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regulation

Who acts: Safety regulations, we, School regulations, ball, Fire regulations, strict regulations · What happens: make, control, regulate, say, wear, ban · To what, where: official rule, traffic, helmets, phones, class, regulation size · Speech: someone speaks here

«regulation» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: regulation in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An official rule made by a government or organisation.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rule	det
2	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rule	amod
3	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 rule	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 government	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 government	det
7	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl:agent
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 organisation	cc
9	organisation	organisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 government	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rule	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a official rule not said here					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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

Controlling something with rules: the regulation of traffic.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Controlling	control	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 something	amod
2	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 rules	case
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 something	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 regulation	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 regulation	det
7	regulation	regulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 something	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 traffic	case
9	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 regulation	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 something	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	control	gerund							vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	regulate			traffic					nom regulation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Meaning 3

Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

Of the official, standard kind: a regulation football.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	6 kind	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kind	det
3	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kind	amod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 official	punct
5	standard	standard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kind	amod
6	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 football	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 football	det
9	regulation	regulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 football	compound
10	football	football	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kind	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 kind	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 1

Safety regulations say we must wear helmets.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regulations	compound
2	regulations	regulation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 say	nsubj
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 wear	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wear	aux
6	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 say	ccomp
7	helmets	helmet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wear	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Safety regulations						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	wear	must	we	helmets					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme

Example 2

School regulations ban phones in class.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	School	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regulations	compound
2	regulations	regulation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ban	nsubj
3	ban	ban	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ban	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 class	case
6	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ban	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ban	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present	School regulations	phones		class			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer phone=Theme

Example 3

The ball must be regulation size.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ball	det
2	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 size	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 size	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 size	cop
5	regulation	regulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 size	compound
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 size	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	must	the ball	regulation size					tree rules

Example 4

Fire regulations say doors must be kept clear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regulations	compound
2	regulations	regulation	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 say	nsubj
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kept	nsubj:pass
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 kept	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 kept	aux:pass
7	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 say	ccomp
8	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kept	xcomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Fire regulations						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep	must · passive		doors				clear property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Example 5

Sweating helps the regulation of body heat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sweating	sweat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 regulation	det
4	regulation	regulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 heat	case
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heat	compound
7	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 regulation	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweat	gerund							vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	help	present		the regulation of body heat					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regulation=Beneficiary
3	regulate			body heat					nom regulation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Example 6

There are strict regulations about food in shops.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 are	expl
2	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	strict	strict	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 regulations	amod
4	regulations	regulation	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 are	nsubj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 food	case
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 regulations	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 shops	case
8	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 food	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 are	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	does	present	strict regulations about food in shops			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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