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title: attendant — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «attendant» in the school dictionary: A person whose job is to look after people or a place, such as a flight attendant, a car park attendant or a pool attendant. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# attendant

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**Who acts:** job, attendant, flight attendant, you, museum attendant, park attendant · **What happens:** be, come along, cause, risk, show, fasten · **To what, where:** us, seat belts, pool attendant, goggles, paintings, space · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«attendant» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [attendant in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/attendant.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person whose job is to look after people or a place, such as a flight attendant, a car park attendant or a pool attendant.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:attendant:m1:1
# text = A person whose job is to look after people or a place, such as a flight attendant, a car park attendant or a pool attendant.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	18	case	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	attendant	attendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	attendant	attendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
24	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	attendant	attendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | job |  |  |  | after people or a place and a flight attendant and a park attendant or a pool attendant | look *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: formal, adjective — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Coming along with something or caused by it, as in «the attendant risks».

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:attendant:m2:1
# text = Coming along with something or caused by it, as in «the attendant risks».
1	Coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	along	along	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	attendant	attendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	risks	risk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come along** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with something; along *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cause** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **risk** *in a quote* | present | the attendant |  |  |  |  |  | vn risk-94-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The flight attendant showed us how to fasten our seat belts.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:attendant:x1:1
# text = The flight attendant showed us how to fasten our seat belts.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	attendant	attendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fasten	fasten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
9	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	belts	belt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the flight attendant |  | us |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fasten** | to-infinitive | the flight attendant *not said here* | our seat belts |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent belt=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ask the pool attendant if you lose your goggles.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:attendant:x2:1
# text = Ask the pool attendant if you lose your goggles.
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	attendant	attendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	goggles	goggle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | the pool attendant |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent attendant=Recipient |
| 2 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | your goggles |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goggle=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The museum attendant told us not to touch the paintings.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:attendant:x3:1
# text = The museum attendant told us not to touch the paintings.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	attendant	attendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	paintings	painting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the museum attendant |  | us |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **touch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the museum attendant *not said here* | the paintings |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme painting=Co-Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The car park attendant waved us into a space.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:attendant:x4:1
# text = The car park attendant waved us into a space.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	attendant	attendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | the park attendant | us |  | a space |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Theme into space=Recipient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The queen walked in with her attendants.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:attendant:x5:1
# text = The queen walked in with her attendants.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	attendants	attendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk in** | past | the queen |  |  |  |  | with queen's attendants | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The petrol station attendant filled up the tank.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:attendant:x6:1
# text = The petrol station attendant filled up the tank.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	petrol	petrol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	attendant	attendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tank	tank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fill up** | participle | the station attendant *not said here* | the tank |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Moving house brought all the attendant stress of packing. (formal)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Moving house brought all the attendant stress of packing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:attendant:x7:1
# text = Moving house brought all the attendant stress of packing.
1	Moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	attendant	attendant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stress	stress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	packing	packing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | past | Moving house | all attendant stress of packing |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent stress=Theme |
| 3 | **stress** |  |  | packing |  |  |  |  | nom stress «communication transitive»: of=patient |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (formal)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:attendant:x7:2
# text = (formal)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A toilet attendant kept the washrooms clean.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:attendant:x8:1
# text = A toilet attendant kept the washrooms clean.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	attendant	attendant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	washrooms	washroom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | a toilet attendant | the washrooms |  |  |  | clean *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent washroom=Theme |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The attendants were surprised: they knew of no whelps.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:attendant:x9:1
# text = The attendants were surprised: they knew of no whelps.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	attendants	attendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	surprised	surprised	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	whelps	whelp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the attendants |  |  |  |  | surprised *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past | attendants *= attendant* |  |  |  |  | of no whelps | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of whelp=Stimulus |

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