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receptionist

Who acts: person, receptionist, you, She, Visitors · What happens: work, greet, answer, make, give, ask · To what, where: people, phone, appointments, room key, us, receptionist · Speech: someone speaks here

«receptionist» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: receptionist in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person who works at the front desk of an office, hotel, school or doctor's surgery, greeting people, answering the phone and making appointments.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 works	nsubj
4	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 desk	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 desk	det
7	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 desk	amod
8	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 works	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 office	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 office	det
11	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 desk	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hotel	punct
13	hotel	hotel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 school	punct
15	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 surgery	cc
17	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 surgery	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 doctor	case
19	surgery	surgery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 person	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 greeting	punct
21	greeting	greet	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 person	appos
22	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 greeting	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 answering	punct
24	answering	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	21 greeting	conj
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 phone	det
26	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 answering	obj
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 making	cc
28	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	24 answering	conj
29	appointments	appointment	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 making	obj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	a person and hotel and school or doctor's surgery					at the front desk of a office	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at desk=Theme
2	greet speech: greet	gerund			people				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme
3	answer speech: assert	gerund		the phone					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent phone=Eventuality
4	make	gerund		appointments					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset appointment=Product

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 receptionist gave us our room key.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 receptionist	det
2	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 gave	iobj
5	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 key	nmod:poss
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 key	compound
7	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the receptionist	our room key	us				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient key=Theme

Example 2

Ask the receptionist for an appointment.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 receptionist	det
3	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 appointment	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 appointment	det
6	appointment	appointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	the receptionist				for a appointment	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent receptionist=Recipient

Example 3

The school receptionist signed in my mum.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 receptionist	det
2	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receptionist	compound
3	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	signed	sign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 receptionist	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mum	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mum	nmod:poss
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 signed	obl:agent
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 receptionist	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign	participle		the school receptionist not said here					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

She works as a receptionist at the dentist's.

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 works	nsubj
2	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 receptionist	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 receptionist	det
5	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 works	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 dentist	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dentist	det
8	dentist	dentist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 works	obl
9	's	's	PART	_	8 dentist	case
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 works	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	She					as a receptionist; at the dentist	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at dentist=Theme

Example 5

The receptionist answered the phone with a smile.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 receptionist	det
2	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answered	nsubj
3	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 phone	det
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answered	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 smile	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 smile	det
8	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answered	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	the receptionist	the phone				with a smile	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent phone=Eventuality

Example 6

Visitors must speak to the receptionist first.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 speak	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 speak	aux
3	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 receptionist	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 receptionist	det
6	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 speak	obl
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 speak	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 speak	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	must	Visitors					to the receptionist; first property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to receptionist=Co-Agent

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