washerwife

Who acts: woman, he, she · What happens: wash, cause, burnt, burn, get, chance · To what, where: clothes, old washerwife, auld washerwife, iron shoon, end, habitation

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

Meaning 1

A woman whose work is washing clothes for other people.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 woman	det
2	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 washing	nsubj
3	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	4 work	nmod:poss
4	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 washing	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 washing	aux
6	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 washing	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 people	case
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 people	amod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 clothes	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 washing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	present · progressive	a woman	clothes				for other people	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient for people=Beneficiary

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

And he caused the old washerwife and her daughter to be burnt.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 caused	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 caused	nsubj
3	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 washerwife	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 washerwife	amod
6	washerwife	washerwife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 daughter	cc
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 daughter	nmod:poss
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 washerwife	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	12 burnt	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 burnt	aux:pass
12	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 caused	advcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	he	the old washerwife and her daughter					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition washerwife=Patient
2	burnt	to-infinitive · passive	he not said here						tree rules

Example 2

And he caused the auld washerwife and her dochter to be burned.

From The Blue Fairy Book.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 caused	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 caused	nsubj
3	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 washerwife	det
5	auld	auld	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 washerwife	amod
6	washerwife	washerwife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dochter	cc
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dochter	nmod:poss
9	dochter	dochter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 washerwife	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	12 burned	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 burned	aux:pass
12	burned	burn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 dochter	acl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	he	the auld washerwife and her dochter					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition washerwife=Patient
2	burn	to-infinitive · passive	he not said here						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»

Example 3

At seven years' end she got her iron shoon, clomb the glassy hill, and chanced to come to the old washerwife's habitation.

From More English Fairy Tales.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	5 end	case
2	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 years	nummod
3	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 end	nmod:poss
4	'	's	PART	_	3 years	case
5	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obl
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 got	nsubj
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 shoon	nmod:poss
9	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shoon	compound
10	shoon	shoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 clomb	punct
12	clomb	clomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shoon	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hill	det
14	glassy	glassy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hill	amod
15	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 chanced	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 chanced	cc
18	chanced	chance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 got	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 come	mark
20	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 chanced	xcomp
21	to	to	ADP	_	26 habitation	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 washerwife	det
23	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 washerwife	amod
24	washerwife	washerwife	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 habitation	nmod:poss
25	's	's	PART	_	24 washerwife	case
26	habitation	habitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 come	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	get	past	she	her iron shoon and clomb		at seven years's end	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent shoon=Beneficiary hill=Theme
2	chance	participle	she not said here				vn risk-94-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	come	to-infinitive	she not said here		the old washerwife's habitation		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to habitation=Initial_Location

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