specify

Who acts: you, recipe, She, rules · What happens: say, write, specify, state, not specify, give · To what, where: something, date, shoe size, much salt, answers, cm · Speech: someone speaks here

«specify» 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: specify in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To say or write something clearly and exactly: specify the date.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 say	mark
2	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 write	cc
4	write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 say	conj
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 write	obj
6	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	4 write	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 exactly	cc
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 clearly	conj
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 specify	punct
10	specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 say	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 date	det
12	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 specify	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	to-infinitive			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	write	infinitive	something	clearly property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme
3	specify	infinitive	the date		vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent date=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

To state as a rule or requirement.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 state	mark
2	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 rule	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rule	det
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 state	obl
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 requirement	cc
7	requirement	requirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rule	conj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	to-infinitive						as a rule or requirement	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 1

Please specify your shoe size.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Please	please	INTJ	_	2 specify	discourse
2	specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 size	nmod:poss
4	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 size	compound
5	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 specify	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	imperative	you not said here	your shoe size					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent size=Theme

Example 2

The recipe doesn't specify how much salt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 recipe	det
2	recipe	recipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 specify	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 specify	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 specify	advmod
5	specify	specify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 much	advmod
7	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 salt	amod
8	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 specify	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not specify	present · do-support	the recipe	much salt					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent salt=Theme

Example 3

Unless otherwise specified, give answers in cm.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unless	unless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	3 specified	advmod
3	specified	specify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Unless	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct
5	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Unless	conj
6	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 give	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 cm	case
8	cm	cm	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 answers	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Unless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	participle						otherwise property	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	give	present		answers		cm			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme

Example 4

She specified that she wanted blue.

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 specified	nsubj
2	specified	specify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 wanted	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 specified	ccomp
6	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wanted	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 specified	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	past	She						vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	want	past	she					blue property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot

Example 5

The rules specify a maximum of six players.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rules	det
2	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 specify	nsubj
3	specify	specify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 maximum	det
5	maximum	maximum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 specify	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 players	case
7	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 players	nummod
8	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 maximum	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	present	the rules	a maximum of six players					vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent maximum=Theme

Example 6

Can you specify what you mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 specify	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 specify	nsubj
3	specify	specify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 mean	obj
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 mean	nsubj
6	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 specify	ccomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 specify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	can	you						vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
2	mean	present	you						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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