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title: heir — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «heir» in the school dictionary: A person who will receive someone's money, house or other property when that person dies, as in «She is heir to the farm». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# heir

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**Who acts:** person, William, Henry, She, orphan, farm · **What happens:** receive, die, be, become, carry, work · **To what, where:** money, heir, king, work, son, only heir · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person who will receive someone's money, house or other property when that person dies, as in «She is heir to the farm».

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heir:m1:1
# text = A person who will receive someone's money, house or other property when that person dies, as in «She is heir to the farm».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
14	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	17	mark	_	_
15	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
19	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
21	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	ccomp	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | future | a person | someone's money and house or other property |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 2 | **die** | present | that person |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | person |  |  | heir |  | to the farm | tree rules |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The person who will become king, queen or ruler next, as in «the heir to the throne».

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heir:m2:1
# text = The person who will become king, queen or ruler next, as in «the heir to the throne».
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	ruler	ruler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	next	next	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | future | the person | king and queen or ruler |  |  |  | next *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Someone who carries on another person's work or ideas.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heir:m3:1
# text = Someone who carries on another person's work or ideas.
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present |  |  |  | another person's work or ideas |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **work** |  | another person |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Prince William is the heir to the throne.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heir:x1:1
# text = Prince William is the heir to the throne.
1	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	William	William	PROPN	NNP	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	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | William  Prince | the heir |  |  |  | to the throne | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Henry VIII wanted a son as his heir.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heir:x2:1
# text = Henry VIII wanted a son as his heir.
1	Henry	Henry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	VIII	VIII	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	_
3	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Henry | a son |  |  |  | as Henry's heir | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent son=Theme as heir=Attribute |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was the only heir to her uncle's fortune.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heir:x3:1
# text = She was the only heir to her uncle's fortune.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | She | the only heir |  |  |  | to her uncle's fortune | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the story, the orphan turned out to be the lost heir of the kingdom.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heir:x4:1
# text = In the story, the orphan turned out to be the lost heir of the kingdom.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	orphan	orphan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn out** | past | the orphan |  |  | the story |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in story=Location |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the orphan *not said here* | the lost heir |  |  |  | of the kingdom | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The farm passed to the oldest heir.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heir:x5:1
# text = The farm passed to the oldest heir.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past | the farm |  |  | the oldest heir |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to heir=Initial\_Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He saw himself as the heir to his grandad's woodworking skills.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heir:x6:1
# text = He saw himself as the heir to his grandad's woodworking skills.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	woodworking	woodworking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	skills	skill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | He | himself *= he* |  |  |  | as the heir; to his grandad's woodworking skills | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer himself=Stimulus as heir=Attribute |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Take my daughter; be my heir; rule my kingdom.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heir:x7:1
# text = Take my daughter; be my heir; rule my kingdom.
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	rule	rule	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | my daughter |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument daughter=Destination |
| 2 | **is a** | infinitive |  | my heir |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **rule** | infinitive | you *not said here* | my kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |

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