missis

Who acts: Missis, farmer · What happens: speak, be, say, make, ask · To what, where: spoken form, tea, road, kitchen · Speech: someone speaks here

«missis» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: missis in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use, dialect — kept apart, not parsed.

Missis is a spoken form of «missus»: a wife, or a polite way to speak to a woman.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Missis	missis	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 form	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 form	det
4	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 form	amod
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 missus	case
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 missus	punct
8	missus	missus	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	nmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 missus	punct
10	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 wife	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wife	det
12	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 way	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 way	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 way	det
16	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 way	amod
17	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wife	appos
18	to	to	PART	_	19 speak	mark
19	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 way	acl
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 woman	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 woman	det
22	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 speak	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 form	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	participle				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Missis	a spoken form and a wife	of missus	tree rules
3	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	Missis not said here		to a woman	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to woman=Co-Agent

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

«Good morning, missis,» said the farmer.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 morning	punct
2	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 morning	amod
3	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	ccomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 missis	punct
5	missis	missis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 morning	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 morning	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 morning	punct
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 farmer	det
10	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the farmer						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Example 2

The missis made tea for the visitors.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 missis	det
2	missis	missis	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 visitors	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 visitors	det
7	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the missis	tea				for the visitors	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent tea=Material for visitor=Beneficiary

Example 3

«Hi, missis, where is the road?» he asked.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 missis	punct
2	Hi	hi	INTJ	_	4 missis	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 missis	punct
4	missis	missis	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 asked	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 road	punct
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 road	advmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 road	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 missis	appos
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 road	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 missis	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 asked	nsubj
13	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		the road					tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	past	missis						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 4

Her missis was in the kitchen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 missis	nmod:poss
2	missis	missis	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kitchen	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kitchen	cop
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 kitchen	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kitchen	det
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 kitchen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her missis			the kitchen			tree rules

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