laundress Who acts: woman, laundress, many women, Toad, hotel · What happens: be, wash, work, dress up, escape, iron · To what, where: sheets, big tub, shirts, own laundress
«laundress» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: laundress in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Usage: old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.
A woman whose job is to wash and iron clothes and sheets for other people.
The tree, 15 words det nsubj nmod:poss nsubj cop mark cc compound obj cc conj case amod obl punct root A DET woman NOUN whose PRON job NOUN is AUX to PART wash VERB and CCONJ iron NOUN clothes NOUN and CCONJ sheets NOUN for ADP other ADJ people NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 woman det 2 woman woman NOUN Number=Sing 7 wash nsubj 3 whose whose PRON Poss=Yes PronType=Rel 4 job nmod:poss 4 job job NOUN Number=Sing 7 wash nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 wash cop 6 to to PART _ 7 wash mark 7 wash wash VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 8 and and CCONJ _ 10 clothes cc 9 iron iron NOUN Number=Sing 10 clothes compound 10 clothes clothes NOUN Number=Ptan 7 wash obj 11 and and CCONJ _ 12 sheets cc 12 sheets sheet NOUN Number=Plur 10 clothes conj 13 for for ADP _ 15 people case 14 other other ADJ Degree=Pos 15 people amod 15 people people NOUN Number=Plur 7 wash obl 16 . . PUNCT _ 7 wash punct
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1 is present a woman for other people; wash property 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 laundress washed the sheets in a big tub.
det nsubj det obj case det amod obl punct root The DET laundress NOUN washed VERB the DET sheets NOUN in ADP a DET big ADJ tub NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 laundress det 2 laundress laundress NOUN Number=Sing 3 washed nsubj 3 washed wash VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sheets det 5 sheets sheet NOUN Number=Plur 3 washed obj 6 in in ADP _ 9 tub case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 tub det 8 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 9 tub amod 9 tub tub NOUN Number=Sing 3 washed obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 washed punct
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1 wash past the laundress the sheets a big tub vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheet=Patient
Example 2 In Victorian times many women worked as laundresses.
case amod obl amod nsubj case obl punct root In ADP Victorian ADJ times NOUN many ADJ women NOUN worked VERB as ADP laundresses NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 times case 2 Victorian victorian ADJ Degree=Pos 3 times amod 3 times time NOUN Number=Plur 6 worked obl 4 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 5 women amod 5 women woman NOUN Number=Plur 6 worked nsubj 6 worked work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 as as ADP _ 8 laundresses case 8 laundresses laundress NOUN Number=Plur 6 worked obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 worked punct
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1 work past many women time as laundresses vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as laundress=Attribute
Example 3 Toad dressed up as a washerwoman to escape.
nsubj compound:prt case det obl mark advcl punct root Toad PROPN dressed VERB up ADP as ADP a DET washerwoman NOUN to PART escape VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Toad Toad PROPN Number=Sing 2 dressed nsubj 2 dressed dress VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 dressed compound:prt 4 as as ADP _ 6 washerwoman case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 washerwoman det 6 washerwoman washerwoman NOUN Number=Sing 2 dressed obl 7 to to PART _ 8 escape mark 8 escape escape VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 dressed advcl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 dressed punct
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1 dress up past Toad as a washerwoman vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 escape to-infinitive Toad not said here vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 4 The laundress ironed the shirts with a heavy iron.
det nsubj det obj case det amod obl punct root The DET laundress NOUN ironed VERB the DET shirts NOUN with ADP a DET heavy ADJ iron NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 laundress det 2 laundress laundress NOUN Number=Sing 3 ironed nsubj 3 ironed iron VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 shirts det 5 shirts shirt NOUN Number=Plur 3 ironed obj 6 with with ADP _ 9 iron case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 iron det 8 heavy heavy ADJ Degree=Pos 9 iron amod 9 iron iron NOUN Number=Sing 3 ironed obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 ironed punct
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1 iron past the laundress the shirts with a heavy iron vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Patient
Example 5 The laundress worked long hours for little money.
det nsubj amod obj case amod obl punct root The DET laundress NOUN worked VERB long ADJ hours NOUN for ADP little ADJ money NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 laundress det 2 laundress laundress NOUN Number=Sing 3 worked nsubj 3 worked work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 5 hours amod 5 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 3 worked obj 6 for for ADP _ 8 money case 7 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 8 money amod 8 money money NOUN Number=Sing 3 worked obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 worked punct
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1 work past the laundress hour for little money vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for money=Beneficiary
Example 6 The hotel once had its own laundress.
det nsubj advmod nmod:poss amod obj punct root The DET hotel NOUN once ADV had VERB its PRON own ADJ laundress NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 hotel det 2 hotel hotel NOUN Number=Sing 4 had nsubj 3 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 4 had advmod 4 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 laundress nmod:poss 6 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 7 laundress amod 7 laundress laundress NOUN Number=Sing 4 had obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 had punct
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1 have past the hotel hotel's own laundress once property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laundress=Patient
Example 7 The laundress felt a little better by this time.
det nsubj det obl ccomp case det obl punct root The DET laundress NOUN felt VERB a DET little ADJ better ADJ by ADP this DET time NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 laundress det 2 laundress laundress NOUN Number=Sing 3 felt nsubj 3 felt feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 little det 5 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 6 better obl 6 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 felt ccomp 7 by by ADP _ 9 time case 8 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 9 time det 9 time time NOUN Number=Sing 3 felt obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 3 felt punct
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1 feel past the laundress time vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
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