monsieur

Who acts: Monsieur, man, animal, French, show, waiter · What happens: be, use, speak, name, make, sound · To what, where: French word, monsieur, English, man, French, funny title · Speech: someone speaks here

«monsieur» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: monsieur in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: French — kept apart, not parsed.

Monsieur is the French word for "Mr" or "sir", used before a man's name or to speak to a man politely: «Bonjour, monsieur!».

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Monsieur	monsieur	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 word	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 word	det
4	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 Mr	case
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Mr	punct
8	Mr	Mr	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 word	nmod
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Mr	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 sir	cc
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 sir	punct
12	sir	sir	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Mr	conj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 sir	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 used	punct
15	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 word	acl
16	before	before	ADP	_	20 name	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 man	det
18	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 name	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 man	case
20	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 used	obl
21	or	or	CCONJ	_	23 speak	cc
22	to	to	PART	_	23 speak	mark
23	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 used	conj
24	to	to	ADP	_	26 man	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 man	det
26	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 speak	obl
27	politely	politely	ADV	_	23 speak	advmod
28	:	:	PUNCT	_	30 Bonjour	punct
29	«	«	PUNCT	_	30 Bonjour	punct
30	Bonjour	Bonjour	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 word	appos
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 monsieur	punct
32	monsieur	monsieur	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 Bonjour	appos
33	!	!	PUNCT	_	30 Bonjour	punct
34	»	»	PUNCT	_	30 Bonjour	punct
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Monsieur	the French word		for Mr or sir	tree rules
2	use	participle		the French word not said here	before a man's name		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	speak speech: other	to-infinitive				to a man; politely property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to man=Co-Agent
4	name		a man				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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.

Meaning 2

In English, «monsieur» is sometimes used in jokes or stories to make a man sound French.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 English	case
2	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 used	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 English	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 monsieur	punct
5	monsieur	monsieur	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 used	nsubj:pass
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 monsieur	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 used	aux:pass
8	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 used	advmod
9	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 jokes	case
11	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 used	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 stories	cc
13	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 jokes	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 make	mark
15	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 used	advcl
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 man	det
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 make	obj
18	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 make	xcomp
19	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 sound	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	use	present · passive		monsieur	English	in jokes or stories; sometimes property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	make	to-infinitive		a man			tree rules
3	sound	infinitive	a man not said here	French			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location french=Theme

Meaning 3

Monsieur can also be a funny title put before an animal's name in a story, such as a cat, to make it sound grand and French.

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Monsieur	monsieur	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 title	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 title	aux
3	also	also	ADV	_	7 title	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 title	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 title	det
6	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 title	amod
7	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 title	acl
9	before	before	ADP	_	13 name	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 animal	det
11	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 name	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 animal	case
13	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 put	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 story	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 story	det
16	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 put	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 cat	punct
18	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	21 cat	case
19	as	as	ADP	_	18 such	fixed
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 cat	det
21	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 story	appos
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 make	punct
23	to	to	PART	_	24 make	mark
24	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 title	conj
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 make	obj
26	sound	sound	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 make	xcomp
27	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 sound	xcomp
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 French	cc
29	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 grand	conj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 title	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	Monsieur	a funny title				tree rules
2	put	participle		a funny title not said here	a story	before a animal's name		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent before name=Destination
3	make	to-infinitive	Monsieur not said here	Monsieur				tree rules
4	sound	infinitive	Monsieur not said here				grand property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
5	name		a animal					nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Example 1

(French) Bonjour, monsieur !

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 French	punct
2	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 French	punct
4	Bonjour	Bonjour	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 French	flat
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 monsieur	punct
6	monsieur	monsieur	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 French	appos
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 French	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 2

(French) Merci beaucoup, monsieur.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 French	punct
2	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 beaucoup	compound
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 French	punct
4	Merci	Merci	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 beaucoup	compound
5	beaucoup	beaucoup	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 monsieur	punct
7	monsieur	monsieur	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 beaucoup	appos
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 beaucoup	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 3

(French) Monsieur Martin is our French teacher.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 French	punct
2	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 teacher	nsubj
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 French	punct
4	Monsieur	Monsieur	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Martin	compound
5	Martin	Martin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 French	conj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 teacher	cop
7	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 teacher	nmod:poss
8	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 teacher	amod
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 teacher	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	French and Monsieur Martin	our French teacher					tree rules

Example 4

(French) Mesdames et messieurs, the show is about to begin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 Mesdames	punct
2	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Mesdames	compound
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 French	punct
4	Mesdames	madame	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	et	et	CCONJ	_	6 messieurs	cc
6	messieurs	monsieur	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 Mesdames	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 about	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 show	det
9	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 about	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 about	cop
11	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Mesdames	parataxis
12	to	to	PART	_	13 begin	mark
13	begin	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 about	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Mesdames	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the show					about property	tree rules
2	begin	to-infinitive	the show not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Example 5

The waiter said, "Your soup, monsieur."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 waiter	det
2	waiter	waiter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 soup	punct
6	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 soup	nmod:poss
7	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 monsieur	punct
9	monsieur	monsieur	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 soup	appos
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 soup	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 soup	punct

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

Example 6

(French) Excusez-moi, monsieur, où est la gare ?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 French	punct
2	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 French	punct
4	Excusez	Excusez	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 French	flat
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 moi	punct
6	moi	MoI	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 French	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 monsieur	punct
8	monsieur	monsieur	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 French	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 où	punct
10	où	où	X	Foreign=Yes	8 monsieur	appos
11	est	est	X	Foreign=Yes	10 où	flat:foreign
12	la	la	X	Foreign=Yes	10 où	flat:foreign
13	gare	Gare	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 où	flat
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 French	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 7

A rash and foolish young rabbit jumped into his bag, and Monsieur Puss, immediately drawing close the strings, took and killed him without pity.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rash	det
2	rash	rash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 jumped	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rabbit	cc
4	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rabbit	amod
5	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rabbit	amod
6	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rash	conj
7	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 bag	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bag	nmod:poss
10	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 jumped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Monsieur	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 Monsieur	cc
13	Monsieur	Monsieur	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 jumped	obl
14	Puss	Puss	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Monsieur	flat
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 drawing	punct
16	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	17 drawing	advmod
17	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 jumped	advcl
18	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 drawing	xcomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 strings	det
20	strings	string	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 close	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 took	punct
22	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 jumped	parataxis
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 killed	cc
24	killed	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 took	conj
25	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 killed	obj
26	without	without	ADP	_	27 pity	case
27	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 killed	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 jumped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	jump	past	a rash and foolish young rabbit	Monsieur	rabbit's bag		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into bag=Destination
2	draw	gerund	a rash and foolish young rabbit not said here			immediately property	tree rules
3	close	infinitive	a rash and foolish young rabbit not said here	the strings			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient
4	take	past					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	kill	past		Monsieur		without pity	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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