purveyor

Who acts: purveyor, person, shopkeeper · What happens: be, supply, deliver, buy, send, come · To what, where: person, food, house, king, fish, market

«purveyor» 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: purveyor in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A purveyor is a person who supplies food or goods to a house, a palace or an army, like a shopkeeper who delivers to the king.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 purveyor	det
2	purveyor	purveyor	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 supplies	nsubj
7	supplies	supply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 supplies	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 goods	cc
10	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	8 food	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 house	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 house	det
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 supplies	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 palace	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 palace	det
16	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 army	cc
18	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 army	det
19	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 palace	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 shopkeeper	punct
21	like	like	ADP	_	23 shopkeeper	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 shopkeeper	det
23	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
24	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 delivers	nsubj
25	delivers	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 shopkeeper	acl:relcl
26	to	to	ADP	_	28 king	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 king	det
28	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 delivers	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a purveyor	a person and a palace or a army and a shopkeeper		tree rules
2	supply	present	a person and a palace or a army and a shopkeeper	food or goods	a house	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to house=Recipient
3	deliver	present	a shopkeeper		the king	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to king=Destination

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 king's purveyor bought fish from the market.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purveyor	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	purveyor	purveyor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bought	nsubj
5	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bought	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 market	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 market	det
9	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bought	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	the king's purveyor	fish		the market			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fish=Theme from market=Source

Example 2

The purveyor sent a cart of bread to the castle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 purveyor	det
2	purveyor	purveyor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cart	det
5	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 bread	case
7	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cart	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 castle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 castle	det
10	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the purveyor	a cart of bread		the castle			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cart=Theme to castle=Destination

Example 3

The purveyor came to the door with the goods.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 purveyor	det
2	purveyor	purveyor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 goods	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 goods	det
9	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 came	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the purveyor			the door		with the goods	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial_Location

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