menial

Who acts: that, servant, She, house, Cleaning, menials · What happens: be, need, scrub, do, have, work · To what, where: special skill, such work, menial work, grate, menial task, hall

«menial» 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: menial in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Of work that is dull, low and needs no special skill, such as cleaning and scrubbing; a servant who does such work.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Of	of	ADP	_	2 work	case
2	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dull	obl
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 dull	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dull	cop
5	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 low	punct
7	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dull	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 needs	cc
9	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dull	conj
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 skill	det
11	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 skill	amod
12	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 needs	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 cleaning	punct
14	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 cleaning	case
15	as	as	ADP	_	14 such	fixed
16	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 skill	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 scrubbing	cc
18	scrubbing	scrub	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 cleaning	conj
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 servant	punct
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 servant	det
21	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dull	conj
22	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 does	nsubj
23	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 servant	acl:relcl
24	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 work	amod
25	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 does	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 dull	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	that		of work; dull property	tree rules
2	be		that not said here			tree rules
3	need	present	that not said here	no special skill and cleaning		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot skill=Theme
4	scrub	gerund	that not said here			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
5	do	present	a servant	such work		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality

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

She had to do the menial work of the house every day.

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	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 do	mark
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 work	det
6	menial	menial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 work	amod
7	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 work	nmod
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 do	obl:unmarked
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	have	past	She			tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	She not said here	the menial work of the house	day	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality
3	work		the house			nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent

Example 2

Cleaning the grate was a menial task.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cleaning	clean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 task	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 grate	det
3	grate	grate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cleaning	obj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 task	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 task	det
6	menial	menial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 task	amod
7	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 task	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	gerund		the grate					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent grate=Patient
2	is a	past	Cleaning	a menial task					tree rules

Example 3

The king's menials swept the hall.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 menials	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	menials	menial	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 swept	nsubj
5	swept	sweep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hall	det
7	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swept	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 swept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	past	the king's menials	the hall					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Trajectory

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