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title: deputation — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «deputation» in the school dictionary: A deputation is a small group of people chosen to go and speak or ask for something on behalf of others. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# deputation

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**Who acts:** deputation, villagers, you, us · **What happens:** be, choose, go, speak, ask, send · **To what, where:** small group, people, deputation, mayor, us, palace gate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A deputation is a small group of people chosen to go and speak or ask for something on behalf of others.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deputation:m1:1
# text = A deputation is a small group of people chosen to go and speak or ask for something on behalf of others.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deputation	deputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	15	obl	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a deputation | a small group |  |  |  | of people | tree rules |
| 2 | **choose** | participle |  | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for something | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 villagers sent a deputation to the mayor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deputation:x1:1
# text = The villagers sent a deputation to the mayor.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	villagers	villager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	deputation	deputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mayor	mayor	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 | **send** | past | the villagers | a deputation |  | the mayor |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent deputation=Theme to mayor=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Let us choose a deputation of the bravest to go.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deputation:x2:1
# text = Let us choose a deputation of the bravest to go.
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	deputation	deputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bravest	brave	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	appos	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **choose** | infinitive | us *not said here* | a deputation |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deputation=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The deputation waited outside the palace gate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:deputation:x3:1
# text = The deputation waited outside the palace gate.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deputation	deputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past | the deputation |  |  | the palace gate |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside gate=Location |

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**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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