equerry

Who acts: officer, royal attendant, equerry, equerries, princess · What happens: look, ride, help, hold, bow, pass · To what, where: journeys, princess, horse

«equerry» 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: equerry in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

An officer who looks after the horses of a king, queen or prince and rides beside them on journeys.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 officer	det
2	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 looks	nsubj
4	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 officer	acl:relcl
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 horses	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horses	det
7	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 looks	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 king	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 king	det
10	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 horses	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 queen	punct
12	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 king	conj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 prince	cc
14	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 king	conj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 rides	cc
16	rides	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 looks	conj
17	beside	beside	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 rides	obl
19	on	on	ADP	_	20 journeys	case
20	journeys	journey	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 rides	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 officer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	a officer				after the horses of a king and queen or prince		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	ride	present	a officer not said here			journeys		beside king	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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 use — kept apart, not parsed.

A royal attendant who helps a princess or lady of high rank.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 attendant	det
2	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 attendant	amod
3	attendant	attendant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 helps	nsubj
5	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 attendant	acl:relcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helps	obj
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 lady	cc
9	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 princess	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 rank	case
11	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 rank	amod
12	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lady	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 attendant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	a royal attendant		a princess or lady of high rank				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Beneficiary

Example 1

The king's equerry held the prince's horse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 equerry	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	equerry	equerry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	nsubj
5	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 horse	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 prince	case
9	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	the king's equerry	the prince's horse					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

Example 2

The princess's equerries bowed low as she passed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 equerries	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 princess	case
4	equerries	equerry	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bowed	nsubj
5	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bowed	xcomp
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 passed	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 passed	nsubj
9	passed	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bowed	advcl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	the princess's equerries					low property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pass	past	princess						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 3

An equerry must always be ready to ride at once.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 equerry	det
2	equerry	equerry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ready	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 ready	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 ready	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 ready	cop
6	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 ride	mark
8	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ready	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 ride	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ready	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	a equerry					always, ready property	tree rules
2	ride	to-infinitive	a equerry not said here						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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