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title: headquarters — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «headquarters» in the school dictionary: The main office or place from which a company, army, police force or organisation is run. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# headquarters

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**Who acts:** headquarters, spies, den, army, Police headquarters, Nations headquarters · **What happens:** run, be, return, set up, receive · **To what, where:** main office, London, secret HQ, headquarters, old castle, call

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The main office or place from which a company, army, police force or organisation is run.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:headquarters:m1:1
# text = The main office or place from which a company, army, police force or organisation is run.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	police	police	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	organisation	organisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present · passive |  | the main office or place from a company and army |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory |

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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 company's headquarters are in London.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:headquarters:x1:1
# text = The company's headquarters are in London.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	headquarters	headquarters	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the company's headquarters |  |  | London |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The spies returned to headquarters.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:headquarters:x2:1
# text = The spies returned to headquarters.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spies	spy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	returned	return	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	headquarters	headquarters	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	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 | **return** | past | the spies |  |  |  |  | to headquarters *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to headquarters=Result |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our den is the club's secret HQ.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:headquarters:x3:1
# text = Our den is the club's secret HQ.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	den	den	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	HQ	hq	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Our den | the club's secret HQ |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The army set up its headquarters in the old castle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:headquarters:x4:1
# text = The army set up its headquarters in the old castle.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	headquarters	headquarters	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set up** | participle | the army *not said here* | army's headquarters |  | the old castle |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent headquarters=Theme in castle=Destination |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Police headquarters received the call.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:headquarters:x5:1
# text = Police headquarters received the call.
1	Police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	compound	_	_
2	headquarters	headquarters	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	nsubj	_	_
3	received	receive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past | Police headquarters | the call |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The United Nations headquarters is in New York.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:headquarters:x6:1
# text = The United Nations headquarters is in New York.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	3	compound	_	_
3	Nations	Nation	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
4	headquarters	headquarters	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
8	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Nations headquarters |  |  | New York |  |  | tree rules |

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