midwife Who acts: health worker, women, person, something, midwife, Mum · What happens: train, help, be, give, come, bear · To what, where: women, birth, something, baby brother, midwife, newborn baby
«midwife» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: midwife in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A trained nurse or health worker who helps women while they are pregnant, while they give birth and just afterwards.
The tree, 20 words det amod nsubj cc compound nsubj acl:relcl obj mark nsubj cop advcl punct mark nsubj parataxis obj cc advmod conj punct root A DET trained VERB nurse NOUN or CCONJ health NOUN worker NOUN who PRON helps VERB women NOUN while SCONJ they PRON are AUX pregnant ADJ , PUNCT while SCONJ they PRON give VERB birth NOUN and CCONJ just ADV afterwards ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 nurse det 2 trained train VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 nurse amod 3 nurse nurse NOUN Number=Sing 6 worker nsubj 4 or or CCONJ _ 6 worker cc 5 health health NOUN Number=Sing 6 worker compound 6 worker worker NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 who who PRON PronType=Rel 8 helps nsubj 8 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 worker acl:relcl 9 women woman NOUN Number=Plur 8 helps obj 10 while while SCONJ _ 13 pregnant mark 11 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 pregnant nsubj 12 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 pregnant cop 13 pregnant pregnant ADJ Degree=Pos 8 helps advcl 14 , , PUNCT _ 17 give punct 15 while while SCONJ _ 17 give mark 16 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 give nsubj 17 give give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 helps parataxis 18 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 17 give obj 19 and and CCONJ _ 21 afterwards cc 20 just just ADV _ 21 afterwards advmod 21 afterwards afterwards ADV _ 17 give conj 22 . . PUNCT _ 6 worker punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 train participle vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 help present health worker women vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Beneficiary 3 is present women = woman pregnant property tree rules 4 give present women = woman birth vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=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: figurative — kept apart, not parsed.
A person who helps something new to come into being.
det nsubj nsubj obj amod mark xcomp mark advcl punct root A DET person NOUN who PRON helps VERB something PRON new ADJ to PART come VERB into SCONJ being AUX . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 person det 2 person person NOUN Number=Sing 4 helps nsubj 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 4 helps nsubj 4 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 helps obj 6 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 5 something amod 7 to to PART _ 8 come mark 8 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 helps xcomp 9 into into SCONJ _ 10 being mark 10 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 8 come advcl 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 helps punct
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1 help present a person something vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent something=Beneficiary clause=Theme 2 come to-infinitive something not said here vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 The midwife helped my baby brother be born.
det nsubj nmod:poss compound obj aux:pass conj punct root The DET midwife NOUN helped VERB my PRON baby NOUN brother NOUN be AUX born VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 midwife det 2 midwife midwife NOUN Number=Sing 3 helped nsubj 3 helped help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 brother nmod:poss 5 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 6 brother compound 6 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 3 helped obj 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 born aux:pass 8 born bear VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 helped conj 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 helped punct
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1 help past the midwife my baby brother vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Beneficiary 2 bear infinitive · passive the midwife not said here vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»
Example 2 Mum saw the midwife every few weeks before the birth.
nsubj det obj det amod obl:unmarked case det obl punct root Mum NOUN saw VERB the DET midwife NOUN every DET few ADJ weeks NOUN before ADP the DET birth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw nsubj 2 saw see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 midwife det 4 midwife midwife NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw obj 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 7 weeks det 6 few few ADJ Degree=Pos 7 weeks amod 7 weeks week NOUN Number=Plur 2 saw obl:unmarked 8 before before ADP _ 10 birth case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 birth det 10 birth birth NOUN Number=Sing 2 saw obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 saw punct
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1 see past Mum the midwife before the birth; week vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer midwife=Stimulus
Example 3 The midwife weighed the newborn baby.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET midwife NOUN weighed VERB the DET newborn ADJ baby NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 midwife det 2 midwife midwife NOUN Number=Sing 3 weighed nsubj 3 weighed weigh VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 baby det 5 newborn newborn ADJ Degree=Pos 6 baby amod 6 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 3 weighed obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 weighed punct
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1 weigh past the midwife the newborn baby vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme baby=Value
Example 4 My aunt is a midwife at the hospital.
nmod:poss nsubj cop det case det nmod punct root My PRON aunt NOUN is AUX a DET midwife NOUN at ADP the DET hospital NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 aunt nmod:poss 2 aunt aunt NOUN Number=Sing 5 midwife nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 midwife cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 midwife det 5 midwife midwife NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 at at ADP _ 8 hospital case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 hospital det 8 hospital hospital NOUN Number=Sing 5 midwife nmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 midwife punct
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1 is a present My aunt a midwife the hospital tree rules
Example 5 In the old village, the midwife came to people's homes.
case det amod obl punct det nsubj case nmod:poss case obl punct root In ADP the DET old ADJ village NOUN , PUNCT the DET midwife NOUN came VERB to ADP people NOUN 's PART homes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 village case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 village det 3 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 4 village amod 4 village village NOUN Number=Sing 8 came obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 village punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 midwife det 7 midwife midwife NOUN Number=Sing 8 came nsubj 8 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 to to ADP _ 12 homes case 10 people people NOUN Number=Plur 12 homes nmod:poss 11 's 's PART _ 10 people case 12 homes home NOUN Number=Plur 8 came obl 13 . . PUNCT _ 8 came punct
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1 come past the midwife the old village to people's homes vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to home=Initial_Location
Example 6 The midwife listened to the baby's heartbeat.
det nsubj case det nmod:poss case obl punct root The DET midwife NOUN listened VERB to ADP the DET baby NOUN 's PART heartbeat NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 midwife det 2 midwife midwife NOUN Number=Sing 3 listened nsubj 3 listened listen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 8 heartbeat case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 baby det 6 baby baby NOUN Number=Sing 8 heartbeat nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 baby case 8 heartbeat heartbeat NOUN Number=Sing 3 listened obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 listened punct
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1 listen past the midwife to the baby's heartbeat vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to heartbeat=Theme
Example 7 Men can be midwives too.
nsubj aux cop advmod punct root Men NOUN can AUX be AUX midwives NOUN too ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Men man NOUN Number=Plur 4 midwives nsubj 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 midwives aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 4 midwives cop 4 midwives midwife NOUN Number=Plur root root 5 too too ADV _ 4 midwives advmod 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 midwives punct
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1 is a can Men midwives tree rules
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