gillie
Who acts: gillie, male servant, gillies, king, Two gillies · What happens: be, help, lead, send, find, lose · To what, where: male servant, hunter, horses, river, gillies, lost dog
«gillie» 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: gillie in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.
A gillie was a male servant who helped a hunter or fisherman, especially in Scotland.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 gillie | det |
| 2 | gillie | gillie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 servant | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 servant | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 servant | det |
| 5 | male | male | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 servant | amod |
| 6 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 helped | nsubj |
| 8 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 servant | acl:relcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 hunter | det |
| 10 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 helped | obj |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 fisherman | cc |
| 12 | fisherman | fisherman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hunter | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Scotland | punct |
| 14 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 16 Scotland | advmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 Scotland | case |
| 16 | Scotland | Scotland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 fisherman | appos |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 servant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | a gillie | a male servant | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | help | past | a male servant | a hunter or fisherman | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunter=Beneficiary |
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 gillies led the horses to the river.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 gillies | det |
| 2 | gillies | gillie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 led | nsubj |
| 3 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 horses | det |
| 5 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 led | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 river | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 river | det |
| 8 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 led | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 led | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | the gillies | the horses | the river | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to river=Destination |
Example 2
The king sent his gillies to find the lost dog.
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 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 gillies | nmod:poss |
| 5 | gillies | gillie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sent | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 find | mark |
| 7 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sent | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dog | det |
| 9 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 dog | amod |
| 10 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 find | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | the king | king's gillies | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gillie=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | the king not said here | the lost dog | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic | ||||
| 3 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Example 3
Two gillies carried the hunter's bag.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 gillies | nummod |
| 2 | gillies | gillie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 carried | nsubj |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hunter | det |
| 5 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bag | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 hunter | case |
| 7 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carried | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 carried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | Two gillies | the hunter's bag | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |
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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