churchwarden

Who acts: churchwarden, volunteer, Mrs, churchwardens, parish · What happens: be, help, look, unlock, count, choose · To what, where: volunteer, parish, church, churchwarden, St Mary, collection

«churchwarden» 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: churchwarden in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: church — kept apart, not parsed.

A churchwarden is a volunteer in a parish (especially Church of England and Anglican churches) who helps look after the church building, its money and services.

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 churchwarden	det
2	churchwarden	churchwarden	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 volunteer	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 volunteer	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 volunteer	det
5	volunteer	volunteer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 parish	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 parish	det
8	parish	parish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 volunteer	nmod
9	(	(	PUNCT	_	11 Church	punct
10	especially	especially	ADV	_	11 Church	advmod
11	Church	Church	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 parish	appos
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 England	case
13	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Church	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 churches	cc
15	Anglican	anglican	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 churches	amod
16	churches	church	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 Church	conj
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	11 Church	punct
18	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 helps	nsubj
19	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 volunteer	parataxis
20	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 helps	xcomp
21	after	after	ADP	_	24 building	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 building	det
23	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 building	compound
24	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 look	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 money	punct
26	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 money	nmod:poss
27	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 building	appos
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 services	cc
29	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 money	conj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 volunteer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is a	present	a churchwarden	a volunteer	a parish		tree rules
2	help	present	a volunteer				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	look	infinitive	a volunteer not said here			after the church building	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

Usage: old — kept apart, not parsed.

A long clay pipe for smoking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pipe	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pipe	amod
3	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pipe	compound
4	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 smoking	case
6	smoking	smoking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pipe	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 pipe	punct

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

Example 1

The churchwarden unlocked the church for the choir.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 churchwarden	det
2	churchwarden	churchwarden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unlocked	nsubj
3	unlocked	unlock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 church	det
5	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unlocked	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 choir	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 choir	det
8	choir	choir	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unlocked	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 unlocked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unlock	past	the churchwarden	the church				for the choir	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent church=Patient

Example 2

Mrs Patel is a churchwarden at St Mary's.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 churchwarden	nsubj
2	Patel	Patel	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Mrs	flat
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 churchwarden	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 churchwarden	det
5	churchwarden	churchwarden	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 Mary	case
7	St	St	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Mary	compound
8	Mary	Mary	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 churchwarden	nmod
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Mary	case
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 churchwarden	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Mrs	a churchwarden		St Mary			tree rules

Example 3

The churchwardens counted the collection after the service.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 churchwardens	det
2	churchwardens	churchwarden	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 counted	nsubj
3	counted	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 collection	det
5	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 counted	obj
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 service	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 service	det
8	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 counted	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 counted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	past	the churchwardens	the collection			after the service		vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collection=Theme

Example 4

Each parish chooses two churchwardens.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 parish	det
2	parish	parish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chooses	nsubj
3	chooses	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 churchwardens	nummod
5	churchwardens	churchwarden	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chooses	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chooses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present	each parish	two churchwardens					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent churchwarden=Theme

Example 5

The churchwarden helped fix the leaking roof.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 churchwarden	det
2	churchwarden	churchwarden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 helped	nsubj
3	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 helped	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 roof	det
6	leaking	leak	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 roof	amod
7	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fix	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 helped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	help	past	the churchwarden		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	fix	infinitive	the churchwarden not said here	the leaking roof	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent roof=Patient
3	leak	gerund			vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

Example 6

Our churchwarden rings the bell on Sunday mornings.

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 churchwarden	nmod:poss
2	churchwarden	churchwarden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rings	nsubj
3	rings	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bell	det
5	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rings	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 mornings	case
7	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 mornings	compound
8	mornings	morning	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rings	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rings	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	present	Our churchwarden	the bell			morning		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme

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