countess

Who acts: countess, woman · What happens: be, hold, live, say, ask · To what, where: noble lady, rank, big house, maid · Speech: someone speaks here

«countess» 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: countess in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A countess is a noble lady, the wife of a count, or a woman who holds the rank of count.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 countess	det
2	countess	countess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lady	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lady	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lady	det
5	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lady	amod
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wife	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wife	det
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lady	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 count	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 count	det
12	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wife	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 woman	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 woman	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 woman	det
16	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lady	appos
17	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 holds	nsubj
18	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 woman	acl:relcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 rank	det
20	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 holds	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 count	case
22	count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 rank	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lady	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a countess	a noble lady and the wife of a count					tree rules
2	hold	present	a woman	the rank of count					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rank=Theme

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

The countess lived in the big house on the hill.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 countess	det
2	countess	countess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 house	amod
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 hill	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hill	det
10	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 house	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the countess			the big house on the hill			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location

Example 2

'What will the Countess say?' asked the maid.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct
2	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Countess	det
5	Countess	Countess	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 asked	ccomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 maid	det
11	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	future	the Countess						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	past			the maid				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent maid=Recipient clause=Topic

Example 3

The countess was kind to the poor mother.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 countess	det
2	countess	countess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kind	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	cop
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 mother	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mother	det
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mother	amod
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kind	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 kind	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the countess					to the poor mother; kind property	tree rules

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