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breadwinner

Who acts: person, family, Mum, Dad, Gran, parents · What happens: earn, live on, be, lose, become, job · To what, where: money, main breadwinner, house, job, breadwinner, breadwinners

«breadwinner» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: breadwinner in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The person in a family who earns the money that the family lives on.

The tree, 14 words
detnsubjcasedetnmodnsubjdetobjobjdetnsubjacl:relclcompound:prtpunctrootTheDETpersonNOUNinADPaDETfamilyNOUNwhoPRONearnsVERBtheDETmoneyNOUNthatPRONtheDETfamilyNOUNlivesVERBonADP.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 persondet
2personpersonNOUNNumber=Sing7 earnsnsubj
3ininADP_5 familycase
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 familydet
5familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing2 personnmod
6whowhoPRONPronType=Rel7 earnsnsubj
7earnsearnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 moneydet
9moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing7 earnsobj
10thatthatPRONPronType=Rel13 livesobj
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 familydet
12familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing13 livesnsubj
13livesliveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 moneyacl:relcl
14ononADP_13 livescompound:prt
15..PUNCT_7 earnspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1earnpresentthe person in a familythe moneyvn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
2live onpresentthe familythe moneyvn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme that=Location

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

Mum is the main breadwinner in our house.

nsubjcopdetamodcasenmod:possnmodpunctrootMumNOUNisAUXtheDETmainADJbreadwinnerNOUNinADPourPRONhouseNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MummumNOUNNumber=Sing5 breadwinnernsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 breadwinnercop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 breadwinnerdet
4mainmainADJDegree=Pos5 breadwinneramod
5breadwinnerbreadwinnerNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6ininADP_8 housecase
7ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 housenmod:poss
8househouseNOUNNumber=Sing5 breadwinnernmod
9..PUNCT_5 breadwinnerpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentMumthe main breadwinnerour housetree rules

Example 2

When Dad lost his job, Gran became the breadwinner.

marknsubjadvclnmod:possobjpunctnsubjdetxcomppunctrootWhenSCONJDadNOUNlostVERBhisPRONjobNOUN,PUNCTGranPROPNbecameVERBtheDETbreadwinnerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenSCONJ_3 lostmark
2DaddadNOUNNumber=Sing3 lostnsubj
3lostloseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 becameadvcl
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 jobnmod:poss
5jobjobNOUNNumber=Sing3 lostobj
6,,PUNCT_3 lostpunct
7GranGranPROPNNumber=Sing8 becamensubj
8becamebecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 breadwinnerdet
10breadwinnerbreadwinnerNOUNNumber=Sing8 becamexcomp
11..PUNCT_8 becamepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1losepastDadDad's jobvn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality
2becomepastGranthe breadwinnervn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3jobDadnom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

Both my parents are breadwinners.

det:predetnmod:possnsubjcoppunctrootBothDETmyPRONparentsNOUNareAUXbreadwinnersNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BothbothDETPronType=Tot3 parentsdet:predet
2mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 parentsnmod:poss
3parentsparentNOUNNumber=Plur5 breadwinnersnsubj
4arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 breadwinnerscop
5breadwinnersbreadwinnerNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
6..PUNCT_5 breadwinnerspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentmy parentsbreadwinnerstree rules

Example 4

In the story, the eldest son had to become the breadwinner.

casedetoblpunctdetamodnsubjmarkxcompdetxcomppunctrootInADPtheDETstoryNOUN,PUNCTtheDETeldestADJsonNOUNhadVERBtoPARTbecomeVERBtheDETbreadwinnerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 storycase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 storydet
3storystoryNOUNNumber=Sing8 hadobl
4,,PUNCT_3 storypunct
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 sondet
6eldesteldADJDegree=Sup7 sonamod
7sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing8 hadnsubj
8hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9totoPART_10 becomemark
10becomebecomeVERBVerbForm=Inf8 hadxcomp
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 breadwinnerdet
12breadwinnerbreadwinnerNOUNNumber=Sing10 becomexcomp
13..PUNCT_8 hadpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepastthe eldest sonthe storytree rules
2becometo-infinitivethe eldest son not said herethe breadwinnervn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Example 5

Being the only breadwinner can be stressful.

copdetamodnsubjauxcoppunctrootBeingAUXtheDETonlyADJbreadwinnerNOUNcanAUXbeAUXstressfulADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BeingbeAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 breadwinnercop
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 breadwinnerdet
3onlyonlyADJDegree=Pos4 breadwinneramod
4breadwinnerbreadwinnerNOUNNumber=Sing7 stressfulnsubj
5cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin7 stressfulaux
6bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf7 stressfulcop
7stressfulstressfulADJDegree=Posrootroot
8..PUNCT_7 stressfulpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is agerundthe only breadwinnertree rules
2iscanthe only breadwinnerstressful propertytree rules

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. 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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