privy

Who acts: Privy, I, their, Privy chambers, group, farm · What happens: mean, allow, know, not be, plan, be · To what, where: secret, private rooms, king, wooden privy, palace, dark · Speech: someone speaks here

«privy» in the school dictionary: its 4 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: privy in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old — kept apart, not parsed.

An outdoor toilet, a small hut over a hole in the ground.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 toilet	det
2	outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 toilet	amod
3	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hut	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hut	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hut	amod
7	hut	hut	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 toilet	appos
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 hole	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 hole	det
10	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hut	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 ground	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ground	det
13	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hole	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 toilet	punct

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

Meaning 2

Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

«Privy to» means allowed to know a secret: «I wasn't privy to their plans.».

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Privy	punct
2	Privy	privy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 »	mark
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Privy	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 means	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 know	mark
8	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 allowed	xcomp
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 secret	det
10	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 know	obj
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 privy	punct
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 privy	punct
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 privy	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 privy	cop
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 privy	advmod
16	privy	privy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	parataxis
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 plans	case
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 plans	nmod:poss
19	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 privy	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 privy	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 privy	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Privy			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	allow	participle				vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer clause=Eventuality
3	know not said to happen	to-infinitive		a secret		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer secret=Stimulus
4	not is in a quote	past	I		to their plans; privy property	tree rules
5	plan in a quote		their = they			nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Meaning 3

Usage: UK, formal — kept apart, not parsed.

In titles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 titles	case
2	titles	title	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 titles	punct

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

The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

Privy Council, a group that advises the king or queen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Privy	Privy	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	Council	Council	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Privy	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 group	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 group	det
5	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Privy	appos
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 advises	nsubj
7	advises	advise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 group	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 advises	obj
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 queen	cc
11	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 king	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Privy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advise speech: other	present	a group		the king or queen				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

Meaning 4

Privy chambers are the private rooms of a king or queen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Privy	privy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 chambers	amod
2	chambers	chamber	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 rooms	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 rooms	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rooms	det
5	private	private	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rooms	amod
6	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 king	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rooms	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 queen	cc
11	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 king	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 rooms	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Privy chambers	the private rooms				of a king or queen	tree rules

Example 1

In the old days the privy was outside the house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 days	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 days	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 days	amod
4	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 house	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 privy	det
6	privy	privy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 house	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 house	cop
8	outside	outside	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 house	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the privy				day	outside the house	tree rules

Example 2

The farm had a wooden privy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the farm	a wooden privy					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent privy=Patient

Example 3

Only the captain was privy to the secret map.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 privy	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 captain	det
3	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 privy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 privy	cop
5	privy	privy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 map	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 map	det
8	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 map	amod
9	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 privy	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 privy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the captain					to the secret map; privy property	tree rules

Example 4

I wasn't privy to their plan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 privy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 privy	cop
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 privy	advmod
4	privy	privy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 plan	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 plan	nmod:poss
7	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 privy	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 privy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	I					to their plan; privy property	tree rules
2	plan		their = they						nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Example 5

The Privy Council met at the palace.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Council	det
2	Privy	Privy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Council	compound
3	Council	Council	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 met	nsubj
4	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 palace	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 palace	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 met	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 met	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past	the Privy Council			the palace			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 6

Nobody wanted to walk to the privy in the dark.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 walk	mark
4	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 privy	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 privy	det
7	privy	privy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walk	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 dark	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dark	det
10	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walk	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Nobody						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	walk not said to happen	to-infinitive	Nobody not said here			the dark		to the privy result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to privy=Result

Example 7

Saouy, who witnessed the agitation of the people from the windows of the king's privy chambers, called to the executioner to strike at once.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saouy	Saouy	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 witnessed	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 witnessed	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 witnessed	nsubj
4	witnessed	witness	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 agitation	det
6	agitation	agitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 witnessed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 people	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 people	det
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 agitation	nmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 windows	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 windows	det
12	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 people	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	18 chambers	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 king	det
15	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 chambers	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 king	case
17	privy	privy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 chambers	amod
18	chambers	chamber	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 windows	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 called	punct
20	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 chambers	acl
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 executioner	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 executioner	det
23	executioner	executioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 called	obl
24	to	to	PART	_	25 strike	mark
25	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 called	advcl
26	at	at	ADP	_	27 once	case
27	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	25 strike	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 witnessed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	witness	past	Saouy	the agitation of the people from the windows of the king's privy chambers		vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent agitation=Beneficiary
2	call	participle		the king's privy chambers not said here	the executioner	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to executioner=Recipient
3	strike	to-infinitive				vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at once=Patient

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