dame
Who acts: wise old woman, Dame, Old Dame · What happens: give, put, title, name, smile, come · To what, where: honour, title, name, Dame, children bread
«dame» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: dame in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
A polite word for an older woman.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 word | det |
| 2 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 word | amod |
| 3 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 woman | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 woman | det |
| 6 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 woman | amod |
| 7 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 word | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 word | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
A title of honour given to a woman; in fairy tales «Dame» is put before a wise old woman's name.
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 title | det |
| 2 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 put | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 honour | case |
| 4 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 title | nmod |
| 5 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 honour | acl |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 woman | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 woman | det |
| 8 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 given | obl:agent |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 tales | punct |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 tales | case |
| 11 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tales | compound |
| 12 | tales | tale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 title | conj |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 Dame | punct |
| 14 | Dame | Dame | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 tales | appos |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 Dame | punct |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 put | aux:pass |
| 17 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 18 | before | before | ADP | _ | 24 name | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 woman | det |
| 20 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 woman | amod |
| 21 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 woman | amod |
| 22 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 name | nmod:poss |
| 23 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 22 woman | case |
| 24 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 put | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | participle | honour not said here | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | put | present · passive | a title of honour and fairy tales | a wise old woman's name | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before name=Destination | ||||
| 3 | title | honour | nom title «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | name | a wise old woman | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Example 1
Dame Fortune smiled on the girl.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dame | Dame | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 smiled | nsubj |
| 2 | Fortune | Fortune | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Dame | flat |
| 3 | smiled | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 girl | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 smiled | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 smiled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smile | past | Dame | on the girl | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
Old Dame Habetrot came to help her.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Dame | amod |
| 2 | Dame | Dame | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 came | nsubj |
| 3 | Habetrot | Habetrot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Dame | flat |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 help | mark |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 came | advcl |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 help | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Old Dame | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | help | to-infinitive | Old Dame not said here | Dame | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |
Example 3
The dame gave the children bread and milk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dame | det |
| 2 | dame | dame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 children | det |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 bread | compound |
| 6 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 milk | cc |
| 8 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bread | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the dame | children bread and milk | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |
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