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title: allocate — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «allocate» in the school dictionary: To allocate is to give out a share of something for a particular person or purpose. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# allocate

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**Who acts:** teacher, We, surname, you · **What happens:** allocate, be, share · **To what, where:** something, partner, pupil, question, Seats, 24 sweets

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«allocate» 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: [allocate in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/allocate.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To allocate is to give out a share of something for a particular person or purpose.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allocate:m1:1
# text = To allocate is to give out a share of something for a particular person or purpose.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	allocate	allocate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allocate** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | give *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **share** |  |  | something |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The teacher allocated a partner to each pupil.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allocate:x1:1
# text = The teacher allocated a partner to each pupil.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	allocated	allocate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allocate** | past | the teacher | a partner | each pupil |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent partner=Theme to pupil=Goal |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We allocated 10 minutes to each question.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allocate:x2:1
# text = We allocated 10 minutes to each question.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	allocated	allocate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allocate** | past | We |  |  |  | minute | to each question *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to question=Goal |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The club allocated money for new balls.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allocate:x3:1
# text = The club allocated money for new balls.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	allocated	allocate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allocate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Seats were allocated by surname.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allocate:x4:1
# text = Seats were allocated by surname.
1	Seats	seat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	allocated	allocate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	surname	surname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allocate** | past · passive | surname | Seats |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Allocate 24 sweets equally among 4 children: 6 each.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allocate:x5:1
# text = Allocate 24 sweets equally among 4 children: 6 each.
1	Allocate	allocate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	among	among	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	obl	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allocate** | imperative | you *not said here* | 24 sweets |  |  |  | among 4 children; 6 *obl*; equally *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Each team was allocated a room.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allocate:x6:1
# text = Each team was allocated a room.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	allocated	allocate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allocate** | past · passive |  | each team |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal room=Theme |

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