retired Who acts: person, they, player, grandad, She, guests · What happens: retire, describe, stop, work, be, mean · To what, where: person, bed, quiet place, player, sport, retired teacher · Speech: someone speaks here
«retired» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: retired in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Retired describes a person who has stopped working, usually because they are older.
The tree, 13 words mark det obj nsubj aux acl:relcl xcomp punct advmod mark nsubj cop parataxis punct root Retired VERB describes VERB a DET person NOUN who PRON has AUX stopped VERB working VERB , PUNCT usually ADV because SCONJ they PRON are AUX older ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Retired retire VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 describes mark 2 describes describe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 person det 4 person person NOUN Number=Sing 2 describes obj 5 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 stopped nsubj 6 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 stopped aux 7 stopped stop VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 4 person acl:relcl 8 working work VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 stopped xcomp 9 , , PUNCT _ 14 older punct 10 usually usually ADV _ 14 older advmod 11 because because SCONJ _ 14 older mark 12 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 older nsubj 13 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 older cop 14 older old ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 working parataxis 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 describes punct
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1 retire participle vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 describe present a person vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent person=Theme 3 stop present · perfect a person vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 4 work gerund a person not said here vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 5 is present they old, usually property tree rules
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: verb, past — kept apart, not parsed.
Retired means stopped working for good.
nsubj ccomp xcomp case obl punct root Retired VERB means VERB stopped VERB working VERB for ADP good ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Retired retire VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 stopped stop VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 means ccomp 4 working work VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 stopped xcomp 5 for for ADP _ 6 good case 6 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 4 working obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 retire participle vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 stop participle vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 4 work gerund for good vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for good=Beneficiary
Meaning 3 Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.
Retired can mean went to bed or went away to a quiet place.
nsubj aux ccomp case obl cc conj advmod case det amod obl punct root Retired VERB can AUX mean VERB went VERB to ADP bed NOUN or CCONJ went VERB away ADV to ADP a DET quiet ADJ place NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Retired retire VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 mean nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 mean aux 3 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 mean ccomp 5 to to ADP _ 6 bed case 6 bed bed NOUN Number=Sing 4 went obl 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 went cc 8 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 went conj 9 away away ADV _ 8 went advmod 10 to to ADP _ 13 place case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 place det 12 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 13 place amod 13 place place NOUN Number=Sing 8 went obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 3 mean punct
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1 retire participle vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 mean can vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 go past bed vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location 4 go away past a quiet place away property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to place=Initial_Location
Meaning 4 In sport, a player retired means stopped playing, sometimes because of injury.
The tree, 12 words case obl punct det nsubj acl ccomp xcomp punct advmod case fixed obl punct root In ADP sport NOUN , PUNCT a DET player NOUN retired VERB means VERB stopped VERB playing VERB , PUNCT sometimes ADV because ADP of ADP injury NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 sport case 2 sport sport NOUN Number=Sing 7 means obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 sport punct 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 player det 5 player player NOUN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 6 retired retire VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 player acl 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 stopped stop VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 means ccomp 9 playing play VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 stopped xcomp 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 injury punct 11 sometimes sometimes ADV PronType=Ind 14 injury advmod 12 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 14 injury case 13 of of ADP _ 12 because fixed 14 injury injury NOUN Number=Sing 9 playing obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct
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1 retire participle a player not said here vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 mean present a player sport vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 stop participle vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 4 play gerund because injury vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 My grandad is a retired teacher.
nmod:poss nsubj cop det amod punct root My PRON grandad NOUN is AUX a DET retired ADJ teacher NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 grandad nmod:poss 2 grandad grandad NOUN Number=Sing 6 teacher nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 teacher cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 teacher det 5 retired retired ADJ Degree=Pos 6 teacher amod 6 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 teacher punct
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1 is a present My grandad a retired teacher tree rules
Example 2 She retired from the police at sixty.
nsubj case det obl case obl punct root She PRON retired VERB from ADP the DET police NOUN at ADP sixty NUM . 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 2 retired nsubj 2 retired retire VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 from from ADP _ 5 police case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 police det 5 police police NOUN Number=Plur 2 retired obl 6 at at ADP _ 7 sixty case 7 sixty sixty NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 2 retired obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 retired punct
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1 retire past She the police at sixty vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from police=Source
Example 3 Nan has been retired for years and loves her garden.
nsubj:pass aux aux:pass case obl cc conj nmod:poss obj punct root Nan PROPN has AUX been AUX retired VERB for ADP years NOUN and CCONJ loves VERB her PRON garden NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nan Nan PROPN Number=Sing 4 retired nsubj:pass 2 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 retired aux 3 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 4 retired aux:pass 4 retired retire VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 for for ADP _ 6 years case 6 years year NOUN Number=Plur 4 retired obl 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 loves cc 8 loves love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 retired conj 9 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 garden nmod:poss 10 garden garden NOUN Number=Sing 8 loves obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 retired punct
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1 retire present · perfect · passive Nan year vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute 2 love present Nan's garden vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer garden=Stimulus
Example 4 (formal) After supper the guests retired to bed.
punct punct case obl det nsubj acl:relcl case obl punct root ( PUNCT formal ADJ ) PUNCT After ADP supper NOUN the DET guests NOUN retired VERB to ADP bed NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 formal punct 2 formal formal ADJ Degree=Pos root root 3 ) ) PUNCT _ 2 formal punct 4 After after ADP _ 5 supper case 5 supper supper NOUN Number=Sing 2 formal obl 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 guests det 7 guests guest NOUN Number=Plur 8 retired nsubj 8 retired retire VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 supper acl:relcl 9 to to ADP _ 10 bed case 10 bed bed NOUN Number=Sing 8 retired obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 formal punct
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1 retire past the guests supper not said here to bed vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Attribute
Example 5 The batsman retired hurt.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass punct root The DET batsman NOUN retired VERB hurt VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 batsman det 2 batsman batsman NOUN Number=Sing 4 hurt nsubj:pass 3 retired retire VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 hurt aux:pass 4 hurt hurt VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 hurt punct
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1 hurt past · passive the batsman vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Example 6 The old ship was retired and turned into a museum.
det amod nsubj cop cc conj case det obl punct root The DET old ADJ ship NOUN was AUX retired ADJ and CCONJ turned VERB into ADP a DET museum NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 ship det 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 ship amod 3 ship ship NOUN Number=Sing 5 retired nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 retired cop 5 retired retired ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 turned cc 7 turned turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 retired conj 8 into into ADP _ 10 museum case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 museum det 10 museum museum NOUN Number=Sing 7 turned obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 retired punct
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1 is past the old ship retired property tree rules 2 turn past the old ship not said here a museum vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into museum=Trajectory
Example 7 My neighbour retired early and moved to the seaside.
nmod:poss nsubj advmod cc conj case det obl punct root My PRON neighbour NOUN retired VERB early ADV and CCONJ moved VERB to ADP the DET seaside NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 neighbour nmod:poss 2 neighbour neighbour NOUN Number=Sing 3 retired nsubj 3 retired retire VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 early early ADV Degree=Pos 3 retired advmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 moved cc 6 moved move VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 retired conj 7 to to ADP _ 9 seaside case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 seaside det 9 seaside seaside NOUN Number=Sing 6 moved obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 retired punct
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1 retire participle My neighbour early property vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 move past My neighbour not said here the seaside vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to seaside=Trajectory
Example 8 Then he retired, without awaiting any reply from the princess.
advmod nsubj punct mark advcl det obj case det obl punct root Then ADV he PRON retired VERB , PUNCT without SCONJ awaiting VERB any DET reply NOUN from ADP the DET princess NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 3 retired advmod 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 retired nsubj 3 retired retire VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 awaiting punct 5 without without SCONJ _ 6 awaiting mark 6 awaiting await VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 retired advcl 7 any any DET PronType=Ind 8 reply det 8 reply reply NOUN Number=Sing 6 awaiting obj 9 from from ADP _ 11 princess case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 princess det 11 princess princess NOUN Number=Sing 6 awaiting obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 retired punct
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1 retire past he then vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 await gerund he not said here any reply from the princess tree rules
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