matron

Who acts: matron, She, Two respectable matrons · What happens: be, treat, charge, check, sit, wear · To what, where: married woman, senior nurse, charge, hospital ward, hospital, kind matron

«matron» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: matron in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A matron is a married woman, usually older and sensible, who is treated with respect.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 matron	det
2	matron	matron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 woman	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 woman	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 woman	det
5	married	married	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 woman	amod
6	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 older	punct
8	usually	usually	ADV	_	9 older	advmod
9	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 woman	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sensible	cc
11	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 older	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 treated	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 treated	nsubj:pass
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 treated	aux:pass
15	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 woman	conj
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 respect	case
17	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 treated	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 woman	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a matron	a married woman					tree rules
2	treat	present · passive		a married woman				with respect	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with respect=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.

A matron is a senior nurse or carer in charge of a hospital ward, a school or a home.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 matron	det
2	matron	matron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nurse	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 nurse	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 nurse	det
5	senior	senior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 nurse	amod
6	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 carer	cc
8	carer	carer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nurse	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 charge	case
10	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nurse	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 ward	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 ward	det
13	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ward	compound
14	ward	ward	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 charge	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 school	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 school	det
17	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ward	conj
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 home	cc
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 home	det
20	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ward	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 nurse	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a matron	a senior nurse or carer		charge of a hospital ward and a school or a home			tree rules
2	charge			a hospital ward and a school or a home					nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient

Example 1

The matron of the hospital checked on each child.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matron	det
2	matron	matron	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 hospital	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hospital	det
5	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 matron	nmod
6	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 hospital	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 child	case
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 checked	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 matron	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	participle		the hospital not said here				on each child	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on child=Location

Example 2

She was a kind and honest matron.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 matron	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 matron	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 matron	det
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 matron	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 honest	cc
6	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kind	conj
7	matron	matron	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 matron	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	a kind matron					tree rules

Example 3

Two respectable matrons sat at the front of the hall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 matrons	nummod
2	respectable	respectable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 matrons	amod
3	matrons	matron	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 front	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 front	det
7	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 hall	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hall	det
10	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 front	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	Two respectable matrons			the front of the hall			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at front=Location

Example 4

The matron wore a long grey dress and a crown.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matron	det
2	matron	matron	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	nsubj
3	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dress	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dress	amod
6	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dress	amod
7	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wore	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 crown	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 crown	det
10	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dress	conj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	the matron	a long grey dress and a crown					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme

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