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title: voter — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «voter» in the school dictionary: A voter is a person who votes in an election or is allowed to vote. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# voter

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**Who acts:** voter, person, Voters, mum, time voters, Voter turnout · **What happens:** be, vote, allow, choose, queue, have · **To what, where:** person, election, new mayor, voter, polling station, one vote

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A voter is a person who votes in an election or is allowed to vote.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:voter:m1:1
# text = A voter is a person who votes in an election or is allowed to vote.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	voter	voter	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	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	votes	vote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	election	election	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	vote	vote	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 voter | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **vote** | present | a person |  |  | a election |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **allow** | present · passive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **vote** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 -->
Voters chose a new mayor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:voter:x1:1
# text = Voters chose a new mayor.
1	Voters	voter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | Voters | a new mayor |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mayor=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My mum is a voter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:voter:x2:1
# text = My mum is a voter.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	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	voter	voter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My mum | a voter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
First-time voters were excited.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:voter:x3:1
# text = First-time voters were excited.
1	First	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	voters	voter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	excited	excited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | time voters |  |  |  |  | excited *property* | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The voters queued at the polling station.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:voter:x4:1
# text = The voters queued at the polling station.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	voters	voter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	queued	queue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	polling	polling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	station	station	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 | **queue** | past | the voters |  |  | the polling station |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Every voter has one vote.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:voter:x5:1
# text = Every voter has one vote.
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	voter	voter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | every voter | one vote |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vote=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Voter turnout was high.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:voter:x6:1
# text = Voter turnout was high.
1	Voter	voter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	turnout	turnout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Voter turnout |  |  |  |  | high *property* | tree rules |

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