scrivener

Who acts: scrivener, job, clerk, old scrivener · What happens: be, copy, write out, write, come · To what, where: person, documents, legal papers, papers, house, neat letters

«scrivener» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: scrivener in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A scrivener was a person whose job was to write and copy documents for other people, a kind of clerk who wrote out legal papers.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 scrivener	det
2	scrivener	scrivener	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past 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	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	7 job	nmod:poss
7	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 write	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 write	cop
9	to	to	PART	_	10 write	mark
10	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 person	acl:relcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 copy	cc
12	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 write	conj
13	documents	document	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 copy	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 people	case
15	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 people	amod
16	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 copy	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 kind	punct
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 kind	det
19	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	conj
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 clerk	case
21	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 kind	nmod
22	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 wrote	nsubj
23	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 clerk	acl:relcl
24	out	out	ADP	_	23 wrote	compound:prt
25	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 papers	amod
26	papers	paper	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 wrote	obj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	a scrivener	a person and a kind of clerk		tree rules
2	is	past	job		write property	tree rules
3	copy	infinitive	job not said here	documents	for other people	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent document=Theme
4	write out	past	clerk	legal papers		vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme

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.

Example 1

The scrivener wrote the papers by hand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 scrivener	det
2	scrivener	scrivener	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	nsubj
3	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 papers	det
5	papers	paper	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wrote	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 hand	case
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wrote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	the scrivener	the papers				by hand	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme

Example 2

Neither the scrivener nor the lawyer came to the house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	7 came	cc:preconj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 scrivener	det
3	scrivener	scrivener	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 came	nsubj
4	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	6 lawyer	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lawyer	det
6	lawyer	lawyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scrivener	conj
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 came	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the scrivener nor the lawyer			the house			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location

Example 3

The old scrivener copied the will in neat letters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 scrivener	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 scrivener	amod
3	scrivener	scrivener	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 copied	nsubj
4	copied	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 will	det
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 copied	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 letters	case
8	neat	neat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 letters	amod
9	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 copied	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 copied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	past	the old scrivener			neat letters			vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in letter=Destination

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