spokesperson Who acts: spokesperson, job, police spokesperson, team, panda, class spokesperson · What happens: be, give, answer, say, hurt, pick · To what, where: someone, news, questions, nobody, her, ideas · Speech: someone speaks here
«spokesperson» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: spokesperson in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A spokesperson is someone whose job is to speak for a group, company, government or organisation, giving its news and answering questions.
The tree, 22 words det nsubj cop nmod:poss nsubj cop mark acl:relcl case det obl punct conj punct conj cc conj punct advcl nmod:poss obj cc conj obj punct root A DET spokesperson NOUN is AUX someone PRON whose PRON job NOUN is AUX to PART speak VERB for ADP a DET group NOUN , PUNCT company NOUN , PUNCT government NOUN or CCONJ organisation NOUN , PUNCT giving VERB its PRON news NOUN and CCONJ answering VERB questions NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 spokesperson det 2 spokesperson spokesperson 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 root root 5 whose whose PRON Poss=Yes PronType=Rel 6 job nmod:poss 6 job job NOUN Number=Sing 9 speak nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 speak cop 8 to to PART _ 9 speak mark 9 speak speak VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 someone acl:relcl 10 for for ADP _ 12 group case 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 group det 12 group group NOUN Number=Sing 9 speak obl 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 company punct 14 company company NOUN Number=Sing 12 group conj 15 , , PUNCT _ 16 government punct 16 government government NOUN Number=Sing 12 group conj 17 or or CCONJ _ 18 organisation cc 18 organisation organisation NOUN Number=Sing 12 group conj 19 , , PUNCT _ 20 giving punct 20 giving give VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 speak advcl 21 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 22 news nmod:poss 22 news news NOUN Number=Sing 20 giving obj 23 and and CCONJ _ 24 answering cc 24 answering answer VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 20 giving conj 25 questions question NOUN Number=Plur 24 answering obj 26 . . PUNCT _ 4 someone punct
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1 is a present a spokesperson someone tree rules 2 is present job for a group and company and government or organisation; speak property tree rules 3 give gerund job not said here job's news vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme 4 answer speech: assert gerund job not said here questions vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality
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 A police spokesperson said nobody was hurt.
det compound nsubj nsubj:pass aux:pass ccomp punct root A DET police NOUN spokesperson NOUN said VERB nobody PRON was AUX hurt VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 spokesperson det 2 police police NOUN Number=Sing 3 spokesperson compound 3 spokesperson spokesperson NOUN Number=Sing 4 said nsubj 4 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 7 hurt nsubj:pass 6 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 hurt aux:pass 7 hurt hurt VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 said ccomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past a police spokesperson vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 hurt past · passive nobody vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Example 2 The school's spokesperson answered questions from parents.
det nmod:poss case nsubj obj case nmod punct root The DET school NOUN 's PART spokesperson NOUN answered VERB questions NOUN from ADP parents NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 school det 2 school school NOUN Number=Sing 4 spokesperson nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 school case 4 spokesperson spokesperson NOUN Number=Sing 5 answered nsubj 5 answered answer VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 questions question NOUN Number=Plur 5 answered obj 7 from from ADP _ 8 parents case 8 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 6 questions nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 answered punct
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1 answer speech: assert past the school's spokesperson questions from parents vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality
Example 3 The team picked her as their spokesperson.
det nsubj obj case nmod:poss obl punct root The DET team NOUN picked VERB her PRON as ADP their PRON spokesperson NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 team det 2 team team NOUN Number=Sing 3 picked nsubj 3 picked pick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 picked obj 5 as as ADP _ 7 spokesperson case 6 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 spokesperson nmod:poss 7 spokesperson spokesperson NOUN Number=Sing 3 picked obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 picked punct
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1 pick past the team her = she as their spokesperson vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
Example 4 A spokesperson for the zoo said the panda was healthy.
det nsubj case det nmod det nsubj cop ccomp punct root A DET spokesperson NOUN for ADP the DET zoo NOUN said VERB the DET panda NOUN was AUX healthy ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 spokesperson det 2 spokesperson spokesperson NOUN Number=Sing 6 said nsubj 3 for for ADP _ 5 zoo case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 zoo det 5 zoo zoo NOUN Number=Sing 2 spokesperson nmod 6 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 panda det 8 panda panda NOUN Number=Sing 10 healthy nsubj 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 healthy cop 10 healthy healthy ADJ Degree=Pos 6 said ccomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 6 said punct
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1 say speech: assert past a spokesperson for the zoo vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is past the panda healthy property tree rules
Example 5 The company's spokesperson would not comment.
det nmod:poss case nsubj aux advmod punct root The DET company NOUN 's PART spokesperson NOUN would AUX not PART comment VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 company det 2 company company NOUN Number=Sing 4 spokesperson nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 company case 4 spokesperson spokesperson NOUN Number=Sing 7 comment nsubj 5 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 comment aux 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 7 comment advmod 7 comment comment VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 comment punct
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1 not comment speech: other would the company's spokesperson vn lecture-37.11-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 Our class spokesperson read our ideas to the head teacher.
nmod:poss compound nsubj nmod:poss obj case det compound obl punct root Our PRON class NOUN spokesperson NOUN read VERB our PRON ideas NOUN to ADP the DET head NOUN teacher NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 spokesperson nmod:poss 2 class class NOUN Number=Sing 3 spokesperson compound 3 spokesperson spokesperson NOUN Number=Sing 4 read nsubj 4 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 ideas nmod:poss 6 ideas idea NOUN Number=Plur 4 read obj 7 to to ADP _ 10 teacher case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 teacher det 9 head head NOUN Number=Sing 10 teacher compound 10 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 4 read obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 read punct
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1 read past Our class spokesperson our ideas the head teacher vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent idea=Topic to teacher=Recipient
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