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title: landlord — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «landlord» in the school dictionary: A landlord is a person or company that owns a house, flat or room and rents it to people for money. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# landlord

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**Who acts:** landlord, person, man, We, our, rent · **What happens:** be, own, rent, run, pay, come · **To what, where:** person, house, landlord, people, man, pub · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«landlord» in the school dictionary: its 2 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: [landlord in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/landlord.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A landlord is a person or company that owns a house, flat or room and rents it to people for money.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:landlord:m1:1
# text = A landlord is a person or company that owns a house, flat or room and rents it to people for money.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	rents	rent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a landlord | a person or company |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **own** | present | a person or company | a house or room |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot house=Theme |
| 3 | **rent** | present | a person or company *not said here* | landlord | people for money |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to people=Recipient |

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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}

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Usage: UK, Ireland — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A landlord is the man who runs a pub.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:landlord:m2:1
# text = A landlord is the man who runs a pub.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landlord	landlord	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	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pub	pub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a landlord | the man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | present | the man | a pub |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pub=Trajectory |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We pay our rent to the landlord every month.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:landlord:x1:1
# text = We pay our rent to the landlord every month.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | We | our rent |  |  | month | to the landlord | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Asset |
| 2 | **rent** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom rent «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The landlord came to fix the broken boiler.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:landlord:x2:1
# text = The landlord came to fix the broken boiler.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	boiler	boiler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the landlord |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fix** | to-infinitive | the landlord *not said here* | the broken boiler |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent boiler=Patient |
| 3 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
If the rent is £800 a month, the landlord gets £9600 a year.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:landlord:x3:1
# text = If the rent is £800 a month, the landlord gets £9600 a year.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	800	800	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	£	£	SYM	$	_	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	9600	9600	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the rent | £ 800 |  |  | month |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | the landlord |  |  |  | year |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer £=Stimulus |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pub landlord rang the bell for last orders. (UK)

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*Sentence 1:* The pub landlord rang the bell for last orders.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:landlord:x4:1
# text = The pub landlord rang the bell for last orders.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pub	pub	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rang	ring	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	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past | the pub landlord | the bell |  |  |  | for last orders | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme |

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*Sentence 2:* (UK)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:landlord:x4:2
# text = (UK)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our landlord said we could keep a cat.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:landlord:x5:1
# text = Our landlord said we could keep a cat.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Our landlord |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** | could | we | a cat |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The landlord owns three flats on our street.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:landlord:x6:1
# text = The landlord owns three flats on our street.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	flats	flat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	street	street	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 | **own** | present | the landlord | three flats |  | our street |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot flat=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The landlord agreed to the bargain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:landlord:x7:1
# text = The landlord agreed to the bargain.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | the landlord |  |  |  |  | to the bargain | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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