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title: overseer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «overseer» in the school dictionary: A person whose job is to watch over workers, see that they do their work, and give them orders. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# overseer

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**Who acts:** person, workers, overseer, rulers, I · **What happens:** be, see, do, give, job, work · **To what, where:** workers, work, orders, coins, hands, overseer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A person whose job is to watch over workers, see that they do their work, and give them orders.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overseer:m1:1
# text = A person whose job is to watch over workers, see that they do their work, and give them orders.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	iobj	_	_
21	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a person |  |  | workers |  | watch *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **do** | present | workers *= worker* | workers's work |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
| 4 | **give** | infinitive | a person *not said here* | orders | workers *= worker* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient order=Theme |
| 5 | **job** |  | a person |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **work** |  | workers *= worker* |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=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 overseer of the mint struck coins for me.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overseer:x1:1
# text = The overseer of the mint struck coins for me.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	overseer	overseer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | the overseer of the mint | coins |  |  |  | for me | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rulers of hell laid hands upon the overseer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overseer:x2:1
# text = The rulers of hell laid hands upon the overseer.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rulers	ruler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hell	hell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	overseer	overseer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | participle | the rulers of hell | hands |  | the overseer |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme upon overseer=Destination |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I would make him overseer of all my business.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:overseer:x3:1
# text = I would make him overseer of all my business.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	overseer	overseer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | would | I | overseer of my business | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary overseer=Product |

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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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