ladyship

Who acts: Ladyship, polite way, servant · What happens: be, use, speak, mean, say, bow · To what, where: title, lady, polite way, you, Ladyship, carriage · Speech: someone speaks here

«ladyship» 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: ladyship in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Ladyship is the title used to speak politely to a lady of high rank: «your ladyship» means a polite way of saying you to her.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ladyship	ladyship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 title	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 title	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 title	det
4	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 title	acl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 speak	mark
7	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	xcomp
8	politely	politely	ADV	_	11 lady	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 lady	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lady	det
11	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 speak	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 rank	case
13	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 rank	amod
14	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lady	nmod
15	:	:	PUNCT	_	20 means	punct
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 ladyship	punct
17	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 ladyship	nmod:poss
18	ladyship	ladyship	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 means	nsubj
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 ladyship	punct
20	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 title	parataxis
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 way	det
22	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 way	amod
23	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 means	obj
24	of	of	SCONJ	_	25 saying	mark
25	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 way	acl
26	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	25 saying	obj
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 her	case
28	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 saying	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 title	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	Ladyship	the title		tree rules
2	use	participle		the title not said here		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	speak speech: other	to-infinitive		a lady of high rank		tree rules
4	mean	present	your ladyship	a polite way		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
5	say speech: assert	gerund	a polite way not said here	you	Ladyship	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Topic to she=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

Yes, your ladyship.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 ladyship	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ladyship	nmod:poss
4	ladyship	ladyship	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ladyship	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 2

The servant bowed to her ladyship.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	the servant					to servant's ladyship	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ladyship=Theme

Example 3

Her ladyship will have the carriage now.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 ladyship	nmod:poss
2	ladyship	ladyship	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 carriage	det
6	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 have	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	future	Her ladyship	the carriage			now		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Patient

Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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