publican

Who acts: publican, person, people, We · What happens: be, own, run, go, drink, talk · To what, where: person, pub, ale, travellers, nothing, publican · Speech: someone speaks here

«publican» 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: publican in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A publican is a person who owns or runs a pub, where people go to drink and talk.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 publican	det
2	publican	publican	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 owns	nsubj
7	owns	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 runs	cc
9	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 owns	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pub	det
11	pub	pub	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 runs	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 go	punct
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 go	advmod
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 go	nsubj
15	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pub	acl:relcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 drink	mark
17	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 go	xcomp
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 talk	cc
19	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 drink	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a publican	a person	tree rules
2	own	present	a person		vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
3	run	present	a person not said here	a pub	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pub=Trajectory
4	go	present	people		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	drink	to-infinitive	people not said here		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	talk	infinitive	people not said here		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 publican served ale to the travellers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 publican	det
2	publican	publican	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 served	nsubj
3	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ale	ale	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 served	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 travellers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 travellers	det
7	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 served	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 served	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past	the publican	ale	the travellers				vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ale=Theme to traveller=Recipient

Example 2

The publican said nothing about the stranger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 publican	det
2	publican	publican	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 said	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 stranger	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stranger	det
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nothing	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the publican	nothing				about the stranger	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Example 3

We asked the publican for a room for the night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 publican	det
4	publican	publican	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 room	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 room	det
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 night	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 night	det
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	We	the publican			night	for a room	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent publican=Recipient

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