handmaid

Who acts: handmaid, young woman, lady, kind handmaid · What happens: be, serve, walk out, bring · To what, where: young woman, lady, tea, queen

«handmaid» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: handmaid in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A handmaid is a young woman who serves a lady or a princess, a lady's maid.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 handmaid	det
2	handmaid	handmaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 woman	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 woman	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 woman	det
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 woman	amod
6	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 serves	nsubj
8	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 woman	acl:relcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lady	det
10	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 serves	obj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 princess	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 princess	det
13	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lady	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 maid	punct
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 lady	det
16	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 maid	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 lady	case
18	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lady	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 woman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a handmaid	a young woman					tree rules
2	serve	present	a young woman	a lady or a princess and a lady's maid					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Attribute

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 lady walked out with her handmaids.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lady	det
2	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walked	nsubj
3	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 walked	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 handmaids	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 handmaids	nmod:poss
7	handmaids	handmaid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 walked	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk out	past	the lady					with lady's handmaids; out property	vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 2

A kind handmaid brought the queen her tea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 handmaid	det
2	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 handmaid	amod
3	handmaid	handmaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	nsubj
4	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 queen	det
6	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obj
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tea	nmod:poss
8	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	a kind handmaid	handmaid's tea	the queen				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent queen=Destination tea=Theme

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