statement Who acts: statement, you, that, sentence, person, bank statement · What happens: be, say, write, tell, end, go · To what, where: something, fact, sentence, grammar, formal announcement, police · Speech: someone speaks here
«statement» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: statement in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A statement is something you say or write that tells a fact or an idea.
The tree, 15 words det nsubj cop nsubj acl:relcl cc conj nsubj ccomp det obj cc det conj punct root A DET statement NOUN is AUX something PRON you PRON say VERB or CCONJ write VERB that PRON tells VERB a DET fact NOUN or CCONJ an DET idea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 statement det 2 statement statement NOUN Number=Sing 4 something nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 something cop 4 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind root root 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 say nsubj 6 say say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 something acl:relcl 7 or or CCONJ _ 8 write cc 8 write write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 say conj 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 10 tells nsubj 10 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 write ccomp 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 fact det 12 fact fact NOUN Number=Sing 10 tells obj 13 or or CCONJ _ 15 idea cc 14 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 idea det 15 idea idea NOUN Number=Sing 12 fact conj 16 . . PUNCT _ 4 something punct
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1 is a present a statement something tree rules 2 say speech: assert present you vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 write present you not said here vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 4 tell speech: assert present that a fact or a idea vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fact=Recipient
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 In grammar, a statement is a sentence that tells something and ends with a full stop.
The tree, 16 words case obl punct det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl obj cc conj case det amod obl punct root In ADP grammar NOUN , PUNCT a DET statement NOUN is AUX a DET sentence NOUN that PRON tells VERB something PRON and CCONJ ends VERB with ADP a DET full ADJ stop NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 grammar case 2 grammar grammar NOUN Number=Sing 8 sentence obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 grammar punct 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 statement det 5 statement statement NOUN Number=Sing 8 sentence nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 sentence cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 sentence det 8 sentence sentence NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 10 tells nsubj 10 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 sentence acl:relcl 11 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 10 tells obj 12 and and CCONJ _ 13 ends cc 13 ends end VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 tells conj 14 with with ADP _ 17 stop case 15 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 stop det 16 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 17 stop amod 17 stop stop NOUN Number=Sing 13 ends obl 18 . . PUNCT _ 8 sentence punct
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1 is a present a statement a sentence grammar tree rules 2 tell speech: assert present a sentence something vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent something=Recipient 3 end present a sentence not said here with a full stop vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with stop=Subeventuality
Meaning 3 A statement is a formal announcement, or what a person tells the police.
The tree, 13 words det nsubj cop det amod punct cc appos det nsubj acl:relcl det iobj punct root A DET statement NOUN is AUX a DET formal ADJ announcement NOUN , PUNCT or CCONJ what PRON a DET person NOUN tells VERB the DET police NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 statement det 2 statement statement NOUN Number=Sing 6 announcement nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 announcement cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 announcement det 5 formal formal ADJ Degree=Pos 6 announcement amod 6 announcement announcement NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 9 what punct 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 what cc 9 what what PRON PronType=Int 6 announcement appos 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 person det 11 person person NOUN Number=Sing 12 tells nsubj 12 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 what acl:relcl 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 police det 14 police police NOUN Number=Plur 12 tells iobj 15 . . PUNCT _ 6 announcement punct
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1 is a present a statement a formal announcement tree rules 2 tell speech: assert present a person the police vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient
Meaning 4 A bank statement is a list of the money going in and out of an account.
The tree, 16 words det compound nsubj cop det case det nmod acl advmod cc case case det conj punct root A DET bank NOUN statement NOUN is AUX a DET list NOUN of ADP the DET money NOUN going VERB in ADV and CCONJ out ADP of ADP an DET account NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 statement det 2 bank bank NOUN Number=Sing 3 statement compound 3 statement statement NOUN Number=Sing 6 list nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 list cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 list det 6 list list NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 9 money case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 money det 9 money money NOUN Number=Sing 6 list nmod 10 going go VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 money acl 11 in in ADV _ 10 going advmod 12 and and CCONJ _ 16 account cc 13 out out ADP _ 16 account case 14 of of ADP _ 16 account case 15 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 16 account det 16 account account NOUN Number=Sing 11 in conj 17 . . PUNCT _ 6 list punct
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1 is a present a bank statement a list of the money tree rules 2 go gerund the money not said here vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 «The sky is blue» is a statement.
punct det nsubj cop nsubj punct cop det punct root « PUNCT The DET sky NOUN is AUX blue ADJ » PUNCT is AUX a DET statement NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 blue punct 2 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 sky det 3 sky sky NOUN Number=Sing 5 blue nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 blue cop 5 blue blue ADJ Degree=Pos 9 statement nsubj 6 » » PUNCT _ 5 blue punct 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 statement cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 statement det 9 statement statement NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 statement punct
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1 is in a quote present the sky blue property tree rules 2 is a present blue a statement tree rules
Example 2 A statement ends with a full stop.
det nsubj case det amod obl punct root A DET statement NOUN ends VERB with ADP a DET full ADJ stop NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 statement det 2 statement statement NOUN Number=Sing 3 ends nsubj 3 ends end VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 with with ADP _ 7 stop case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 stop det 6 full full ADJ Degree=Pos 7 stop amod 7 stop stop NOUN Number=Sing 3 ends obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 ends punct
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1 end present a statement with a full stop vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with stop=Subeventuality
Example 3 Is this statement true or false: 7 is an even number?
cop det nsubj xcomp cc conj punct conj cop det advmod punct root Is AUX this DET statement NOUN true ADJ or CCONJ false ADJ : PUNCT 7 NUM is AUX an DET even ADV number NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 statement cop 2 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 statement det 3 statement statement NOUN Number=Sing 12 number nsubj 4 true true ADJ Degree=Pos 3 statement xcomp 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 false cc 6 false false ADJ Degree=Pos 4 true conj 7 : : PUNCT _ 8 7 punct 8 7 7 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 statement conj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 number cop 10 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 number det 11 even even ADV _ 12 number advmod 12 number number NOUN Number=Sing root root 13 ? ? PUNCT _ 12 number punct
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1 is a present this statement true property tree rules 2 is a present this statement a number tree rules
Example 4 The head teacher made a statement about the school trip.
det compound nsubj det obj case det compound nmod punct root The DET head NOUN teacher NOUN made VERB a DET statement NOUN about ADP the DET school NOUN trip NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 teacher det 2 head head NOUN Number=Sing 3 teacher compound 3 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 4 made nsubj 4 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 statement det 6 statement statement NOUN Number=Sing 4 made obj 7 about about ADP _ 10 trip case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 trip det 9 school school NOUN Number=Sing 10 trip compound 10 trip trip NOUN Number=Sing 6 statement nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 made punct
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1 make past the head teacher a statement about the school trip vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Product
Example 5 The witness gave a statement to the police.
det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root The DET witness NOUN gave VERB a DET statement NOUN to ADP the DET police NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 witness det 2 witness witness NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave nsubj 3 gave give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 statement det 5 statement statement NOUN Number=Sing 3 gave obj 6 to to ADP _ 8 police case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 police det 8 police police NOUN Number=Plur 3 gave obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 gave punct
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1 give past the witness a statement the police vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent statement=Theme to police=Recipient
Example 6 Write two statements and one question about your picture.
nummod obj cc nummod conj case nmod:poss nmod punct root Write VERB two NUM statements NOUN and CCONJ one NUM question NOUN about ADP your PRON picture NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Write write VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 statements nummod 3 statements statement NOUN Number=Plur 1 Write obj 4 and and CCONJ _ 6 question cc 5 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 question nummod 6 question question NOUN Number=Sing 3 statements conj 7 about about ADP _ 9 picture case 8 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 picture nmod:poss 9 picture picture NOUN Number=Sing 6 question nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Write punct
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1 write imperative you not said here two statements and one question about your picture vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
Example 7 Mum checked the bank statement.
nsubj det compound obj punct root Mum NOUN checked VERB the DET bank NOUN statement NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 checked nsubj 2 checked check VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 statement det 4 bank bank NOUN Number=Sing 5 statement compound 5 statement statement NOUN Number=Sing 2 checked obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 checked punct
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1 check past Mum the bank statement vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
Example 8 Prove the statement with an example.
det obj case det obl punct root Prove VERB the DET statement NOUN with ADP an DET example NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Prove prove VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 statement det 3 statement statement NOUN Number=Sing 1 Prove obj 4 with with ADP _ 6 example case 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 example det 6 example example NOUN Number=Sing 1 Prove obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 1 Prove punct
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1 prove imperative you not said here the statement with a example vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
Example 9 So far his statement is true.
advmod advmod nmod:poss nsubj cop punct root So ADV far ADV his PRON statement NOUN is AUX true ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 So so ADV _ 2 far advmod 2 far far ADV Degree=Pos 6 true advmod 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 statement nmod:poss 4 statement statement NOUN Number=Sing 6 true nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 true cop 6 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 true punct
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1 is present his statement far, true property tree rules 2 state his = he nom statement «communication transitive»: poss=agent
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