governess

Who acts: woman, governess, children · What happens: live, teach, be, letter, look · To what, where: house, children, home, letters

«governess» 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: governess in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.

a woman who lived in a family's house and taught its children at home.

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 woman	det
2	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 lived	nsubj
4	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 house	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 family	det
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 house	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 family	case
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lived	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 taught	cc
11	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lived	conj
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 children	nmod:poss
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 taught	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 home	case
15	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 taught	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	a woman			a family's house			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location
2	teach speech: other	past	a woman not said here		house's children	home			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent child=Recipient

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

Prince Alphege's governess was alone with her daughter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Alphege	nmod:desc
2	Alphege	Alphege	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 governess	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Alphege	case
4	governess	governess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 daughter	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 daughter	cop
6	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 daughter	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 daughter	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 daughter	nmod:poss
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 daughter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Alphege Prince's governess					with Alphege's daughter; alone property	tree rules

Example 2

The governess taught the children their letters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 governess	det
2	governess	governess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taught	nsubj
3	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 children	det
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 taught	obj
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 letters	nmod:poss
7	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 taught	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 taught	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	past	the governess	children's letters	the children				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient letter=Topic
2	letter		children = child						nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 3

In old stories a governess looks after the princes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 stories	case
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stories	amod
3	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 looks	obl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 governess	det
5	governess	governess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 looks	nsubj
6	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 princes	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 princes	det
9	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 looks	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 looks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	a governess				after the princes	in old stories	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in story=Theme

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