footman Who acts: grand house, male servant, Fish Footman, Frog Footman, both, footman · What happens: wear, open, serve, carry, bring, play · To what, where: uniform, doors, food, table, messages, invitation · Speech: someone speaks here
«footman» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: footman in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A male servant in a grand house who wears a uniform, opens doors, serves food at table and carries messages.
The tree, 20 words det amod nsubj case det amod nmod nsubj acl:relcl det obj punct obj punct conj obj case obl cc conj obj punct root A DET male ADJ servant NOUN in ADP a DET grand ADJ house NOUN who PRON wears VERB a DET uniform NOUN , PUNCT opens VERB doors NOUN , PUNCT serves VERB food NOUN at ADP table NOUN and CCONJ carries VERB messages NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 servant det 2 male male ADJ Degree=Pos 3 servant amod 3 servant servant NOUN Number=Sing 13 opens nsubj 4 in in ADP _ 7 house case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 house det 6 grand grand ADJ Degree=Pos 7 house amod 7 house house NOUN Number=Sing 3 servant nmod 8 who who PRON PronType=Rel 9 wears nsubj 9 wears wear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 house acl:relcl 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 uniform det 11 uniform uniform NOUN Number=Sing 9 wears obj 12 , , PUNCT _ 3 servant punct 13 opens open VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 14 doors door NOUN Number=Plur 13 opens obj 15 , , PUNCT _ 16 serves punct 16 serves serve VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 opens conj 17 food food NOUN Number=Sing 16 serves obj 18 at at ADP _ 19 table case 19 table table NOUN Number=Sing 16 serves obl 20 and and CCONJ _ 21 carries cc 21 carries carry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 serves conj 22 messages message NOUN Number=Plur 21 carries obj 23 . . PUNCT _ 13 opens punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wear present a grand house a uniform vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent uniform=Theme 2 open present a male servant in a grand house doors vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme 3 serve present a male servant in a grand house not said here food table vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Attribute 4 carry present a male servant in a grand house not said here messages vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=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.
Meaning 2 In Alice in Wonderland, the Fish-Footman brings the Duchess an invitation from the Queen to play croquet, and the Frog-Footman takes it; both wear powdered wigs.
The tree, 28 words case obl case nmod punct det compound punct nsubj det obj det obj case det nmod mark advcl obj punct cc det compound punct nsubj conj obj punct nsubj conj amod obj punct root In ADP Alice PROPN in ADP Wonderland PROPN , PUNCT the DET Fish PROPN - PUNCT Footman PROPN brings VERB the DET Duchess PROPN an DET invitation NOUN from ADP the DET Queen PROPN to PART play VERB croquet NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ the DET Frog PROPN - PUNCT Footman PROPN takes VERB it PRON ; PUNCT both DET wear VERB powdered VERB wigs NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 Alice case 2 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 10 brings obl 3 in in ADP _ 4 Wonderland case 4 Wonderland Wonderland PROPN Number=Sing 2 Alice nmod 5 , , PUNCT _ 2 Alice punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 Footman det 7 Fish Fish PROPN Number=Sing 9 Footman compound 8 - - PUNCT _ 7 Fish punct 9 Footman Footman PROPN Number=Sing 10 brings nsubj 10 brings bring VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 Duchess det 12 Duchess Duchess PROPN Number=Sing 10 brings obj 13 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 invitation det 14 invitation invitation NOUN Number=Sing 10 brings obj 15 from from ADP _ 17 Queen case 16 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 17 Queen det 17 Queen Queen PROPN Number=Sing 14 invitation nmod 18 to to PART _ 19 play mark 19 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 brings advcl 20 croquet croquet NOUN Number=Sing 19 play obj 21 , , PUNCT _ 27 takes punct 22 and and CCONJ _ 27 takes cc 23 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 26 Footman det 24 Frog Frog PROPN Number=Sing 26 Footman compound 25 - - PUNCT _ 24 Frog punct 26 Footman Footman PROPN Number=Sing 27 takes nsubj 27 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 brings conj 28 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 27 takes obj 29 ; ; PUNCT _ 31 wear punct 30 both both DET PronType=Tot 31 wear nsubj 31 wear wear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 27 takes conj 32 powdered powder VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 33 wigs amod 33 wigs wig NOUN Number=Plur 31 wear obj 34 . . PUNCT _ 10 brings punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 bring present the Fish Footman a invitation the Duchess Alice in Wonderland vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent duchess=Destination invitation=Theme 2 play to-infinitive the Fish Footman not said here croquet vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme 3 take present the Frog Footman croquet vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme 4 wear present both powdered wigs vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wig=Theme 5 powder participle vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The footman opened the carriage door for the Queen.
det nsubj det compound obj case det obl punct root The DET footman NOUN opened VERB the DET carriage NOUN door NOUN for ADP the DET Queen PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 footman det 2 footman footman NOUN Number=Sing 3 opened nsubj 3 opened open VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 door det 5 carriage carriage NOUN Number=Sing 6 door compound 6 door door NOUN Number=Sing 3 opened obj 7 for for ADP _ 9 Queen case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 Queen det 9 Queen Queen PROPN Number=Sing 3 opened obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 opened punct
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1 open past the footman the carriage door for the Queen vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
Example 2 The Fish-Footman handed over a letter almost as large as himself.
det compound punct nsubj case det obl advmod advmod advcl case obl punct root The DET Fish PROPN - PUNCT Footman PROPN handed VERB over ADP a DET letter NOUN almost ADV as ADV large ADJ as ADP himself PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 Footman det 2 Fish Fish PROPN Number=Sing 4 Footman compound 3 - - PUNCT _ 2 Fish punct 4 Footman Footman PROPN Number=Sing 5 handed nsubj 5 handed hand VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 over over ADP _ 8 letter case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 letter det 8 letter letter NOUN Number=Sing 5 handed obl 9 almost almost ADV _ 11 large advmod 10 as as ADV _ 11 large advmod 11 large large ADJ Degree=Pos 5 handed advcl 12 as as ADP _ 13 himself case 13 himself himself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 11 large obl 14 . . PUNCT _ 5 handed punct
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1 hand past the Fish Footman a letter vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 3 The Frog-Footman sat staring stupidly up at the sky.
det compound punct nsubj advcl advmod advmod case det obl punct root The DET Frog PROPN - PUNCT Footman PROPN sat VERB staring VERB stupidly ADV up ADV at ADP the DET sky NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 Footman det 2 Frog Frog PROPN Number=Sing 4 Footman compound 3 - - PUNCT _ 2 Frog punct 4 Footman Footman PROPN Number=Sing 5 sat nsubj 5 sat sit VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 staring stare VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 sat advcl 7 stupidly stupidly ADV _ 8 up advmod 8 up up ADV _ 6 staring advmod 9 at at ADP _ 11 sky case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 sky det 11 sky sky NOUN Number=Sing 6 staring obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 sat punct
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1 sit past the Frog Footman vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 stare gerund the Frog Footman not said here at the sky vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sky=Theme
Example 4 In the big house, footmen served dinner in white gloves.
case det amod obl punct nsubj obj case amod obl punct root In ADP the DET big ADJ house NOUN , PUNCT footmen NOUN served VERB dinner NOUN in ADP white ADJ gloves NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 house case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 house det 3 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 4 house amod 4 house house NOUN Number=Sing 7 served obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 house punct 6 footmen footman NOUN Number=Plur 7 served nsubj 7 served serve VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 dinner dinner NOUN Number=Sing 7 served obj 9 in in ADP _ 11 gloves case 10 white white ADJ Degree=Pos 11 gloves amod 11 gloves glove NOUN Number=Plur 7 served obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 7 served punct
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1 serve past footmen dinner the big house in white gloves vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dinner=Value in house=Location
Example 5 The footman bowed and carried in the silver tray.
det nsubj cc conj case det compound obl punct root The DET footman NOUN bowed VERB and CCONJ carried VERB in ADP the DET silver NOUN tray NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 footman det 2 footman footman NOUN Number=Sing 3 bowed nsubj 3 bowed bow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 carried cc 5 carried carry VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 bowed conj 6 in in ADP _ 9 tray case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 tray det 8 silver silver NOUN Number=Sing 9 tray compound 9 tray tray NOUN Number=Sing 5 carried obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 bowed punct
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1 bow past the footman vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 carry past the footman not said here the silver tray vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in tray=Location
Example 6 Alice knocked, but the footman would not let her in.
nsubj punct cc det nsubj aux advmod ccomp obj compound:prt punct root Alice PROPN knocked VERB , PUNCT but CCONJ the DET footman NOUN would AUX not PART let VERB her PRON in ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 2 knocked nsubj 2 knocked knock VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 9 let punct 4 but but CCONJ _ 9 let cc 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 footman det 6 footman footman NOUN Number=Sing 9 let nsubj 7 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 let aux 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 let advmod 9 let let VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 knocked ccomp 10 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 let obj 11 in in ADP _ 9 let compound:prt 12 . . PUNCT _ 2 knocked punct
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1 knock past Alice tree rules 2 not let in would the footman Alice vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
Example 7 The two footmen got their curls tangled together when they bowed.
det nummod nsubj nmod:poss obj acl advmod advmod nsubj advcl punct root The DET two NUM footmen NOUN got VERB their PRON curls NOUN tangled VERB together ADV when ADV they PRON bowed VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 footmen det 2 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 3 footmen nummod 3 footmen footman NOUN Number=Plur 4 got nsubj 4 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 curls nmod:poss 6 curls curl NOUN Number=Plur 4 got obj 7 tangled tangle VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 curls acl 8 together together ADV _ 7 tangled advmod 9 when when ADV PronType=Int 11 bowed advmod 10 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 bowed nsubj 11 bowed bow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 tangled advcl 12 . . PUNCT _ 4 got punct
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1 get past the two footmen footmen's curls vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer curl=Stimulus 2 tangle participle footmen's curls not said here together property tree rules 3 bow past footmen = footman vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 8 But on the way back the coachman and footman spoke to one another and said:
The tree, 15 words cc case det obl advmod det nsubj cc conj ccomp case obl fixed cc punct root But CCONJ on ADP the DET way NOUN back ADV the DET coachman NOUN and CCONJ footman NOUN spoke VERB to ADP one NUM another DET and CCONJ said VERB : PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 But but CCONJ _ 10 spoke cc 2 on on ADP _ 4 way case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 way det 4 way way NOUN Number=Sing 10 spoke obl 5 back back ADV _ 4 way advmod 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 coachman det 7 coachman coachman NOUN Number=Sing 10 spoke nsubj 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 footman cc 9 footman footman NOUN Number=Sing 7 coachman conj 10 spoke speak VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 15 said ccomp 11 to to ADP _ 12 one case 12 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 10 spoke obl 13 another another DET PronType=Ind 12 one fixed 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 said cc 15 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 16 : : PUNCT _ 15 said punct
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1 speak speech: other past the coachman and footman one the way vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to one=Co-Agent 2 say speech: assert past vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
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