punchayet

Who acts: village council, meeting, punchayet, village panchayat, animals, elders · What happens: settle, run, decide, meet, hold, listen · To what, where: disputes, local affairs, matter, big tree, quarrel, water

«punchayet» 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: punchayet in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: India — kept apart, not parsed.

A village council, traditionally of five elders, that settles disputes and runs local affairs.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 council	det
2	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 council	compound
3	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 settles	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 elders	punct
5	traditionally	traditionally	ADV	_	8 elders	advmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 elders	case
7	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 elders	nummod
8	elders	elder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 council	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 settles	punct
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 settles	nsubj
11	settles	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 settles	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 runs	cc
14	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 settles	conj
15	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 affairs	amod
16	affairs	affair	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 runs	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 settles	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	settle	present	a village council and five elders	disputes					vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme dispute=Location
2	run	present	a village council and five elders not said here	local affairs					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme affair=Trajectory

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: Kipling, Just So Stories — kept apart, not parsed.

A meeting or council of animals to decide a matter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 meeting	det
2	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 decide	nsubj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 council	cc
4	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 meeting	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 animals	case
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 meeting	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 decide	mark
8	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 matter	det
10	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 decide	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 decide	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	to-infinitive	a meeting of animals or council	a matter					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent matter=Topic

Example 1

The punchayet met under the big tree to decide.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 punchayet	det
2	punchayet	punchayet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 met	nsubj
3	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	under	under	ADP	_	7 tree	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tree	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tree	amod
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 met	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 decide	mark
9	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 met	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 met	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past	the punchayet			the big tree			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	decide	to-infinitive	the punchayet not said here						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The village panchayat settled the quarrel over water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 panchayat	det
2	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 panchayat	compound
3	panchayat	panchayat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 settled	nsubj
4	settled	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 quarrel	det
6	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 settled	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	8 water	case
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 settled	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 settled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	settle	past	the village panchayat	the quarrel		water			vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme quarrel=Location

Example 3

In the story, the animals held a punchayet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 story	det
3	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 held	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 story	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 animals	det
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 held	nsubj
7	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 punchayet	det
9	punchayet	punchayet	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 held	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	the animals	a punchayet		the story			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent punchayet=Theme in story=Location

Example 4

The elders of the punchayet listened to both sides.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 elders	det
2	elders	elder	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 listened	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 punchayet	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 punchayet	det
5	punchayet	punchayet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 elders	nmod
6	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 sides	case
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 sides	det
9	sides	side	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 listened	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 listened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	past	the elders of the punchayet					to both sides	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to side=Theme

Example 5

Today India has thousands of elected panchayats.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obl:unmarked
2	India	India	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 has	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 panchayats	case
6	elected	elect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 panchayats	amod
7	panchayats	panchayat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 thousands	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	India	thousands of elected panchayats			today		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thousand=Patient
2	elect	participle							vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Kipling uses old Indian words like «punchayet».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kipling	Kipling	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 words	amod
4	Indian	Indian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 words	amod
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 uses	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 punchayet	case
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 punchayet	punct
8	punchayet	punchayet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 words	nmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 punchayet	punct
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Kipling	old Indian words				like punchayet	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient

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