transact

Who acts: farmer, two merchants, shops · What happens: carry out, buy, sell, pay, go, transact · To what, where: piece, formal word, town, business, sale

«transact» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: transact in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To carry out a piece of business, such as buying, selling or paying (a formal word).

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 carry	mark
2	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 carry	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 piece	det
5	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carry	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 business	case
7	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 piece	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 buying	punct
9	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	11 buying	mark
10	as	as	ADP	_	9 such	fixed
11	buying	buy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 carry	advcl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 selling	punct
13	selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 buying	conj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 paying	cc
15	paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 buying	conj
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	19 word	punct
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 word	det
18	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 word	amod
19	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 paying	obj
20	)	)	PUNCT	_	19 word	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 carry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	carry out	to-infinitive	a piece of business	vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Eventuality
2	buy	gerund		vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	sell	gerund		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
4	pay	gerund	a formal word	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Asset

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

The farmer went to town to transact his business.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 town	case
5	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 transact	mark
7	transact	transact	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 went	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 business	nmod:poss
9	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 transact	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the farmer			town			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial_Location
2	transact	to-infinitive	the farmer not said here	farmer's business					tree rules

Example 2

The two merchants transacted the sale of the cows.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 merchants	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 merchants	nummod
3	merchants	merchant	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 transacted	nsubj
4	transacted	transact	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sale	det
6	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transacted	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 cows	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cows	det
9	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sale	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 transacted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transact	past	the two merchants	the sale of the cows					tree rules

Example 3

No business was transacted that day because the shops were shut.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 business	det
2	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transacted	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 transacted	aux:pass
4	transacted	transact	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transacted	obl:unmarked
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 shut	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shops	det
9	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 shut	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 shut	cop
11	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 transacted	advcl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 transacted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transact	past · passive		no business			day		tree rules
2	is	past	the shops					shut property	tree rules

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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