nanny Who acts: nanny, job, nanny goat, male, people, government · What happens: be, think, make, live, pick up, go · To what, where: person, home, word, female goat, billy goat, government
«nanny» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: nanny in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A nanny is a person whose job is to look after a family's children in the family's home.
The tree, 20 words det nsubj cop det nmod:poss nsubj cop mark acl:relcl case det nmod:poss case obl case det nmod:poss case obl punct root A DET nanny NOUN is AUX a DET person NOUN whose PRON job NOUN is AUX to PART look VERB after ADP a DET family NOUN 's PART children NOUN in ADP the DET family NOUN 's PART home NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 nanny det 2 nanny nanny NOUN Number=Sing 5 person nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 person cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 person det 5 person person NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 whose whose PRON Poss=Yes PronType=Rel 7 job nmod:poss 7 job job NOUN Number=Sing 10 look nsubj 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 look cop 9 to to PART _ 10 look mark 10 look look VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 person acl:relcl 11 after after ADP _ 15 children case 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 family det 13 family family NOUN Number=Sing 15 children nmod:poss 14 's 's PART _ 13 family case 15 children child NOUN Number=Plur 10 look obl 16 in in ADP _ 20 home case 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 family det 18 family family NOUN Number=Sing 20 home nmod:poss 19 's 's PART _ 18 family case 20 home home NOUN Number=Sing 10 look obl 21 . . PUNCT _ 5 person punct
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1 is a present a nanny a person tree rules 2 is present job the family's home after a family's children look property tree rules
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: UK, informal — kept apart, not parsed.
Nanny is a child's word for grandmother, like nan or nana.
nsubj cop det nmod:poss case case nmod punct case conj cc conj punct root Nanny NOUN is AUX a DET child NOUN 's PART word NOUN for ADP grandmother NOUN , PUNCT like ADP nan NOUN or CCONJ nana NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nanny nanny NOUN Number=Sing 6 word nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 word cop 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 child det 4 child child NOUN Number=Sing 6 word nmod:poss 5 's 's PART _ 4 child case 6 word word NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 for for ADP _ 8 grandmother case 8 grandmother grandmother NOUN Number=Sing 6 word nmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 11 nan punct 10 like like ADP _ 11 nan case 11 nan nan NOUN Number=Sing 6 word conj 12 or or CCONJ _ 13 nana cc 13 nana nana NOUN Number=Sing 11 nan conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 6 word punct
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1 is a present Nanny a child's word and nan or nana for grandmother tree rules
Meaning 3 A nanny goat is a female goat (a male is a billy goat).
The tree, 13 words det compound nsubj cop det amod punct det nsubj cop det compound appos punct punct root A DET nanny NOUN goat NOUN is AUX a DET female ADJ goat NOUN ( PUNCT a DET male NOUN is AUX a DET billy NOUN goat NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 goat det 2 nanny nanny NOUN Number=Sing 3 goat compound 3 goat goat NOUN Number=Sing 7 goat nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 goat cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 goat det 6 female female ADJ Degree=Pos 7 goat amod 7 goat goat NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 ( ( PUNCT _ 14 goat punct 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 male det 10 male male NOUN Number=Sing 14 goat nsubj 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 goat cop 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 goat det 13 billy billy NOUN Number=Sing 14 goat compound 14 goat goat NOUN Number=Sing 7 goat appos 15 ) ) PUNCT _ 14 goat punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 7 goat punct
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1 is a present a nanny goat a female goat tree rules 2 is a present a male a billy goat tree rules
Meaning 4 Usage: informal, critical — kept apart, not parsed.
A «nanny state» is a government that people think makes too many rules about how they should live.
The tree, 18 words det punct compound appos punct cop det nsubj obj nsubj acl:relcl advmod amod obj mark advmod nsubj aux acl punct root A DET « PUNCT nanny NOUN state NOUN » PUNCT is AUX a DET government NOUN that PRON people NOUN think VERB makes VERB too ADV many ADJ rules NOUN about SCONJ how ADV they PRON should AUX live VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 government det 2 « « PUNCT _ 4 state punct 3 nanny nanny NOUN Number=Sing 4 state compound 4 state state NOUN Number=Sing 1 A appos 5 » » PUNCT _ 4 state punct 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 government cop 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 government det 8 government government NOUN Number=Sing 12 makes nsubj 9 that that PRON PronType=Rel 11 think obj 10 people people NOUN Number=Plur 11 think nsubj 11 think think VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 government acl:relcl 12 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 13 too too ADV _ 14 many advmod 14 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 15 rules amod 15 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 12 makes obj 16 about about SCONJ _ 20 live mark 17 how how ADV PronType=Int 20 live advmod 18 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 20 live nsubj 19 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 20 live aux 20 live live VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 rules acl 21 . . PUNCT _ 12 makes punct
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1 is a present a government tree rules 2 think speech: other present people a government vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme 3 make present a government many rules vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rule=Product 4 live should people vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 1 Our nanny picks us up from school.
nmod:poss nsubj obj compound:prt case obl punct root Our PRON nanny NOUN picks VERB us PRON up ADP from ADP school NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 nanny nmod:poss 2 nanny nanny NOUN Number=Sing 3 picks nsubj 3 picks pick VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 picks obj 5 up up ADP _ 3 picks compound:prt 6 from from ADP _ 7 school case 7 school school NOUN Number=Sing 3 picks obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 picks punct
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1 pick up present Our nanny us school vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Topic
Example 2 Mary Poppins is the most famous nanny in stories.
nsubj flat cop det advmod amod case nmod punct root Mary PROPN Poppins PROPN is AUX the DET most ADV famous ADJ nanny NOUN in ADP stories NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mary Mary PROPN Number=Sing 7 nanny nsubj 2 Poppins Poppins PROPN Number=Sing 1 Mary flat 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 nanny cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 nanny det 5 most most ADV Degree=Sup 6 famous advmod 6 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 7 nanny amod 7 nanny nanny NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 in in ADP _ 9 stories case 9 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 7 nanny nmod 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 nanny punct
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1 is a present Mary the famous nanny stories tree rules
Example 3 (UK, informal) I'm going to Nanny's house for tea.
The tree, 11 words punct nsubj punct conj punct nsubj aux case nmod:poss case obl case nmod punct root ( PUNCT UK PROPN , PUNCT informal ADJ ) PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX going VERB to ADP Nanny PROPN 's PART house NOUN for ADP tea NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 UK punct 2 UK UK PROPN Number=Sing 8 going nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 4 informal punct 4 informal informal ADJ Degree=Pos 2 UK conj 5 ) ) PUNCT _ 2 UK punct 6 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 going nsubj 7 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 going aux 8 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 9 to to ADP _ 12 house case 10 Nanny Nanny PROPN Number=Sing 12 house nmod:poss 11 's 's PART _ 10 Nanny case 12 house house NOUN Number=Sing 8 going obl 13 for for ADP _ 14 tea case 14 tea tea NOUN Number=Sing 12 house nmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 8 going punct
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1 go present · progressive UK Nanny's house for tea vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location
Example 4 The nanny goat fed her two kids.
det compound nsubj obj nummod obj punct root The DET nanny NOUN goat NOUN fed VERB her PRON two NUM kids NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 goat det 2 nanny nanny NOUN Number=Sing 3 goat compound 3 goat goat NOUN Number=Sing 4 fed nsubj 4 fed feed VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 fed obj 6 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 kids nummod 7 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 4 fed obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 fed punct
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1 feed past the nanny goat two kids her = she vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient kid=Theme
Example 5 The nanny read us a story before bed.
det nsubj obj det obj case obl punct root The DET nanny NOUN read VERB us PRON a DET story NOUN before ADP bed NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 nanny det 2 nanny nanny NOUN Number=Sing 3 read nsubj 3 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 3 read obj 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 story det 6 story story NOUN Number=Sing 3 read obj 7 before before ADP _ 8 bed case 8 bed bed NOUN Number=Sing 3 read obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 read punct
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1 read past the nanny a story us before bed vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient story=Topic
Example 6 (informal) Some people complain about a «nanny state» when new rules are made.
The tree, 13 words punct discourse punct det nsubj case det punct compound obl punct mark amod nsubj:pass aux:pass advcl punct root ( PUNCT informal NUM ) PUNCT Some DET people NOUN complain VERB about ADP a DET « PUNCT nanny NOUN state NOUN » PUNCT when SCONJ new ADJ rules NOUN are AUX made VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 2 informal punct 2 informal informal NUM _ 5 people discourse 3 ) ) PUNCT _ 2 informal punct 4 Some some DET PronType=Ind 5 people det 5 people people NOUN Number=Plur 6 complain nsubj 6 complain complain VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 about about ADP _ 11 state case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 state det 9 « « PUNCT _ 11 state punct 10 nanny nanny NOUN Number=Sing 11 state compound 11 state state NOUN Number=Sing 6 complain obl 12 » » PUNCT _ 11 state punct 13 when when SCONJ _ 17 made mark 14 new new ADJ Degree=Pos 15 rules amod 15 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 17 made nsubj:pass 16 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 made aux:pass 17 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 complain advcl 18 . . PUNCT _ 6 complain punct
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1 complain speech: other present some people about a nanny state vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about state=Topic 2 make present · passive new rules vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
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