representative Who acts: person, class, representative, survey, She, you · What happens: choose, speak, act, work, sell, explain · To what, where: person, things, Leo, school, representative sample, pupils · Speech: someone speaks here
«representative» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: representative in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A person chosen to speak or act for others: our class representative.
det acl mark xcomp cc conj case obl punct nmod:poss compound conj punct root A DET person NOUN chosen VERB to PART speak VERB or CCONJ act VERB for ADP others NOUN : PUNCT our PRON class NOUN representative NOUN . PUNCT 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 chosen choose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 person acl 4 to to PART _ 5 speak mark 5 speak speak VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 chosen xcomp 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 act cc 7 act act VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 speak conj 8 for for ADP _ 9 others case 9 others other NOUN Number=Plur 7 act obl 10 : : PUNCT _ 13 representative punct 11 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 class nmod:poss 12 class class NOUN Number=Sing 13 representative compound 13 representative representative NOUN Number=Sing 2 person conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 person punct
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1 choose participle a person and class representative not said here tree rules 2 speak speech: other to-infinitive vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 act infinitive for others vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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 A person who works for a company and sells or explains its things: a sales representative.
The tree, 16 words det nsubj acl:relcl case det obl cc conj cc conj nmod:poss obj punct det compound nmod punct root A DET person NOUN who PRON works VERB for ADP a DET company NOUN and CCONJ sells VERB or CCONJ explains VERB its PRON things NOUN : PUNCT a DET sales NOUN representative NOUN . PUNCT 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 for for ADP _ 7 company case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 company det 7 company company NOUN Number=Sing 4 works obl 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 sells cc 9 sells sell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 works conj 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 explains cc 11 explains explain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 sells conj 12 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 things nmod:poss 13 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 11 explains obj 14 : : PUNCT _ 17 representative punct 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 representative det 16 sales sale NOUN Number=Plur 17 representative compound 17 representative representative NOUN Number=Sing 13 things nmod 18 . . PUNCT _ 2 person punct
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1 work present a person for a company vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for company=Beneficiary 2 sell present a person not said here vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent 3 explain speech: assert present a person not said here company's things a sales representative vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
Meaning 3 Usage: US — kept apart, not parsed.
A member of the House of Representatives.
det case det nmod case nmod punct root A DET member NOUN of ADP the DET House PROPN of ADP Representatives PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 member det 2 member member NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 of of ADP _ 5 House case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 House det 5 House House PROPN Number=Sing 2 member nmod 6 of of ADP _ 7 Representatives case 7 Representatives Representative PROPN Number=Plur 5 House nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 member punct
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 4 Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.
Typical; showing what a group is like: a representative sample.
punct advcl obj det nsubj cop acl:relcl punct det amod conj punct root Typical ADJ ; PUNCT showing VERB what PRON a DET group NOUN is AUX like ADP : PUNCT a DET representative ADJ sample NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Typical typical ADJ Degree=Pos root root 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 3 showing punct 3 showing show VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Typical advcl 4 what what PRON PronType=Int 3 showing obj 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 group det 6 group group NOUN Number=Sing 8 like nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 like cop 8 like like ADP _ 4 what acl:relcl 9 : : PUNCT _ 12 sample punct 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 sample det 11 representative representative ADJ Degree=Pos 12 sample amod 12 sample sample NOUN Number=Sing 1 Typical conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 1 Typical punct
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1 show gerund vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
Example 1 Our class chose Leo as our representative.
nmod:poss nsubj obj case nmod:poss obl punct root Our PRON class NOUN chose VERB Leo PROPN as ADP our PRON representative NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 class nmod:poss 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 chose nsubj 3 chose choose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 Leo Leo PROPN Number=Sing 3 chose obj 5 as as ADP _ 7 representative case 6 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 representative nmod:poss 7 representative representative NOUN Number=Sing 3 chose obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 chose punct
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1 choose past Our class Leo as our representative vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leo=Theme
Example 2 A representative from the bank visited the school.
det nsubj case det nmod det obj punct root A DET representative NOUN from ADP the DET bank NOUN visited VERB the DET school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 representative det 2 representative representative NOUN Number=Sing 6 visited nsubj 3 from from ADP _ 5 bank case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 bank det 5 bank bank NOUN Number=Sing 2 representative nmod 6 visited visit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 school det 8 school school NOUN Number=Sing 6 visited obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 visited punct
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1 visit past a representative from the bank the school vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Co-Agent
Example 3 The survey used a representative sample of pupils.
det nsubj det amod obj case nmod punct root The DET survey NOUN used VERB a DET representative ADJ sample NOUN of ADP pupils NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 survey det 2 survey survey NOUN Number=Sing 3 used nsubj 3 used use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 sample det 5 representative representative ADJ Degree=Pos 6 sample amod 6 sample sample NOUN Number=Sing 3 used obj 7 of of ADP _ 8 pupils case 8 pupils pupil NOUN Number=Plur 6 sample nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 used punct
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1 use past the survey a representative sample of pupils vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sample=Patient 2 sample pupils nom sample «cognition transitive»: of=patient
Example 4 Is our sample representative of the whole school?
cop nmod:poss amod case det amod nmod punct root Is AUX our PRON sample ADJ representative NOUN of ADP the DET whole ADJ school NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 representative cop 2 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 representative nmod:poss 3 sample sample ADJ Degree=Pos 4 representative amod 4 representative representative NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 8 school case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 school det 7 whole whole ADJ Degree=Pos 8 school amod 8 school school NOUN Number=Sing 4 representative nmod 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 representative punct
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1 is a present our sample representative of the whole school tree rules
Example 5 She is a representative in Congress.
nsubj cop det case nmod punct root She PRON is AUX a DET representative NOUN in ADP Congress PROPN . PUNCT 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 4 representative nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 representative cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 representative det 4 representative representative NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 in in ADP _ 6 Congress case 6 Congress Congress PROPN Number=Sing 4 representative nmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 representative punct
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1 is a present She a representative Congress tree rules
Example 6 Call a customer service representative.
det compound compound obj punct root Call VERB a DET customer NOUN service NOUN representative NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Call call VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 representative det 3 customer customer NOUN Number=Sing 4 service compound 4 service service NOUN Number=Sing 5 representative compound 5 representative representative NOUN Number=Sing 1 Call obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 1 Call punct
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1 call imperative you not said here a service representative vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent representative=Recipient
Example 7 Remarks.--No collection of Celtic Folk-Tales would be representative that did not contain some specimen of the gruesome.
The tree, 19 words nsubj punct punct det conj case amod compound punct nmod aux cop mark aux advmod advcl det obj mark det acl punct root Remarks NOUN . PUNCT -- PUNCT No DET collection NOUN of ADP Celtic ADJ Folk NOUN - PUNCT Tales NOUN would AUX be AUX representative ADJ that SCONJ did AUX not PART contain VERB some DET specimen NOUN of SCONJ the DET gruesome ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Remarks remark NOUN Number=Plur 13 representative nsubj 2 . . PUNCT _ 1 Remarks punct 3 -- -- PUNCT _ 5 collection punct 4 No no DET PronType=Neg 5 collection det 5 collection collection NOUN Number=Sing 1 Remarks conj 6 of of ADP _ 10 Tales case 7 Celtic celtic ADJ Degree=Pos 10 Tales amod 8 Folk folk NOUN Number=Sing 10 Tales compound 9 - - PUNCT _ 8 Folk punct 10 Tales tale NOUN Number=Plur 5 collection nmod 11 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 13 representative aux 12 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 13 representative cop 13 representative representative ADJ Degree=Pos root root 14 that that SCONJ _ 17 contain mark 15 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 17 contain aux 16 not not PART Polarity=Neg 17 contain advmod 17 contain contain VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 representative advcl 18 some some DET PronType=Ind 19 specimen det 19 specimen specimen NOUN Number=Sing 17 contain obj 20 of of SCONJ _ 22 gruesome mark 21 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 22 gruesome det 22 gruesome gruesome ADJ Degree=Pos 19 specimen acl 23 . . PUNCT _ 13 representative punct
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1 is would Remarks and no collection of Celtic Folk Tales representative property tree rules 2 not contain past · do-support Remarks and no collection of Celtic Folk Tales not said here some specimen vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot specimen=Theme
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