jailer Who acts: person, prisoners, jailer, Toad, Paul, hero · What happens: be, keep, lock in, job, turn, escape · To what, where: jail, prisoners, big iron key, daughter, prisoners bread, Bible · Speech: someone speaks here
«jailer» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: jailer in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A person whose job is to look after the prisoners in a jail and keep them locked in.
The tree, 18 words det nsubj nmod:poss obj cop mark case det obl case det obl cc conj obj xcomp compound:prt punct root A DET person NOUN whose PRON job NOUN is AUX to PART look VERB after ADP the DET prisoners NOUN in ADP a DET jail NOUN and CCONJ keep VERB them PRON locked VERB in ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 person det 2 person person NOUN Number=Sing 7 look nsubj 3 whose whose PRON Poss=Yes PronType=Rel 4 job nmod:poss 4 job job NOUN Number=Sing 2 person obj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 look cop 6 to to PART _ 7 look mark 7 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 after after ADP _ 10 prisoners case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 prisoners det 10 prisoners prisoner NOUN Number=Plur 7 look obl 11 in in ADP _ 13 jail case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 jail det 13 jail jail NOUN Number=Sing 7 look obl 14 and and CCONJ _ 15 keep cc 15 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 look conj 16 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 keep obj 17 locked lock VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 15 keep xcomp 18 in in ADP _ 17 locked compound:prt 19 . . PUNCT _ 7 look punct
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1 is present a person a jail after the prisoners look property tree rules 2 keep infinitive a person not said here prisoners = prisoner tree rules 3 lock in participle prisoners = prisoner not said here vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient 4 job a person nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent
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 jailer turned the big iron key in the lock.
det nsubj det amod compound obj case det nmod punct root The DET jailer NOUN turned VERB the DET big ADJ iron NOUN key NOUN in ADP the DET lock NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 jailer det 2 jailer jailer NOUN Number=Sing 3 turned nsubj 3 turned turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 key det 5 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 7 key amod 6 iron iron NOUN Number=Sing 7 key compound 7 key key NOUN Number=Sing 3 turned obj 8 in in ADP _ 10 lock case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 lock det 10 lock lock NOUN Number=Sing 7 key nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 turned punct
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1 turn past the jailer the big iron key in the lock vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent key=Patient in lock=Topic
Example 2 Toad escaped with the help of the gaoler's daughter.
nsubj case det obl case det nmod:poss case nmod punct root Toad PROPN escaped VERB with ADP the DET help NOUN of ADP the DET gaoler NOUN 's PART daughter NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 2 escaped nsubj 2 escaped escape VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 with with ADP _ 5 help case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 help det 5 help help NOUN Number=Sing 2 escaped obl 6 of of ADP _ 10 daughter case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 gaoler det 8 gaoler gaoler NOUN Number=Sing 10 daughter nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 gaoler case 10 daughter daughter NOUN Number=Sing 5 help nmod 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 escaped punct
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1 escape past Toad with the help of the gaoler's daughter vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 help the gaoler's daughter nom help «act transitive»: of=patient
Example 3 The jailer brought the prisoners bread and water.
det nsubj det compound obj cc conj punct root The DET jailer NOUN brought VERB the DET prisoners NOUN bread NOUN and CCONJ water NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 jailer det 2 jailer jailer NOUN Number=Sing 3 brought nsubj 3 brought bring VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 prisoners det 5 prisoners prisoner NOUN Number=Plur 6 bread compound 6 bread bread NOUN Number=Sing 3 brought obj 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 water cc 8 water water NOUN Number=Sing 6 bread conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 brought punct
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1 bring past the jailer prisoners bread and water vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent bread=Theme
Example 4 In the Bible, Paul and Silas sang in prison and the jailer listened.
The tree, 13 words case det obl punct nsubj cc conj case obl cc det nsubj conj punct root In ADP the DET Bible PROPN , PUNCT Paul PROPN and CCONJ Silas PROPN sang VERB in ADP prison NOUN and CCONJ the DET jailer NOUN listened VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 Bible case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 Bible det 3 Bible Bible PROPN Number=Sing 8 sang obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 Paul punct 5 Paul Paul PROPN Number=Sing 8 sang nsubj 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 Silas cc 7 Silas Silas PROPN Number=Sing 5 Paul conj 8 sang sing VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 in in ADP _ 10 prison case 10 prison prison NOUN Number=Sing 8 sang obl 11 and and CCONJ _ 14 listened cc 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 jailer det 13 jailer jailer NOUN Number=Sing 14 listened nsubj 14 listened listen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 sang conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 8 sang punct
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1 sing speech: express past Paul and Silas the Bible in prison vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bible=Location 2 listen past the jailer vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
Example 5 Today a jailer is usually called a prison officer.
obl:unmarked det nmod aux:pass advmod det compound xcomp punct root Today NOUN a DET jailer NOUN is AUX usually ADV called VERB a DET prison NOUN officer NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Today today NOUN Number=Sing 6 called obl:unmarked 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 jailer det 3 jailer jailer NOUN Number=Sing 1 Today nmod 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 called aux:pass 5 usually usually ADV _ 6 called advmod 6 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 officer det 8 prison prison NOUN Number=Sing 9 officer compound 9 officer officer NOUN Number=Sing 6 called xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 called punct
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1 call present · passive a prison officer today usually property vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»
Example 6 The jailer fell asleep, and the hero crept out.
det nsubj xcomp punct cc det nsubj conj compound:prt punct root The DET jailer NOUN fell VERB asleep ADJ , PUNCT and CCONJ the DET hero NOUN crept VERB out ADP . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 jailer det 2 jailer jailer NOUN Number=Sing 3 fell nsubj 3 fell fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 asleep asleep ADJ Degree=Pos 3 fell xcomp 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 crept punct 6 and and CCONJ _ 9 crept cc 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 hero det 8 hero hero NOUN Number=Sing 9 crept nsubj 9 crept creep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 fell conj 10 out out ADP _ 9 crept compound:prt 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 fell punct
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1 fall past the jailer asleep property vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 creep out past the hero vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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