obeisance

Who acts: He, old man, Everyone · What happens: sign, make, give, pay · To what, where: respect, low obeisance, obeisance

«obeisance» 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: obeisance in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

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

A low bow or other sign of respect to someone important.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bow	det
2	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bow	amod
3	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 sign	cc
5	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sign	amod
6	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bow	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 respect	case
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sign	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 someone	case
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 respect	nmod
11	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 someone	amod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 bow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign			respect to someone					nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

He made a low obeisance to the queen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 obeisance	det
4	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 obeisance	amod
5	obeisance	obeisance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 queen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 queen	det
8	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	He	a low obeisance				to the queen	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obeisance=Product

Example 2

The old man gave an obeisance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 obeisance	det
6	obeisance	obeisance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the old man	a obeisance					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obeisance=Theme

Example 3

Everyone paid obeisance to the king.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 paid	nsubj
2	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	obeisance	obeisance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paid	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 king	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paid	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 paid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	Everyone	obeisance				to the king	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obeisance=Asset

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