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title: receptionist — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «receptionist» in the school dictionary: A person who works at the front desk of an office, hotel, school or doctor's surgery, greeting people, answering the phone and making appointments. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# receptionist

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**Who acts:** person, receptionist, you, She, Visitors · **What happens:** work, greet, answer, make, give, ask · **To what, where:** people, phone, appointments, room key, us, receptionist · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A person who works at the front desk of an office, hotel, school or doctor's surgery, greeting people, answering the phone and making appointments.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:receptionist:m1:1
# text = A person who works at the front desk of an office, hotel, school or doctor's surgery, greeting people, answering the phone and making appointments.
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	4	nsubj	_	_
4	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	desk	desk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	hotel	hotel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	surgery	surgery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	greeting	greet	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	appos	_	_
22	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	answering	answer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	conj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	24	conj	_	_
29	appointments	appointment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | a person and hotel and school or doctor's surgery |  |  |  |  | at the front desk of a office | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at desk=Theme |
| 2 | **greet** *speech: greet* | gerund |  |  | people |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
| 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | the phone |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent phone=Eventuality |
| 4 | **make** | gerund |  | appointments |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset appointment=Product |

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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 receptionist gave us our room key.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:receptionist:x1:1
# text = The receptionist gave us our room key.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the receptionist | our room key | us |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient key=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ask the receptionist for an appointment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:receptionist:x2:1
# text = Ask the receptionist for an appointment.
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	appointment	appointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | the receptionist |  |  |  | for a appointment | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent receptionist=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The school receptionist signed in my mum.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:receptionist:x3:1
# text = The school receptionist signed in my mum.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	signed	sign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | participle |  | the school receptionist *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She works as a receptionist at the dentist's.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:receptionist:x4:1
# text = She works as a receptionist at the dentist's.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | She |  |  |  |  | as a receptionist; at the dentist | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at dentist=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The receptionist answered the phone with a smile.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:receptionist:x5:1
# text = The receptionist answered the phone with a smile.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	answered	answer	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	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	smile	smile	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 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the receptionist | the phone |  |  |  | with a smile | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent phone=Eventuality |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Visitors must speak to the receptionist first.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:receptionist:x6:1
# text = Visitors must speak to the receptionist first.
1	Visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	receptionist	receptionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | must | Visitors |  |  |  |  | to the receptionist; first *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to receptionist=Co-Agent |

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