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 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 English dictionary.
Early Modern English, 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; work nsubj | 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 | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | she | her iron shoon and clomb | at seven years's end | the glassy hill obj | 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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