respondent

Who acts: person, We, favourite fruit, Most respondents, respondents, Half · What happens: answer, ask, be, say, walk, choose · To what, where: survey, case, court, 30 respondents, beach, respondent · Speech: someone speaks here

«respondent» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: respondent in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A person who answers a survey, questionnaire or question.

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 answers	nsubj
4	answers	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 survey	det
6	survey	survey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answers	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 questionnaire	punct
8	questionnaire	questionnaire	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 survey	conj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 question	cc
10	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 survey	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	present	a person	a survey and questionnaire or question					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent survey=Eventuality

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

Usage: law — kept apart, not parsed.

The person who must answer a case in court, especially in a divorce or appeal.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answer	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 answer	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 answer	aux
5	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 case	det
7	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answer	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 court	case
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answer	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 divorce	punct
11	especially	especially	ADV	_	14 divorce	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 divorce	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 divorce	det
14	divorce	divorce	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 answer	parataxis
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 appeal	cc
16	appeal	appeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 divorce	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	must	the person	a case		court			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent case=Eventuality

Example 1

We asked 30 respondents what their favourite fruit was.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 respondents	nummod
4	respondents	respondent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 asked	obj
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 asked	ccomp
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 fruit	nmod:poss
7	favourite	favourite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fruit	amod
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 what	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 what	cop
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	We	30 respondents					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent respondent=Recipient
2	is a	past	respondents's favourite fruit						tree rules

Example 2

Most respondents said they walk to school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 respondents	amod
2	respondents	respondent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 walk	nsubj
5	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Most respondents						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	walk	present	respondents = respondent					to school result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to school=Result

Example 3

Half of the respondents chose the beach.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	5 chose	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 respondents	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 respondents	det
4	respondents	respondent	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Half	nmod
5	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beach	det
7	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chose	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 chose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	Half of the respondents	the beach					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beach=Theme

Example 4

Each respondent filled in a short form.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 respondent	det
2	respondent	respondent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	filled	fill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 respondent	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 form	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 form	det
6	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 form	amod
7	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 filled	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 respondent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fill	participle		each respondent not said here		a short form			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Example 5

In the court case, the respondent had a lawyer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 case	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 case	det
3	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 case	compound
4	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 case	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 respondent	det
7	respondent	respondent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lawyer	det
10	lawyer	lawyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the respondent	a lawyer		the court case			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lawyer=Patient

Example 6

The survey had 100 respondents.

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 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 respondents	nummod
5	respondents	respondent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the survey	100 respondents					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respondent=Patient

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