roommate

Who acts: roommate, person, She, They, room · What happens: be, share, snore, have, hold · To what, where: person, bedroom, flat house, camp, two roommates, college

«roommate» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 5 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: roommate in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A roommate is a person who shares a bedroom with you.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 roommate	det
2	roommate	roommate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 shares	nsubj
7	shares	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bedroom	det
9	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shares	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 you	case
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 shares	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a roommate	a person					tree rules
2	share	present	a person	a bedroom				with you	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: US, Canada — kept apart, not parsed.

A roommate is also a person who shares a flat or house with you (UK: flatmate, housemate).

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 roommate	det
2	roommate	roommate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 person	cop
4	also	also	ADV	_	6 person	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 person	det
6	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 shares	nsubj
8	shares	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 person	acl:relcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 house	det
10	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 house	amod
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 house	cc
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shares	obj
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 you	case
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 shares	obl
15	(	(	PUNCT	_	16 UK	punct
16	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 shares	obl
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 flatmate	punct
18	flatmate	flatmate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 person	appos
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 housemate	punct
20	housemate	housemate	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 flatmate	conj
21	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 flatmate	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a roommate	a person					tree rules
2	share	present	a person	a flat house				with you; UK obl	tree rules

Example 1

At camp my roommate snored all night.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 camp	case
2	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 snored	obl
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 roommate	nmod:poss
4	roommate	roommate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 snored	nsubj
5	snored	snore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 snored	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 snored	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	snore	past	my roommate			camp	night		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

She has two roommates at college.

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 roommates	nummod
4	roommates	roommate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 college	case
6	college	college	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 roommates	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	She	two roommates		college			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roommate=Patient

Example 3

My roommate and I share a desk.

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 roommate	nmod:poss
2	roommate	roommate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 share	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 I	cc
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 roommate	conj
5	share	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 desk	det
7	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 share	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 share	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	present	My roommate	a desk					tree rules

Example 4

They were roommates for three years.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 roommates	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 roommates	cop
3	roommates	roommate	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 years	case
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 years	nummod
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 roommates	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 roommates	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	They	roommates			year		tree rules

Example 5

Each room holds 4 roommates; how many rooms for 20 children? (5)

Sentence 1: Each room holds 4 roommates; how many rooms for 20 children?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 room	det
2	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 holds	nsubj
3	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 roommates	nummod
5	roommates	roommate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 holds	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 rooms	punct
7	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 many	advmod
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rooms	amod
9	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 holds	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 children	case
11	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 children	nummod
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 rooms	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 holds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	each room	4 roommates					vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent roommate=Theme room=Eventuality

Sentence 2: (5)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 5	punct
2	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 5	punct

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

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