det
6	timetable	timetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 explained	nsubj:pass
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 explained	aux:pass
8	explained	explain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 changes	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 changes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	the prospective						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	explain speech: assert	past · passive		the timetable					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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