wench

Who acts: wench, son, cinder wench, Prince, her · What happens: know, come, say, recognise, take, set out · To what, where: cinder wench, girls, last, her, things · Speech: someone speaks here

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

Meaning 1

A girl or young woman, often a servant or a country girl.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 woman	cc
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 woman	amod
5	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 girl	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 servant	punct
7	often	often	ADV	_	9 servant	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 servant	det
9	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 girl	conj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 girl	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 girl	det
12	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 girl	compound
13	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 servant	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 girl	punct

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

Example 1

"Who knows whence the wench comes?" said she.

From Grimm's Fairy Stories.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 knows	punct
2	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 knows	nsubj
3	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
4	whence	whence	ADV	PronType=Int	7 comes	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wench	det
6	wench	wench	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comes	nsubj
7	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 knows	ccomp
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 knows	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 knows	punct
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	present			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	come in a quote	present	the wench	whence property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: ask	past	wench		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 2

Thereupon the King’s son recognised the cinder wench; so he took both the girls with him, and set out.

From The Red Fairy Book.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thereupon	thereupon	ADV	_	6 recognised	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 son	nmod:poss
4	’s	's	PART	_	3 King	case
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recognised	nsubj
6	recognised	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wench	det
8	cinder	cinder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wench	compound
9	wench	wench	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 recognised	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 took	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 took	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 took	nsubj
13	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 recognised	conj
14	both	both	CCONJ	_	16 girls	cc:preconj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 girls	det
16	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 took	obj
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 took	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 set	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 set	cc
21	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 took	advcl
22	out	out	ADP	_	21 set	compound:prt
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 recognised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	recognise	past	the King's son	the cinder wench		thereupon property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wench=Stimulus
2	take	past	son		the girls	with King	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument girl=Destination
3	set out	infinitive	son not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

‘The cinder wench is not here,’ said the Prince at last; ‘go and fetch her, and let her try on the things.’

From The Red Fairy Book.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	‘	'	PUNCT	_	7 here	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wench	det
3	cinder	cinder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wench	compound
4	wench	wench	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 here	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 here	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 here	advmod
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 said	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 here	punct
9	’	'	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Prince	det
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 said	nsubj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 last	case
14	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 said	obl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 go	punct
16	‘	'	PUNCT	_	17 go	punct
17	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 fetch	cc
19	fetch	fetch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 go	conj
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 fetch	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 let	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 let	cc
23	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 go	conj
24	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 let	obj
25	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 let	xcomp
26	on	on	ADP	_	28 things	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 things	det
28	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 try	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 go	punct
30	’	'	PUNCT	_	17 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is	present	the cinder wench			here property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the Prince		last		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	go	infinitive					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	fetch	infinitive		her = she			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
5	let	infinitive		her = she			tree rules
6	try	infinitive	her = she not said here		the things		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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