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title: prospective — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «prospective» in the school dictionary: Likely or expected to be or become something in the future: «prospective parents». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# prospective

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**Who acts:** Prospective pupils, prospective buyers, She, coach, Prospective parents, prospective · **What happens:** expect, be, go, happen, take, tour · **To what, where:** effect, future, school, prospective players, trials, timetable

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Likely or expected to be or become something in the future: «prospective parents».

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prospective:m1:1
# text = Likely or expected to be or become something in the future: «prospective parents».
1	Likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	expected	expect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	xcomp	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	prospective	prospective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | become *property* | 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}

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Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Going to happen or take effect in the future.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prospective:m2:1
# text = Going to happen or take effect in the future.
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	future	future	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **happen** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | infinitive |  | effect |  | the future |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent effect=Value in future=Location |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Prospective pupils toured the school on open day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prospective:x1:1
# text = Prospective pupils toured the school on open day.
1	Prospective	prospective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	toured	tour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tour** | past | Prospective pupils | the school |  |  | day |  | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent school=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The prospective buyers looked round our house.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prospective:x2:1
# text = The prospective buyers looked round our house.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	prospective	prospective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	buyers	buyer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the prospective buyers |  |  |  |  | round our house | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent round house=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She met her prospective in-laws for the first time.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prospective:x3:1
# text = She met her prospective in-laws for the first time.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	prospective	prospective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | She |  |  |  |  | prospective *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The coach watched the prospective players at trials.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prospective:x4:1
# text = The coach watched the prospective players at trials.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	coach	coach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	prospective	prospective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	trials	trial	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | the coach | the prospective players |  | trials |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent player=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Prospective parents asked about the lunch menu.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prospective:x5:1
# text = Prospective parents asked about the lunch menu.
1	Prospective	prospective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	menu	menu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Prospective parents |  |  |  |  | about the lunch menu | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about menu=Topic |

## Example 6 {#x6}

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The prospective changes to the timetable were explained.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:prospective:x6:1
# text = The prospective changes to the timetable were explained.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prospective	prospective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	timetable	timetable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	explained	explain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | the prospective |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | the timetable |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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