bridesmaid

Who acts: bridesmaid, girl, I, aunt, bridesmaids, sister · What happens: be, help, walk, mean, win, not win · To what, where: girl, bride, ceremony, bridesmaid, wedding, pale blue dresses · Speech: someone speaks here

«bridesmaid» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: bridesmaid in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A bridesmaid is a girl or woman who helps the bride on her wedding day and walks with her at the ceremony.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bridesmaid	det
2	bridesmaid	bridesmaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 girl	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 girl	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 woman	cc
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 girl	conj
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 helps	nsubj
9	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 girl	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bride	det
11	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 helps	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 day	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 day	nmod:poss
14	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 day	compound
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 helps	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 walks	cc
17	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 helps	conj
18	with	with	ADP	_	19 her	case
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 walks	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 ceremony	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 ceremony	det
22	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 walks	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 girl	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a bridesmaid	a girl or woman					tree rules
2	help	present	a girl or woman		the bride		day		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Beneficiary
3	walk	present	a girl or woman not said here			the ceremony		with bride	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at ceremony=Trajectory

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.

Meaning 2

Usage: idiom — kept apart, not parsed.

«Always the bridesmaid, never the bride» means always nearly winning but never quite winning.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 bridesmaid	punct
2	Always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 bridesmaid	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bridesmaid	det
4	bridesmaid	bridesmaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 means	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bride	punct
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 bride	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bride	det
8	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bridesmaid	appos
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 bride	punct
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	13 winning	advmod
12	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	13 winning	advmod
13	winning	win	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 means	ccomp
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 winning	cc
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 winning	advmod
16	quite	quite	ADV	_	17 winning	advmod
17	winning	win	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 winning	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the bridesmaid		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	win	gerund		always, nearly property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not win	gerund			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

I was a bridesmaid at my aunt's wedding.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 bridesmaid	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bridesmaid	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bridesmaid	det
4	bridesmaid	bridesmaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 wedding	case
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 aunt	nmod:poss
7	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wedding	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 aunt	case
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bridesmaid	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 bridesmaid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	I	a bridesmaid		my aunt's wedding			tree rules
2	wed		my aunt						nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The bridesmaids wore pale blue dresses.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bridesmaids	det
2	bridesmaids	bridesmaid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wore	nsubj
3	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dresses	amod
5	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dresses	amod
6	dresses	dress	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wore	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	the bridesmaids	pale blue dresses					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme

Example 3

My sister is the chief bridesmaid.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bridesmaid	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bridesmaid	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bridesmaid	det
5	chief	chief	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bridesmaid	amod
6	bridesmaid	bridesmaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bridesmaid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	My sister	the chief bridesmaid					tree rules

Example 4

The little bridesmaid scattered petals up the aisle.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bridesmaid	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bridesmaid	amod
3	bridesmaid	bridesmaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	scattered	scatter	ADJ	_	5 petals	amod
5	petals	petal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bridesmaid	conj
6	up	up	ADP	_	8 aisle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 aisle	det
8	aisle	aisle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 petals	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bridesmaid	punct

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

Example 5

Bridesmaids help the bride get ready on the big day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bridesmaids	bridesmaid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	nsubj
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bride	det
4	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 help	ccomp
6	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 get	xcomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 day	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 day	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 day	amod
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ready	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Bridesmaids						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	get	present	the bride					ready property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 6

Our team was always the bridesmaid, never the bride, until this year's final.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 team	nmod:poss
2	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bridesmaid	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bridesmaid	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 bridesmaid	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bridesmaid	det
6	bridesmaid	bridesmaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bride	punct
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 bride	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bride	det
10	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bridesmaid	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 final	punct
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	16 final	mark
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 year	det
14	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 final	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 year	case
16	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bridesmaid	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bridesmaid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Our team	the bridesmaid and the bride				always property	tree rules
2	be		Our team not said here				year		tree rules

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