liege

Who acts: liege, person, servant, knight, people, Abbot · What happens: be, owe, speak, bow, say, call · To what, where: lord, loyal service, such service, polite way, king · Speech: someone speaks here

«liege» 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: liege in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A liege is a lord or lady whom a person owes loyal service to, or a servant who owes such service.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 liege	det
2	liege	liege	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lord	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lord	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lord	det
5	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 lady	cc
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lord	conj
8	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 owes	obj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 owes	nsubj
11	owes	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lord	parataxis
12	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 service	amod
13	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 owes	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	11 owes	case
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 servant	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 servant	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 servant	det
18	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 owes	conj
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 owes	nsubj
20	owes	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 servant	acl:relcl
21	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 service	amod
22	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 owes	obj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lord	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a liege	a lord or lady		tree rules
2	owe	present	a person	loyal service	a lord or lady	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent whom=Goal service=Theme
3	owe	present	a servant	such service		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent service=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

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

«My liege» is a polite way to speak to a king or lord.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct
2	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 liege	nmod:poss
3	liege	liege	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 way	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 liege	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 way	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 speak	mark
10	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 way	acl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 king	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 king	det
13	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 speak	obl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 lord	cc
15	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 king	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	My liege	a polite way					tree rules
2	speak speech: other	to-infinitive						to a king or lord	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to king=Co-Agent

Example 1

The knight bowed low and said, «Yes, my liege.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knight	det
2	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bowed	nsubj
3	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bowed	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 said	cc
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bowed	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 liege	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 liege	punct
9	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	12 liege	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 liege	punct
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 liege	nmod:poss
12	liege	liege	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	ccomp
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bowed	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 bowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	the knight					low property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	past	the knight not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The people were loyal to their liege lord.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 loyal	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 loyal	cop
4	loyal	loyal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 lord	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lord	nmod:poss
7	liege	liege	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lord	amod
8	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 loyal	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 loyal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the people					to people's liege lord; loyal property	tree rules

Example 3

The Abbot called the king his liege.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Abbot	det
2	Abbot	Abbot	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	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 called	obj
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 liege	nmod:poss
7	liege	liege	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	the Abbot		the king				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

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