courtier Who acts: person, courtiers, queen, Walter, courtier, King · What happens: spend, bow, enter, have, be, say · To what, where: court, fairy tale, clothes, courtier, command · Speech: someone speaks here
«courtier» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: courtier in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A person who spends time at the court of a king or queen, as an adviser, friend or attendant.
The tree, 19 words det nsubj nsubj obj case det obl case det nmod cc conj punct case det obl punct appos cc conj punct root A DET person NOUN who PRON spends VERB time NOUN at ADP the DET court NOUN of ADP a DET king NOUN or CCONJ queen NOUN , PUNCT as ADP an DET adviser NOUN , PUNCT friend NOUN or CCONJ attendant NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 person det 2 person person NOUN Number=Sing 4 spends nsubj 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 4 spends nsubj 4 spends spend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 time time NOUN Number=Sing 4 spends obj 6 at at ADP _ 8 court case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 court det 8 court court NOUN Number=Sing 4 spends obl 9 of of ADP _ 11 king case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 king det 11 king king NOUN Number=Sing 8 court nmod 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 queen cc 13 queen queen NOUN Number=Sing 11 king conj 14 , , PUNCT _ 17 adviser punct 15 as as ADP _ 17 adviser case 16 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 17 adviser det 17 adviser adviser NOUN Number=Sing 4 spends obl 18 , , PUNCT _ 19 friend punct 19 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 17 adviser appos 20 or or CCONJ _ 21 attendant cc 21 attendant attendant NOUN Number=Sing 19 friend conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 4 spends punct
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1 spend present a person the court of a king or queen time as a adviser vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as adviser=Attribute
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 courtiers bowed as the queen entered.
det nsubj mark det nsubj advcl punct root The DET courtiers NOUN bowed VERB as SCONJ the DET queen NOUN entered VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 courtiers det 2 courtiers courtier NOUN Number=Plur 3 bowed nsubj 3 bowed bow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 as as SCONJ _ 7 entered mark 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 queen det 6 queen queen NOUN Number=Sing 7 entered nsubj 7 entered enter VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 bowed advcl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 bowed punct
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1 bow past the courtiers vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 enter past the queen vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 Henry VIII's courtiers had to be careful what they said.
nmod:poss flat case nsubj mark cop xcomp obj nsubj parataxis punct root Henry PROPN VIII PROPN 's PART courtiers NOUN had VERB to PART be AUX careful ADJ what PRON they PRON said VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Henry Henry PROPN Number=Sing 4 courtiers nmod:poss 2 VIII VIII PROPN Number=Sing 1 Henry flat 3 's 's PART _ 1 Henry case 4 courtiers courtier NOUN Number=Plur 5 had nsubj 5 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 to to PART _ 8 careful mark 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 careful cop 8 careful careful ADJ Degree=Pos 5 had xcomp 9 what what PRON PronType=Int 11 said obj 10 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 said nsubj 11 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 careful parataxis 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 had punct
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1 have past Henry's courtiers vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 is to-infinitive Henry's courtiers not said here careful property tree rules 3 say speech: assert past courtiers = courtier vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
Example 3 In the fairy tale, the courtiers pretended to see the emperor's clothes.
The tree, 13 words case det amod obl punct det nsubj mark xcomp det nmod:poss case obj punct root In ADP the DET fairy ADJ tale NOUN , PUNCT the DET courtiers NOUN pretended VERB to PART see VERB the DET emperor NOUN 's PART clothes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 tale case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 tale det 3 fairy fairy ADJ Degree=Pos 4 tale amod 4 tale tale NOUN Number=Sing 8 pretended obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 tale punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 courtiers det 7 courtiers courtier NOUN Number=Plur 8 pretended nsubj 8 pretended pretend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 to to PART _ 10 see mark 10 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 pretended xcomp 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 emperor det 12 emperor emperor NOUN Number=Sing 14 clothes nmod:poss 13 's 's PART _ 12 emperor case 14 clothes clothes NOUN Number=Ptan 10 see obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 8 pretended punct
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1 pretend past the courtiers the fairy tale tree rules 2 see to-infinitive the courtiers not said here the emperor's clothes vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer clothes=Stimulus
Example 4 Sir Walter Raleigh was a courtier of Elizabeth I.
nmod:desc nsubj flat cop det case nmod flat root Sir PROPN Walter PROPN Raleigh PROPN was AUX a DET courtier NOUN of ADP Elizabeth PROPN I. PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sir Sir PROPN Number=Sing 2 Walter nmod:desc 2 Walter Walter PROPN Number=Sing 6 courtier nsubj 3 Raleigh Raleigh PROPN Number=Sing 2 Walter flat 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 courtier cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 courtier det 6 courtier courtier NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 of of ADP _ 8 Elizabeth case 8 Elizabeth Elizabeth PROPN Number=Sing 6 courtier nmod 9 I. I. PROPN Number=Sing 8 Elizabeth flat
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1 is a past Walter Sir a courtier of Elizabeth tree rules
Example 5 The courtiers whispered about the new king.
det nsubj case det amod obl punct root The DET courtiers NOUN whispered VERB about ADP the DET new ADJ king NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 courtiers det 2 courtiers courtier NOUN Number=Plur 3 whispered nsubj 3 whispered whisper VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 about about ADP _ 7 king case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 king det 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 7 king amod 7 king king NOUN Number=Sing 3 whispered obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 whispered punct
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1 whisper speech: assert past the courtiers about the new king vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about king=Topic
Example 6 Just then the courtier arrived, bearing the King’s command.
advmod advmod det nsubj punct advcl det nmod:poss case obj punct root Just ADV then ADV the DET courtier NOUN arrived VERB , PUNCT bearing VERB the DET King PROPN ’s PART command NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Just just ADV _ 5 arrived advmod 2 then then ADV PronType=Dem 5 arrived advmod 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 courtier det 4 courtier courtier NOUN Number=Sing 5 arrived nsubj 5 arrived arrive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 bearing punct 7 bearing bear VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 arrived advcl 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 King det 9 King King PROPN Number=Sing 11 command nmod:poss 10 ’s 's PART _ 9 King case 11 command command NOUN Number=Sing 7 bearing obj 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 arrived punct
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1 arrive past the courtier then vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 bear gerund the courtier not said here the King's command vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Patient 3 command the King nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent
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