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title: assigned — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «assigned» in the school dictionary: Assigned means given as a job or task to someone: «the homework assigned by the teacher». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# assigned

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**Who acts:** we, value, teacher, you, Mum, job · **What happens:** assign, mean, give, put, say, number · **To what, where:** someone, homework, certain place, value, maths, number · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«assigned» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [assigned in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/assigned.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Assigned means given as a job or task to someone: «the homework assigned by the teacher».

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assigned:m1:1
# text = Assigned means given as a job or task to someone: «the homework assigned by the teacher».
1	Assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
15	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **give** | participle |  |  | someone |  |  | as a job or task | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to someone=Recipient |
| 4 | **assign** *in a quote* | participle |  | the homework *not said here* |  |  |  | by the teacher | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Assigned means put in a certain place or group: «your assigned seat».

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assigned:m2:1
# text = Assigned means put in a certain place or group: «your assigned seat».
1	Assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **put** *not said to happen* | participle |  |  |  | a certain place or group |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in place=Destination |
| 4 | **assign** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In maths, a value is assigned to a letter when we say what number it stands for.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assigned:m3:1
# text = In maths, a value is assigned to a letter when we say what number it stands for.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	nsubj	_	_
15	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | present · passive |  | a value |  | maths |  | to a letter *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to letter=Goal |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **number** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **stand for** | present | value | number *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer number=Stimulus |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The teacher assigned us a page of sums.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assigned:x1:1
# text = The teacher assigned us a page of sums.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	assigned	assign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sums	sum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | past | the teacher | a page of sums | us |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent we=Goal page=Theme |
| 2 | **page** |  |  | sums |  |  |  |  | nom page «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Each pupil was assigned a partner.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assigned:x2:1
# text = Each pupil was assigned a partner.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	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	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | past · passive |  | each pupil |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal partner=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Please sit in your assigned seat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assigned:x3:1
# text = Please sit in your assigned seat.
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	sit	sit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | your assigned seat |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in seat=Location |
| 2 | **assign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
24 children were assigned to 4 groups equally; how many in each group?

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assigned:x4:1
# text = 24 children were assigned to 4 groups equally; how many in each group?
1	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	groups	group	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	equally	equally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | past · passive |  | 24 children |  |  |  | to 4 groups *goal*; equally *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to group=Goal |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The value 7 was assigned to the letter n.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assigned:x5:1
# text = The value 7 was assigned to the letter n.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	n	n	NOUN	NN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | past · passive |  | the value |  |  |  | to the letter n *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to n=Goal |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum assigned me the job of feeding the cat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assigned:x6:1
# text = Mum assigned me the job of feeding the cat.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	assigned	assign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	feeding	feed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | past | Mum | the job | me |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal job=Theme |
| 2 | **feed** | gerund | the job *not said here* |  | the cat |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A place in his palace was assigned to him by Zeus, who employed him to carry his thunder and lightning.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:assigned:x7:1
# text = A place in his palace was assigned to him by Zeus, who employed him to carry his thunder and lightning.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	employed	employ	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	thunder	thunder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	lightning	lightning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | past · passive | Zeus | a place in his palace | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to he=Goal |
| 2 | **employ** | past | Zeus | Zeus |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **carry** | to-infinitive | Zeus *not said here* | Zeus's thunder and lightning |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thunder=Theme |
| 4 | **thunder** |  | Zeus |  |  |  |  |  | nom thunder «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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