handmaiden

Who acts: handmaiden, young woman servant, princess · What happens: be, wait, obey, order, send · To what, where: young woman servant, order, handmaiden, traveller

«handmaiden» 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: handmaiden in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A handmaiden is a young woman servant who waits on a princess or lady; the same as a handmaid.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 handmaiden	det
2	handmaiden	handmaiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 servant	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 servant	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 servant	det
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 servant	amod
6	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 servant	compound
7	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 waits	nsubj
9	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 servant	acl:relcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 princess	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 princess	det
12	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 waits	obl
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 lady	cc
14	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 princess	conj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 same	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 same	det
17	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 servant	conj
18	as	as	ADP	_	20 handmaid	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 handmaid	det
20	handmaid	handmaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 same	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 servant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a handmaiden	a young woman servant		tree rules
2	wait	present	a young woman servant		on a princess or lady	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on princess=Location
3	be		a handmaiden not said here		as a handmaid	tree rules

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 handmaiden obeyed the princess's order.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 handmaiden	det
2	handmaiden	handmaiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obeyed	nsubj
3	obeyed	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 princess	det
5	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 order	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 princess	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obeyed	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 obeyed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	past	the handmaiden	the princess's order					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme
2	order		the princess						nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

The princess sent her handmaiden to the traveller.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 princess	det
2	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 handmaiden	nmod:poss
5	handmaiden	handmaiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 traveller	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 traveller	det
8	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the princess	princess's handmaiden		the traveller			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent handmaiden=Theme to traveller=Destination

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