godmother Who acts: godmother, woman, fairy godmother, my, Aunt, child · What happens: be, promise, christen, help, bring up, care · To what, where: woman, baptism, child, Christian faith, magic helper, fairy tales
«godmother» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: godmother in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: church — kept apart, not parsed.
A godmother is a woman who promises at a child's baptism or christening to help bring the child up in the Christian faith and care for them.
The tree, 28 words det nsubj cop det nsubj acl:relcl case det nmod:poss case obl cc conj mark xcomp xcomp det obj compound:prt case det amod obl cc conj case obl punct root A DET godmother NOUN is AUX a DET woman NOUN who PRON promises VERB at ADP a DET child NOUN 's PART baptism NOUN or CCONJ christening VERB to PART help VERB bring VERB the DET child NOUN up ADP in ADP the DET Christian ADJ faith NOUN and CCONJ care VERB for ADP them PRON . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 godmother det 2 godmother godmother NOUN Number=Sing 5 woman nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 woman cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 woman det 5 woman woman NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 who who PRON PronType=Rel 7 promises nsubj 7 promises promise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 woman acl:relcl 8 at at ADP _ 12 baptism case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 child det 10 child child NOUN Number=Sing 12 baptism nmod:poss 11 's 's PART _ 10 child case 12 baptism baptism NOUN Number=Sing 7 promises obl 13 or or CCONJ _ 14 christening cc 14 christening christen VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 12 baptism conj 15 to to PART _ 16 help mark 16 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 christening xcomp 17 bring bring VERB VerbForm=Inf 16 help xcomp 18 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 19 child det 19 child child NOUN Number=Sing 17 bring obj 20 up up ADP _ 17 bring compound:prt 21 in in ADP _ 24 faith case 22 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 24 faith det 23 Christian Christian ADJ Degree=Pos 24 faith amod 24 faith faith NOUN Number=Sing 17 bring obl 25 and and CCONJ _ 26 care cc 26 care care VERB VerbForm=Inf 17 bring conj 27 for for ADP _ 28 them case 28 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 26 care obl 29 . . PUNCT _ 5 woman punct
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1 is a present a godmother a woman tree rules 2 promise speech: promise present a woman a child's baptism vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 christen gerund a woman not said here tree rules 4 help to-infinitive a woman not said here vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme 5 bring up infinitive a woman not said here the child the Christian faith vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent child=Patient 6 care infinitive a woman not said here for them = they vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for they=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 A fairy godmother is a magic helper in fairy tales, like in «Cinderella», or anyone who helps you unexpectedly.
The tree, 19 words det amod nsubj cop det compound case compound nmod punct case case punct appos punct punct cc conj nsubj acl:relcl obj advmod punct root A DET fairy ADJ godmother NOUN is AUX a DET magic NOUN helper NOUN in ADP fairy NOUN tales NOUN , PUNCT like ADP in ADP « PUNCT Cinderella PROPN » PUNCT , PUNCT or CCONJ anyone PRON who PRON helps VERB you PRON unexpectedly ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 godmother det 2 fairy fairy ADJ Degree=Pos 3 godmother amod 3 godmother godmother NOUN Number=Sing 7 helper nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 helper cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 helper det 6 magic magic NOUN Number=Sing 7 helper compound 7 helper helper NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 in in ADP _ 10 tales case 9 fairy fairy NOUN Number=Sing 10 tales compound 10 tales tale NOUN Number=Plur 7 helper nmod 11 , , PUNCT _ 15 Cinderella punct 12 like like ADP _ 15 Cinderella case 13 in in ADP _ 15 Cinderella case 14 « « PUNCT _ 15 Cinderella punct 15 Cinderella Cinderella PROPN Number=Sing 10 tales appos 16 » » PUNCT _ 15 Cinderella punct 17 , , PUNCT _ 19 anyone punct 18 or or CCONJ _ 19 anyone cc 19 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 7 helper conj 20 who who PRON PronType=Rel 21 helps nsubj 21 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 anyone acl:relcl 22 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 21 helps obj 23 unexpectedly unexpectedly ADV _ 21 helps advmod 24 . . PUNCT _ 7 helper punct
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1 is a present a fairy godmother a magic helper fairy tales tree rules 2 help present you unexpectedly property vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary
Example 1 My godmother came to my first communion.
nmod:poss nsubj case nmod:poss amod obl punct root My PRON godmother NOUN came VERB to ADP my PRON first ADJ communion NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 godmother nmod:poss 2 godmother godmother NOUN Number=Sing 3 came nsubj 3 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 7 communion case 5 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 communion nmod:poss 6 first first ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 7 communion amod 7 communion communion NOUN Number=Sing 3 came obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 came punct
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1 come past My godmother my first communion vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to communion=Initial_Location 2 commune my nom communion «act intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 Aunt Sophie is my godmother.
nsubj appos cop nmod:poss punct root Aunt NOUN Sophie PROPN is AUX my PRON godmother NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aunt aunt NOUN Number=Sing 5 godmother nsubj 2 Sophie Sophie PROPN Number=Sing 1 Aunt appos 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 godmother cop 4 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 godmother nmod:poss 5 godmother godmother NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 godmother punct
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1 is a present Aunt my godmother tree rules
Example 3 Cinderella's fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a coach.
nmod:poss case amod nsubj det obj case det obl punct root Cinderella PROPN 's PART fairy ADJ godmother NOUN turned VERB a DET pumpkin NOUN into ADP a DET coach NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cinderella Cinderella PROPN Number=Sing 4 godmother nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Cinderella case 3 fairy fairy ADJ Degree=Pos 4 godmother amod 4 godmother godmother NOUN Number=Sing 5 turned nsubj 5 turned turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 pumpkin det 7 pumpkin pumpkin NOUN Number=Sing 5 turned obj 8 into into ADP _ 10 coach case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 coach det 10 coach coach NOUN Number=Sing 5 turned obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 turned punct
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1 turn past Cinderella's fairy godmother a pumpkin a coach vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent pumpkin=Theme into coach=Trajectory
Example 4 The godmother promised to help the child grow in faith.
det nsubj mark xcomp det obj xcomp case obl punct root The DET godmother NOUN promised VERB to PART help VERB the DET child NOUN grow VERB in ADP faith NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 godmother det 2 godmother godmother NOUN Number=Sing 3 promised nsubj 3 promised promise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to PART _ 5 help mark 5 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 promised xcomp 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 child det 7 child child NOUN Number=Sing 5 help obj 8 grow grow VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 help xcomp 9 in in ADP _ 10 faith case 10 faith faith NOUN Number=Sing 8 grow obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 promised punct
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1 promise speech: promise past the godmother vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 help not said to happen to-infinitive the godmother not said here the child vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary clause=Theme 3 grow not said to happen infinitive the child not said here faith vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in faith=Location
Example 5 She was like a fairy godmother to the charity.
nsubj cop case det amod case det nmod punct root She PRON was AUX like ADP a DET fairy ADJ godmother NOUN to ADP the DET charity NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 godmother nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 godmother cop 3 like like ADP _ 6 godmother case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 godmother det 5 fairy fairy ADJ Degree=Pos 6 godmother amod 6 godmother godmother NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 to to ADP _ 9 charity case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 charity det 9 charity charity NOUN Number=Sing 6 godmother nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 godmother punct
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1 is past She like a fairy godmother; to the charity tree rules
Example 6 I have two godmothers and one godfather.
nsubj nummod obj cc nummod conj punct root I PRON have VERB two NUM godmothers NOUN and CCONJ one NUM godfather NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 2 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 godmothers nummod 4 godmothers godmother NOUN Number=Plur 2 have obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 godfather cc 6 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 godfather nummod 7 godfather godfather NOUN Number=Sing 4 godmothers conj 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 have punct
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1 have present I two godmothers and one godfather vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent godmother=Patient
Example 7 The Russian merchant was his godfather, and the kitchen-maid his godmother.
The tree, 12 words det amod nsubj cop nmod:poss punct cc det compound punct conj nmod:poss obj punct root The DET Russian ADJ merchant NOUN was AUX his PRON godfather NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ the DET kitchen NOUN - PUNCT maid NOUN his PRON godmother NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 merchant det 2 Russian Russian ADJ Degree=Pos 3 merchant amod 3 merchant merchant NOUN Number=Sing 6 godfather nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 godfather cop 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 godfather nmod:poss 6 godfather godfather NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 maid punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 12 maid cc 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 maid det 10 kitchen kitchen NOUN Number=Sing 12 maid compound 11 - - PUNCT _ 10 kitchen punct 12 maid maid NOUN Number=Sing 6 godfather conj 13 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 godmother nmod:poss 14 godmother godmother NOUN Number=Sing 12 maid obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 6 godfather punct
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1 is a past the Russian merchant his godfather and the kitchen maid tree rules
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