pursuant

Who acts: pupil, court, partner, library · What happens: follow, accord, wear, pay, order, receive · To what, where: rule, helmet, fine, profit, fee, 3

«pursuant» 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: pursuant in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

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

pursuant to: following or according to a rule, law or agreement.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	4 following	advmod
2	to	to	SCONJ	_	4 following	mark
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 according	cc
6	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 following	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 according	fixed
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rule	det
9	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 according	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 law	punct
11	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rule	nmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 agreement	cc
13	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 law	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						pursuant property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	accord	gerund		a rule law or agreement					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent rule=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.

Example 1

Pursuant to the rules, every pupil must wear a helmet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	9 wear	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 rules	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rules	det
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pursuant	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Pursuant	punct
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 pupil	det
7	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wear	nsubj
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 wear	aux
9	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 helmet	det
11	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wear	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 wear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	must	every pupil	a helmet				pursuant property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme

Example 2

The fine was paid pursuant to the court's order.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fine	det
2	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 paid	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 paid	aux:pass
4	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	10 order	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 order	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 court	det
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 order	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 court	case
10	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 paid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past · passive		the fine				to the court's order	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	order		the court						nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Pursuant to the agreement, each partner receives half the profit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	8 receives	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 agreement	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 agreement	det
4	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receives	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 agreement	punct
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 partner	det
7	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receives	nsubj
8	receives	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	11 profit	det:predet
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 profit	det
11	profit	profit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receives	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 receives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	each partner	half profit				to the agreement; pursuant property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent profit=Theme

Example 4

The library charged a fee pursuant to its policy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 library	det
2	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 charged	nsubj
3	charged	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fee	det
5	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 charged	obj
6	pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	3 charged	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 policy	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 policy	nmod:poss
9	policy	policy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pursuant	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 charged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	past	the library	a fee				pursuant property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location fee=Theme

Example 5

Pursuant to section 3, pets are not allowed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	3 section	advmod
2	to	to	PART	_	3 section	mark
3	section	section	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 section	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 allowed	punct
6	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 allowed	nsubj:pass
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 allowed	aux:pass
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 allowed	advmod
9	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 section	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 section	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	section	to-infinitive		3				pursuant property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent 3=Patient
2	not allow	present · passive		pets					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

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