temp

Who acts: temp, worker, Mum, secretary, brother, dog · What happens: be, work, answer, temp, have, take · To what, where: worker, temp, phone, high temp, dog, vet · Speech: someone speaks here

«temp» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: temp in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

A temp is a worker who works for a company only for a short time, often through an agency.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 temp	det
2	temp	temp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worker	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 worker	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 worker	det
5	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 works	nsubj
7	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 worker	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 company	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 company	det
10	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 works	obl
11	only	only	ADV	_	15 time	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 time	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 time	det
14	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 time	amod
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 works	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 agency	punct
17	often	often	ADV	_	20 agency	advmod
18	through	through	ADP	_	20 agency	case
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 agency	det
20	agency	agency	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 works	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 worker	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a temp	a worker					tree rules
2	work	present	a worker				time	for a company	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for company=Beneficiary

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: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

To temp is to work as a temp.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 temp	mark
2	temp	temp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 work	advcl
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 work	cop
4	to	to	PART	_	5 work	mark
5	work	work	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 temp	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 temp	det
8	temp	temp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 work	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						as a temp; work property	tree rules

Meaning 3

Usage: abbreviation, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

Temp is short for temperature: «What's the temp outside?».

The tree, 10 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Temp	temp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 short	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 short	cop
3	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 temperature	case
5	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 short	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 short	punct
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 temp	punct
8	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 temp	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 temp	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 temp	det
11	temp	temp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 short	parataxis
12	outside	outside	ADV	_	11 temp	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 temp	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 temp	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 short	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Temp					for temperature; short property	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present		the temp				outside property	tree rules

Meaning 4

Usage: abbreviation — kept apart, not parsed.

Temp is short for temporary, as in a temp job or a temp file.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Temp	temp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 short	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 short	cop
3	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 temporary	case
5	temporary	temporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 short	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 job	punct
7	as	as	ADP	_	11 job	case
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 job	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 job	det
10	temp	temp	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 job	compound
11	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 short	parataxis
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 file	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 file	det
14	temp	temp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 file	amod
15	file	file	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 job	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 short	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Temp					for temporary; short property	tree rules

Example 1

Mum worked as a temp in an office for a month.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worked	nsubj
2	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADP	_	5 temp	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 temp	det
5	temp	temp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worked	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 office	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 office	det
8	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worked	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 month	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 month	det
11	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 worked	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 worked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past	Mum				month	as a temp; in a office	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in office=Theme

Example 2

The temp answered the phone while the secretary was away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 temp	det
2	temp	temp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answered	nsubj
3	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 phone	det
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 answered	obj
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 away	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 secretary	det
8	secretary	secretary	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 away	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 away	cop
10	away	away	ADV	_	3 answered	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 answered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	the temp	the phone					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent phone=Eventuality
2	is	past	the secretary					away property	tree rules

Example 3

My brother is temping this summer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 temping	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 temping	aux
4	temping	temp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 summer	det
6	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 temping	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 temping	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	temp	present · progressive	My brother				summer		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

What's the temp today? About 25 degrees.

Sentence 1: What's the temp today?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 temp	det
4	temp	temp	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 temp	nmod:unmarked
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the temp today						tree rules

Sentence 2: About 25 degrees.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	About	about	ADV	_	2 25	advmod
2	25	25	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 degrees	nummod
3	degrees	degree	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 degrees	punct

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

Example 5

The dog has a high temp, so we're taking him to the vet.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 temp	det
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 temp	amod
6	temp	temp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 taking	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 taking	advmod
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 taking	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 taking	aux
11	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 has	advcl
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 taking	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 vet	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 vet	det
15	vet	vet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 taking	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the dog	a high temp					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temp=Patient
2	take	present · progressive	we	dog		the vet			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to vet=Destination

Example 6

Write the temp in your weather chart.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Write	write	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 temp	det
3	temp	temp	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 chart	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 chart	nmod:poss
6	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chart	compound
7	chart	chart	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Write	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	imperative	you not said here	the temp		your weather chart			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent temp=Theme in chart=Destination
2	chart		your						nom chart «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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