scullery

Who acts: she, catskin, he · What happens: wash, do, fly, don, robe, slip · To what, where: dishes, small room, castle, scullery, her, scullery maid · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

A small room behind the kitchen where dishes and pots are washed and rough work is done.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 room	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 room	amod
3	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 done	nsubj:pass
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 kitchen	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kitchen	det
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 room	nmod
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 washed	advmod
8	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 washed	nsubj:pass
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pots	cc
10	pots	pot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dishes	conj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 washed	aux:pass
12	washed	wash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 kitchen	acl:relcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 work	cc
14	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 work	amod
15	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 washed	conj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 done	aux:pass
17	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	present · passive		dishes and pots					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	do	present · passive		a small room behind the kitchen					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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

Then she flew from the castle and donned her catskin robe again, and slipped into the scullery again, unbeknown to the cook.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 flew	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 flew	nsubj
3	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 castle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 castle	det
6	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 donned	cc
8	donned	don	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 flew	conj
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 catskin	nmod:poss
10	catskin	catskin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 robe	nsubj
11	robe	robe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 donned	ccomp
12	again	again	ADV	_	11 robe	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 slipped	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 slipped	cc
15	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 flew	conj
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 scullery	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 scullery	det
18	scullery	scullery	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 slipped	obl
19	again	again	ADV	_	15 slipped	advmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 unbeknown	punct
21	unbeknown	unbeknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 slipped	conj
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 cook	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 cook	det
24	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 unbeknown	obl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	fly	past	she	the castle	then	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from castle=Trajectory
2	don	past	she not said here			tree rules
3	robe	present	her catskin		again	vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	slip	past	she not said here	the scullery	again	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Example 2

Next day he went to his mother, the lady of the castle, and told her that he wished to marry the scullery-maid, Catskin.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 day	amod
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl:unmarked
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 mother	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lady	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lady	det
10	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mother	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 castle	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 castle	det
13	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lady	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 told	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 told	cc
16	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 went	conj
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 told	iobj
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 wished	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 wished	nsubj
20	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 told	ccomp
21	to	to	PART	_	22 marry	mark
22	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 wished	xcomp
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 maid	det
24	scullery	scullery	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 maid	compound
25	-	-	PUNCT	_	24 scullery	punct
26	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 marry	obj
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 Catskin	punct
28	Catskin	Catskin	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 maid	appos
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he			day	to his mother and the lady of the castle	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mother=Initial_Location
2	tell speech: assert	past	he not said here		her = she			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	wish	past	he					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the scullery maid				vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maid=Patient

Example 3

and with that she curtsied, and flew from the ball, off with her golden robe, on with her catskin, and into the scullery without the cook's knowing.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 curtsied	cc
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 that	case
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 curtsied	obl
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 curtsied	nsubj
5	curtsied	curtsy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 flew	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 flew	cc
8	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 curtsied	conj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 ball	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 ball	det
11	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flew	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 robe	punct
13	off	off	ADV	_	17 robe	advmod
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 robe	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 robe	nmod:poss
16	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 robe	amod
17	robe	robe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flew	parataxis
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 catskin	punct
19	on	on	ADP	_	22 catskin	case
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 catskin	case
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 catskin	nmod:poss
22	catskin	catskin	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 robe	conj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 knowing	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 knowing	cc
25	into	into	ADP	_	27 scullery	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 scullery	det
27	scullery	scullery	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 knowing	obl
28	without	without	ADP	_	30 cook	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 cook	det
30	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 scullery	nmod
31	's	's	PART	_	30 cook	case
32	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 curtsied	advcl
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 curtsied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	curtsy	past	she		with that	tree rules
2	fly	past	she not said here	the ball		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from ball=Trajectory
3	know	gerund	she not said here	the scullery without the cook		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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