undertaker Who acts: person, undertaker, family, Grandpa, shop · What happens: be, arrange, call, job, phone, pass away · To what, where: funerals, funeral director, funeral, undertaker, black suit, cowboy · Speech: someone speaks here
«undertaker» 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: undertaker in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A person whose job is to prepare dead bodies for burial or cremation and to arrange funerals; in the US also called a funeral director or mortician.
The tree, 27 words det nsubj nmod:poss obj cop mark amod obj case obl cc conj cc mark conj obj punct case det obl advmod parataxis det compound obj cc conj punct root A DET person NOUN whose PRON job NOUN is AUX to PART prepare VERB dead ADJ bodies NOUN for ADP burial NOUN or CCONJ cremation NOUN and CCONJ to PART arrange VERB funerals NOUN ; PUNCT in ADP the DET US PROPN also ADV called VERB a DET funeral NOUN director NOUN or CCONJ mortician NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 person det 2 person person NOUN Number=Sing 7 prepare nsubj 3 whose whose PRON Poss=Yes PronType=Rel 4 job nmod:poss 4 job job NOUN Number=Sing 2 person obj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 prepare cop 6 to to PART _ 7 prepare mark 7 prepare prepare VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 9 bodies amod 9 bodies body NOUN Number=Plur 7 prepare obj 10 for for ADP _ 11 burial case 11 burial burial NOUN Number=Sing 7 prepare obl 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 cremation cc 13 cremation cremation NOUN Number=Sing 11 burial conj 14 and and CCONJ _ 16 arrange cc 15 to to PART _ 16 arrange mark 16 arrange arrange VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 prepare conj 17 funerals funeral NOUN Number=Plur 16 arrange obj 18 ; ; PUNCT _ 23 called punct 19 in in ADP _ 21 US case 20 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 21 US det 21 US US PROPN Number=Sing 23 called obl 22 also also ADV _ 23 called advmod 23 called call VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 prepare parataxis 24 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 26 director det 25 funeral funeral NOUN Number=Sing 26 director compound 26 director director NOUN Number=Sing 23 called obj 27 or or CCONJ _ 28 mortician cc 28 mortician mortician NOUN Number=Sing 26 director conj 29 . . PUNCT _ 7 prepare punct
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1 is present a person for burial or cremation; prepare property tree rules 2 arrange to-infinitive a person not said here funerals vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent funeral=Product 3 call past a funeral director or mortician in the US vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent director=Recipient 4 job a person nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent
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 undertaker arranged the funeral.
det nsubj det obj punct root The DET undertaker NOUN arranged VERB the DET funeral NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 undertaker det 2 undertaker undertaker NOUN Number=Sing 3 arranged nsubj 3 arranged arrange VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 funeral det 5 funeral funeral NOUN Number=Sing 3 arranged obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 arranged punct
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1 arrange past the undertaker the funeral vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent funeral=Product
Example 2 The family phoned the undertaker when Grandpa passed away.
det nsubj det obj advmod nsubj advcl advmod punct root The DET family NOUN phoned VERB the DET undertaker NOUN when ADV Grandpa PROPN passed VERB away ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 family det 2 family family NOUN Number=Sing 3 phoned nsubj 3 phoned phone VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 undertaker det 5 undertaker undertaker NOUN Number=Sing 3 phoned obj 6 when when ADV PronType=Int 8 passed advmod 7 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN Number=Sing 8 passed nsubj 8 passed pass VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 phoned advcl 9 away away ADV _ 8 passed advmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 phoned punct
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1 phone past the family the undertaker vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent undertaker=Recipient 2 pass away past Grandpa away property vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
Example 3 The undertaker wore a black suit and a tall hat.
det nsubj det amod obj cc det amod conj punct root The DET undertaker NOUN wore VERB a DET black ADJ suit NOUN and CCONJ a DET tall ADJ hat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 undertaker det 2 undertaker undertaker NOUN Number=Sing 3 wore nsubj 3 wore wear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 suit det 5 black black ADJ Degree=Pos 6 suit amod 6 suit suit NOUN Number=Sing 3 wore obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 10 hat cc 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 hat det 9 tall tall ADJ Degree=Pos 10 hat amod 10 hat hat NOUN Number=Sing 6 suit conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 wore punct
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1 wear past the undertaker a black suit and a tall hat vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent suit=Theme
Example 4 In the western film, the undertaker measured the cowboy for a coffin.
case det amod obl punct det nsubj det obj case det obl punct root In ADP the DET western ADJ film NOUN , PUNCT the DET undertaker NOUN measured VERB the DET cowboy NOUN for ADP a DET coffin NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 film case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 film det 3 western western ADJ Degree=Pos 4 film amod 4 film film NOUN Number=Sing 8 measured obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 film punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 undertaker det 7 undertaker undertaker NOUN Number=Sing 8 measured nsubj 8 measured measure VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 cowboy det 10 cowboy cowboy NOUN Number=Sing 8 measured obj 11 for for ADP _ 13 coffin case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 coffin det 13 coffin coffin NOUN Number=Sing 8 measured obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 8 measured punct
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1 measure past the undertaker the cowboy the western film for a coffin vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme cowboy=Value
Example 5 The undertaker drove the hearse slowly.
det nsubj det obj advmod punct root The DET undertaker NOUN drove VERB the DET hearse NOUN slowly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 undertaker det 2 undertaker undertaker NOUN Number=Sing 3 drove nsubj 3 drove drive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 hearse det 5 hearse hearse NOUN Number=Sing 3 drove obj 6 slowly slowly ADV _ 3 drove advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 drove punct
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1 drive past the undertaker the hearse slowly property vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme hearse=Trajectory
Example 6 The undertaker's shop was on the high street.
det nmod:poss case nsubj cop case det amod punct root The DET undertaker NOUN 's PART shop NOUN was AUX on ADP the DET high ADJ street NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 undertaker det 2 undertaker undertaker NOUN Number=Sing 4 shop nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 undertaker case 4 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 9 street nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 street cop 6 on on ADP _ 9 street case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 street det 8 high high ADJ Degree=Pos 9 street amod 9 street street NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 street punct
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1 is past the undertaker's shop the high street tree rules
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