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title: director — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «director» in the school dictionary: A director is the person in charge of making a film, play or TV programme who tells the actors and crew what to do. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# director

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**Who acts:** director, charge, TV programme, people, music teacher, Steven · **What happens:** be, make, tell, crew, do, run · **To what, where:** person, charge, film, actors, one, company · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«director» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [director in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/director.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A director is the person in charge of making a film, play or TV programme who tells the actors and crew what to do.

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:director:m1:1
# text = A director is the person in charge of making a film, play or TV programme who tells the actors and crew what to do.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	director	director	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	programme	programme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	actors	actor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	crew	crew	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	25	obj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a director | the person and play or TV programme |  | charge |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | charge *not said here* | a film |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset film=Product |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | TV programme | the actors |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent actor=Recipient |
| 4 | **crew** | present | TV programme *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | TV programme *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

<!-- .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 -->
A director is one of the people who run a company or a large organisation.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:director:m2:1
# text = A director is one of the people who run a company or a large organisation.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	director	director	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	organisation	organisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a director | one |  |  |  | of the people | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | present | the people | a company or a large organisation |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme company=Trajectory |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A director is the head of a department or project.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:director:m3:1
# text = A director is the head of a department or project.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	director	director	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	department	department	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	project	project	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a director | the head |  |  |  | of a department or project | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"the museum director", "the director of music".

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:director:m3e:1
# text = "the museum director", "the director of music".
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	director	director	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	director	director	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The director shouted "Action!"

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:director:x1:1
# text = The director shouted "Action!"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	director	director	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | the director | Action |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our music teacher is the director of the school choir.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:director:x2:1
# text = Our music teacher is the director of the school choir.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	director	director	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	choir	choir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Our music teacher | the director |  |  |  | of the school choir | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Steven Spielberg is a famous film director.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:director:x3:1
# text = Steven Spielberg is a famous film director.
1	Steven	Steven	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	Spielberg	Spielberg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	director	director	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Steven | a famous film director |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The company has five directors.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:director:x4:1
# text = The company has five directors.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	directors	director	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the company | five directors |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent director=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The museum director showed us the dinosaur bones.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:director:x5:1
# text = The museum director showed us the dinosaur bones.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	director	director	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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dinosaur	dinosaur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the museum director | the dinosaur bones | us |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient bone=Topic |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The funeral director arranged everything kindly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:director:x6:1
# text = The funeral director arranged everything kindly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	director	director	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obj	_	_
6	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | past | the funeral director | everything |  |  |  | kindly *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Product |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She wants to be a theatre director when she grows up.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:director:x7:1
# text = She wants to be a theatre director when she grows up.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	theatre	theatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	director	director	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a theatre director |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grow up** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was a director of a theatre, a manager of masked balls, and a leader of all the amusements we can imagine.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:director:x8:1
# text = He was a director of a theatre, a manager of masked balls, and a leader of all the amusements we can imagine.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	director	director	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	theatre	theatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	manager	manager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	masked	mask	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	21	det:predet	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	amusements	amusement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
22	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	imagine	imagine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | He | a director and a manager of masked balls |  |  |  | of a theatre | tree rules |
| 2 | **mask** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **imagine** | can | a leader of all amusements |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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