butler Who acts: butler, chief male servant, Everyone, family, she · What happens: be, look, open, bow, serve, suspect · To what, where: chief male servant, large rich house, surname, front door, dinner, old house · Speech: someone speaks here
«butler» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: butler in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A butler is the chief male servant in a large, rich house, who looks after the wine, the dining room and the other servants.
The tree, 24 words det nsubj cop det amod amod case det amod punct amod nmod punct nsubj conj case det obl punct det compound conj cc det amod conj punct root A DET butler NOUN is AUX the DET chief ADJ male ADJ servant NOUN in ADP a DET large ADJ , PUNCT rich ADJ house NOUN , PUNCT who PRON looks VERB after ADP the DET wine NOUN , PUNCT the DET dining NOUN room NOUN and CCONJ the DET other ADJ servants NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 butler det 2 butler butler NOUN Number=Sing 7 servant nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 servant cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 servant det 5 chief chief ADJ Degree=Pos 7 servant amod 6 male male ADJ Degree=Pos 7 servant amod 7 servant servant NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 in in ADP _ 13 house case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 house det 10 large large ADJ Degree=Pos 13 house amod 11 , , PUNCT _ 10 large punct 12 rich rich ADJ Degree=Pos 13 house amod 13 house house NOUN Number=Sing 7 servant nmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 16 looks punct 15 who who PRON PronType=Rel 16 looks nsubj 16 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 servant conj 17 after after ADP _ 19 wine case 18 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 19 wine det 19 wine wine NOUN Number=Sing 16 looks obl 20 , , PUNCT _ 23 room punct 21 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 23 room det 22 dining dining NOUN Number=Sing 23 room compound 23 room room NOUN Number=Sing 19 wine conj 24 and and CCONJ _ 27 servants cc 25 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 27 servants det 26 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 27 servants amod 27 servants servant NOUN Number=Plur 19 wine conj 28 . . PUNCT _ 7 servant punct
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1 is a present a butler the chief male servant a large rich house tree rules 2 look present the chief male servant after the wine and the dining room and the other servants vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
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 Butler is also a surname.
nsubj cop advmod det punct root Butler NOUN is AUX also ADV a DET surname NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Butler butler NOUN Number=Sing 5 surname nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 surname cop 3 also also ADV _ 5 surname advmod 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 surname det 5 surname surname NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 surname punct
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1 is a present Butler a surname tree rules
Example 1 The butler opened the front door and bowed.
det nsubj det amod obj cc conj punct root The DET butler NOUN opened VERB the DET front ADJ door NOUN and CCONJ bowed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 butler det 2 butler butler NOUN Number=Sing 3 opened nsubj 3 opened open VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 door det 5 front front ADJ Degree=Pos 6 door amod 6 door door NOUN Number=Sing 3 opened obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 bowed cc 8 bowed bow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 opened conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 opened punct
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1 open past the butler the front door vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme 2 bow past the butler not said here vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 2 In the old house, the butler served dinner.
case det amod obl punct det nsubj obj punct root In ADP the DET old ADJ house NOUN , PUNCT the DET butler NOUN served VERB dinner NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 house case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 house det 3 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 4 house amod 4 house house NOUN Number=Sing 8 served obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 house punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 butler det 7 butler butler NOUN Number=Sing 8 served nsubj 8 served serve VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 dinner dinner NOUN Number=Sing 8 served obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 8 served punct
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1 serve past the butler dinner the old house vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dinner=Value in house=Location
Example 3 Everyone in the mystery suspected the butler.
nsubj case det nmod det obj punct root Everyone PRON in ADP the DET mystery NOUN suspected VERB the DET butler NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 5 suspected nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 4 mystery case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 mystery det 4 mystery mystery NOUN Number=Sing 1 Everyone nmod 5 suspected suspect VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 butler det 7 butler butler NOUN Number=Sing 5 suspected obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 suspected punct
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1 suspect past Everyone the butler vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent butler=Attribute
Example 4 The butler polished all the silver.
det nsubj det:predet det obj punct root The DET butler NOUN polished VERB all DET the DET silver NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 butler det 2 butler butler NOUN Number=Sing 3 polished nsubj 3 polished polish VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 silver det:predet 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 silver det 6 silver silver NOUN Number=Sing 3 polished obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 polished punct
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1 polish past the butler all silver vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent silver=Destination
Example 5 Batman's butler is called Alfred.
nmod:poss case nsubj:pass aux:pass xcomp punct root Batman PROPN 's PART butler NOUN is AUX called VERB Alfred PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Batman Batman PROPN Number=Sing 3 butler nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Batman case 3 butler butler NOUN Number=Sing 5 called nsubj:pass 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 called aux:pass 5 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 Alfred Alfred PROPN Number=Sing 5 called xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 called punct
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1 call present · passive Batman's butler vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
Example 6 The family no longer had a butler.
det nsubj advmod advmod det obj punct root The DET family NOUN no ADV longer ADV had VERB a DET butler NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 family det 2 family family NOUN Number=Sing 5 had nsubj 3 no no ADV _ 4 longer advmod 4 longer long ADV Degree=Cmp 5 had advmod 5 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 butler det 7 butler butler NOUN Number=Sing 5 had obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 had punct
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1 have past the family a butler long property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butler=Patient
Example 7 Then, clapping her hands, she summoned the chief butler.
advmod punct advcl nmod:poss obj punct nsubj det amod obj punct root Then ADV , PUNCT clapping VERB her PRON hands NOUN , PUNCT she PRON summoned VERB the DET chief ADJ butler NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 8 summoned advmod 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Then punct 3 clapping clap VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 summoned advcl 4 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 hands nmod:poss 5 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 3 clapping obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 3 clapping punct 7 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 summoned nsubj 8 summoned summon VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 butler det 10 chief chief ADJ Degree=Pos 11 butler amod 11 butler butler NOUN Number=Sing 8 summoned obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 8 summoned punct
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1 clap gerund she not said here her hands vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme 2 summon past she the chief butler then vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent butler=Recipient
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