retainer

Who acts: retainer, follower, retainers, special retainers · What happens: be, serve, go out, bring, carry · To what, where: old word, lord, impostor, bear, sword

«retainer» 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: retainer in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A retainer is an old word for a servant or follower who serves a lord or noble family. (old use).

Sentence 1: A retainer is an old word for a servant or follower who serves a lord or noble family.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 retainer	det
2	retainer	retainer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 word	cop
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	amod
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 servant	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 servant	det
9	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 follower	cc
11	follower	follower	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 servant	conj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 serves	nsubj
13	serves	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 follower	acl:relcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 lord	det
15	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 serves	obj
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 family	cc
17	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 family	amod
18	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lord	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a retainer	a old word				for a servant or follower	tree rules
2	serve	present	follower	a lord or noble family					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Attribute

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.

Sentence 2: (old use).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 use	amod
3	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 use	punct

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

Example 1

The retainers went out and brought the impostor before their lord.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 retainers	det
2	retainers	retainer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 went	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 brought	cc
6	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 impostor	det
8	impostor	impostor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brought	obj
9	before	before	ADP	_	11 lord	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 lord	nmod:poss
11	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brought	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	past	the retainers					out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bring	past	the retainers not said here	the impostor			before retainers's lord		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent impostor=Theme before lord=Destination

Example 2

His special retainers were the bear, the deer and the hare.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 retainers	nmod:poss
2	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 retainers	amod
3	retainers	retainer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bear	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bear	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bear	det
6	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 deer	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 deer	det
9	deer	deer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bear	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hare	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hare	det
12	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bear	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 bear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	His special retainers	the bear and the deer and the hare					tree rules

Example 3

The lady's retainers carried her sword.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lady	det
2	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retainers	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 lady	case
4	retainers	retainer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carried	nsubj
5	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 sword	nmod:poss
7	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the lady's retainers	her sword					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme

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