solicitor

Who acts: solicitor, lawyer, someone, Mum, Grandad, office · What happens: be, give, write, speak, go, sell · To what, where: lawyer, legal advice, people, papers, lower courts, someone · Speech: someone speaks here

«solicitor» 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: solicitor in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: law, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand — kept apart, not parsed.

A solicitor is a lawyer who gives people legal advice, writes papers like wills and house contracts, and may speak for them in lower courts.

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 solicitor	det
2	solicitor	solicitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lawyer	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lawyer	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lawyer	det
5	lawyer	lawyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 gives	nsubj
7	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lawyer	acl:relcl
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 gives	iobj
9	legal	legal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 advice	amod
10	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 writes	punct
12	writes	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 gives	parataxis
13	papers	paper	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 writes	obj
14	like	like	ADP	_	15 wills	case
15	wills	will	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 papers	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 contracts	cc
17	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 contracts	compound
18	contracts	contract	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 wills	conj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 speak	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 speak	cc
21	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 speak	aux
22	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 lawyer	parataxis
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 them	case
24	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 speak	obl
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 courts	case
26	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	27 courts	amod
27	courts	court	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 speak	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lawyer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a solicitor	a lawyer				tree rules
2	give	present	a lawyer	legal advice	people			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient advice=Theme
3	write	present		papers			like wills and house contracts	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Theme
4	speak speech: other	may				lower courts	for contracts = contract	vn talk-37.5 «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

Usage: US — kept apart, not parsed.

A solicitor is someone who goes door to door selling things or asking for money; "No solicitors" on a door means do not knock to sell.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 solicitor	det
2	solicitor	solicitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 someone	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 someone	cop
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	24 means	nsubj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 goes	nsubj
6	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 someone	acl:relcl
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 goes	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 door	case
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 goes	obl
10	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 goes	advcl
11	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 selling	obj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 asking	cc
13	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 selling	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 money	case
15	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 asking	obl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 solicitors	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 solicitors	punct
18	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	19 solicitors	det
19	solicitors	solicitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 someone	conj
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 solicitors	punct
21	on	on	ADP	_	23 door	case
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 door	det
23	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 solicitors	nmod
24	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
25	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	27 knock	aux
26	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	27 knock	advmod
27	knock	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 means	ccomp
28	to	to	PART	_	29 sell	mark
29	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 knock	xcomp
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	24 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a solicitor	someone		tree rules
2	go	present		door	to door	tree rules
3	sell	gerund		things		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
4	ask speech: ask	gerund			for money	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	mean	present	someone			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	not knock	infinitive · do-support				tree rules
7	sell	to-infinitive				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Mum and Dad met a solicitor to buy the new house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 met	nsubj
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 Dad	cc
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mum	conj
4	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 solicitor	det
6	solicitor	solicitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 met	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 buy	mark
8	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 met	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 house	det
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 house	amod
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 buy	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 met	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past	Mum and Dad	a solicitor					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent solicitor=Co-Agent
2	buy	to-infinitive	Mum and Dad not said here	the new house					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme

Example 2

Grandad's solicitor helped him write his will.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 solicitor	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Grandad	case
3	solicitor	solicitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 helped	nsubj
4	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 helped	obj
6	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 helped	xcomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 will	nmod:poss
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 write	advcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 helped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past	Grandad's solicitor	Grandad					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	write	infinitive	Grandad not said here						vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

The solicitor's office was full of files and papers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 solicitor	det
2	solicitor	solicitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 office	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 solicitor	case
4	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 full	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 full	cop
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 files	case
8	files	file	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 full	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 papers	cc
10	papers	paper	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 files	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 full	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the solicitor's office					of files and papers; full property	tree rules

Example 4

A solicitor will explain your rights.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 solicitor	det
2	solicitor	solicitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 explain	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 explain	aux
4	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 rights	nmod:poss
6	rights	right	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 explain	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	future	a solicitor	your rights					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent right=Topic

Example 5

The sign said "No Solicitors", so the salesman walked away. (US)

Sentence 1: The sign said "No Solicitors", so the salesman walked away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Solicitors	punct
5	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 Solicitors	det
6	Solicitors	solicitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 said	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Solicitors	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 walked	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 walked	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 salesman	det
11	salesman	salesman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walked	nsubj
12	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 walked	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the sign	no Solicitors					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent solicitor=Topic
2	walk away	past	the salesman					away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 2: (US)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 US	punct
2	US	US	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 US	punct

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

Example 6

After the accident, Aunty Jo got a solicitor to help with the claim.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 accident	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 accident	det
3	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 accident	punct
5	Aunty	Aunty	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 got	nsubj
6	Jo	Jo	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Aunty	flat
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 solicitor	det
9	solicitor	solicitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 help	mark
11	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 solicitor	acl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 claim	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 claim	det
14	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 help	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	Aunty	a solicitor			after the accident		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer solicitor=Stimulus
2	help	to-infinitive	Aunty not said here	a solicitor not said here				with the claim	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with claim=Theme

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