damsel

Who acts: damsel, they, We · What happens: run, tell, accord, sob, sing, say · To what, where: house, live long night, damsel, mouth · Speech: someone speaks here

«damsel» in the Early Modern English 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: damsel in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

A young unmarried woman or girl.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 woman	det
2	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 woman	amod
3	unmarried	unmarried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 woman	amod
4	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 girl	cc
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 woman	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 woman	punct

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

Example 1

And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house according to these words.

From Torah GEN.24.28, JPS 1917.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 ran	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 damsel	det
3	damsel	damsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 told	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 told	cc
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ran	conj
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mother	nmod:poss
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 house	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 mother	case
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	obj
12	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 words	case
13	to	to	ADP	_	12 according	fixed
14	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	15 words	det
15	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 told	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	run	past	the damsel			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past	the damsel not said here	damsel's mother's house	accord this words	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent house=Recipient
3	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The live-long night the damsel sobbed and sang:

From More English Fairy Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 night	det
2	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 night	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 live	punct
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 night	amod
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sobbed	nsubj:pass
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 damsel	det
7	damsel	damsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sobbed	nsubj
8	sobbed	sob	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sang	cc
10	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sobbed	conj
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 sobbed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sob	participle · passive		the live long night					vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	sing speech: express	past							vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

And they said: 'We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.'

From Torah GEN.24.57, JPS 1917.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 said	cc
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 call	punct
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 call	punct
6	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 call	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 call	aux
8	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 damsel	det
10	damsel	damsel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 call	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 inquire	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 inquire	cc
13	inquire	inquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 call	conj
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 mouth	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mouth	nmod:poss
16	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 inquire	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 call	punct
18	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	they			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	call	future	We	the damsel		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent damsel=Recipient
3	inquire speech: other	infinitive	We not said here		her mouth	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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