lackey

Who acts: lackey, male servant, person, lackeys, you · What happens: be, wait, open, obey, bring, do · To what, where: male servant, uniform, doors, person, others, great gates

«lackey» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: lackey in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A lackey is a male servant in uniform who waits on rich people and opens doors for them.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lackey	det
2	lackey	lackey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 servant	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 servant	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 servant	det
5	male	male	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 servant	amod
6	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 uniform	case
8	uniform	uniform	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 servant	nmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 waits	nsubj
10	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 servant	parataxis
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 people	case
12	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 people	amod
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 waits	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 opens	cc
15	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 waits	conj
16	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 opens	obj
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 opens	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 servant	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a lackey	a male servant	uniform		tree rules
2	wait	present	a male servant			on rich people	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on people=Location
3	open	present	a male servant not said here	doors		for doors = door	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=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 lackey can also be a person who obeys others weakly and without thought.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lackey	det
2	lackey	lackey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 person	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 person	aux
4	also	also	ADV	_	7 person	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 person	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 person	det
7	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 obeys	nsubj
9	obeys	obey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 person	acl:relcl
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 obeys	obj
11	weakly	weakly	ADV	_	9 obeys	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 thought	cc
13	without	without	ADP	_	14 thought	case
14	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 weakly	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	a lackey	a person					tree rules
2	obey	present	a person	others				weakly property	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme

Example 1

The lackeys opened the great gates.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lackeys	det
2	lackeys	lackey	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 opened	nsubj
3	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gates	det
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gates	amod
6	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 opened	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 opened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	the lackeys	the great gates					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme

Example 2

The lackey brought the king a silver cup.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lackey	det
2	lackey	lackey	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 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cup	det
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cup	compound
8	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	the lackey	a silver cup	the king				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent king=Destination cup=Theme

Example 3

Do not be a lackey for anyone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 lackey	advmod
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 lackey	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lackey	det
5	lackey	lackey	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Do	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 anyone	case
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Do	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	imperative	you not said here					for anyone	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	infinitive		a lackey					tree rules

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