chamberlain

Who acts: chamberlain, I, he, chamberlains · What happens: be, charge, know, say, walk, push · To what, where: officer, charge, rooms, room · Speech: someone speaks here

«chamberlain» in the school 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: chamberlain in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A chamberlain was an officer in charge of the rooms and household business of a king, queen or lord in old times.

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 chamberlain	det
2	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 officer	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 officer	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 officer	det
5	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 charge	case
7	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 officer	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 rooms	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rooms	det
10	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 charge	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 business	cc
12	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 business	compound
13	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rooms	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 king	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 business	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 queen	punct
18	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rooms	conj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 lord	cc
20	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 queen	conj
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 times	case
22	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 times	amod
23	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 lord	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 officer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	a chamberlain	a officer		charge of the rooms and household business of a king and queen or lord in old times			tree rules
2	charge			the rooms and household business of a king and queen or lord in old times					nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient

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

"I know who he says he is," said the Chamberlain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 know	nsubj
3	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 said	ccomp
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 says	nsubj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 know	ccomp
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 is	nsubj
8	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 says	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 know	punct
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Chamberlain	det
13	Chamberlain	Chamberlain	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 said	nsubj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	know in a quote	present	I	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	be in a quote	present	he	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	say speech: assert	past	the Chamberlain	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

Example 2

The chamberlains walked along proudly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chamberlains	det
2	chamberlains	chamberlain	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 walked	nsubj
3	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	along	along	ADV	_	3 walked	advmod
5	proudly	proudly	ADV	_	3 walked	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	the chamberlains					along, proudly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The Chamberlain pushed into the room.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Chamberlain	det
2	Chamberlain	Chamberlain	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	nsubj
3	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pushed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	the Chamberlain			the room			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into room=Destination

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