gentry
Who acts: Gentry, king · What happens: mean, come, live, invite · To what, where: people, wedding, big houses, gentry
«gentry» 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: gentry in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Gentry means people of high social class, the landowners and nobility who are well-off and of high rank. (old use).
Sentence 1: Gentry means people of high social class, the landowners and nobility who are well-off and of high rank.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gentry | gentry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 means | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 class | case |
| 5 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 class | amod |
| 6 | social | social | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 class | amod |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 people | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 landowners | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 landowners | det |
| 10 | landowners | landowner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 class | appos |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 nobility | cc |
| 12 | nobility | nobility | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 landowners | conj |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 off | nsubj |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 off | cop |
| 15 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 17 off | advmod |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 17 off | punct |
| 17 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 landowners | acl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 rank | cc |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 rank | case |
| 20 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 rank | amod |
| 21 | rank | rank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 off | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Gentry | people of high social class | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Topic |
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.
Sentence 2: (old use).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 use | amod |
| 3 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
The king and the gentry came to the wedding.
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 | 6 came | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 gentry | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 gentry | det |
| 5 | gentry | gentry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 king | conj |
| 6 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 wedding | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wedding | det |
| 9 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 came | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the king and the gentry | the wedding | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to wedding=Initial_Location |
Example 2
The gentry lived in big houses on the hill.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 gentry | det |
| 2 | gentry | gentry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | nsubj |
| 3 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 houses | case |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 houses | amod |
| 6 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lived | obl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 hill | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hill | det |
| 9 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lived | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lived | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | the gentry | big houses | on the hill | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |
Example 3
Only the gentry were invited to the ball.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 gentry | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gentry | det |
| 3 | gentry | gentry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 invited | aux:pass |
| 5 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 ball | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ball | det |
| 8 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 invited | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 invited | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invite | past · passive | the gentry | to the ball | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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