eunuch

Who acts: eunuch, man, children, given work, king · What happens: be, make, have, give, look, hurry back · To what, where: man, children, given work, letter, princess

«eunuch» 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: eunuch in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A eunuch is a man who has been made unable to have children, who was often given work looking after the rooms of a king or queen.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 eunuch	det
2	eunuch	eunuch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 made	nsubj:pass
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 made	aux
8	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 made	aux:pass
9	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 man	acl:relcl
10	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 made	xcomp
11	to	to	PART	_	12 have	mark
12	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 unable	xcomp
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 have	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 work	punct
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 work	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 work	cop
17	often	often	ADV	_	19 work	advmod
18	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 work	amod
19	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 children	parataxis
20	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 work	acl
21	after	after	ADP	_	23 rooms	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 rooms	det
23	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 looking	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 king	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 king	det
26	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 rooms	nmod
27	or	or	CCONJ	_	28 queen	cc
28	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 king	conj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a eunuch	a man			tree rules
2	make	present · perfect · passive		a man		unable property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	have	to-infinitive	a man not said here	children			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
4	give	participle					vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5	is a	past	children	given work		often property	tree rules
6	look	gerund	given work not said here		after the rooms of a king or queen		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.

Example 1

The eunuch hurried back to the king.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eunuch	det
2	eunuch	eunuch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurried	nsubj
3	hurried	hurry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	3 hurried	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hurried	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hurried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurry back	past	the eunuch					to the king result	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to king=Result

Example 2

The eunuch carried the letter to the princess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eunuch	det
2	eunuch	eunuch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	nsubj
3	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 letter	det
5	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 princess	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princess	det
8	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the eunuch	the letter	the princess				vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to princess=Destination

Example 3

The king sent for the chief of the eunuchs.

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	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 chief	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chief	det
6	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 eunuchs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 eunuchs	det
9	eunuchs	eunuch	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chief	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the king					for the chief of the eunuchs	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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