peasantry

Who acts: peasantry, Most, Peasants, Heavy taxes, king, Holodomor · What happens: take, work, belong, rise up, revolt, make · To what, where: country, fields, Revolt, life, anger, deaths

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

Meaning 1

All the peasants of a country taken together: the poor farm workers and small farmers, especially in the past.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 peasants	det:predet
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 peasants	det
3	peasants	peasant	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 country	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 country	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 country	det
6	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 country	acl
8	together	together	ADV	_	7 taken	advmod
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 workers	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 workers	det
11	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 workers	amod
12	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 workers	compound
13	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 country	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 farmers	cc
15	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 farmers	amod
16	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 workers	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 past	punct
18	especially	especially	ADV	_	21 past	advmod
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 past	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 past	det
21	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 workers	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 country	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle		a country not said here				together property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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

The peasantry worked the lord's fields.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 peasantry	det
2	peasantry	peasantry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worked	nsubj
3	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lord	det
5	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fields	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 lord	case
7	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 worked	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 worked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past	the peasantry	the lord's fields					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent field=Material

Example 2

Most of the people in medieval England belonged to the peasantry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 belonged	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 people	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 people	det
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Most	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 England	case
6	medieval	medieval	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 England	amod
7	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 people	nmod
8	belonged	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 peasantry	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 peasantry	det
11	peasantry	peasantry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 belonged	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 belonged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	past	Most of the people in medieval England					to the peasantry	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Example 3

The peasantry rose up in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 peasantry	det
2	peasantry	peasantry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rose	nsubj
3	rose	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 rose	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 Revolt	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Peasants	det
7	Peasants	Peasant	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 Revolt	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 Peasants	case
9	Revolt	revolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rose	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 1381	case
11	1381	1381	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 Revolt	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise up	past	the peasantry			the Peasants's Revolt of 1381			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in revolt=Location
2	revolt		the Peasants						nom revolt «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 4

Heavy taxes made life hard for the peasantry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 taxes	amod
2	taxes	tax	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
5	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 made	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 peasantry	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 peasantry	det
8	peasantry	peasantry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hard	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Heavy taxes	life				hard property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset life=Product

Example 5

The king feared the anger of the peasantry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feared	nsubj
3	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 anger	det
5	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 feared	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 peasantry	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 peasantry	det
8	peasantry	peasantry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 anger	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 feared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	the king	the anger of the peasantry					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anger=Stimulus
2	anger		the peasantry						nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent

Example 6

The Holodomor caused the deaths of millions of the Ukrainian peasantry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Holodomor	det
2	Holodomor	Holodomor	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 caused	nsubj
3	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 deaths	det
5	deaths	death	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caused	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 millions	case
7	millions	million	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 deaths	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 peasantry	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 peasantry	det
10	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 peasantry	amod
11	peasantry	peasantry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 millions	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	the Holodomor	the deaths of millions of the Ukrainian peasantry					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient
2	die		millions of the Ukrainian peasantry						nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent

Example 7

We may take next the legends current among the peasantry about various saints.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 take	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 take	aux
3	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	next	next	ADV	_	3 take	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 current	det
6	legends	legend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 current	compound
7	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj
8	among	among	ADP	_	10 peasantry	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 peasantry	det
10	peasantry	peasantry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obl
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 saints	case
12	various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 saints	amod
13	saints	saint	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 peasantry	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	may	We	the legends current				among the peasantry about various saints; next property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent current=Theme

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