retinue
Who acts: retinue, people, It, Emperor, Abbot · What happens: be, travel, serve, set out, come · To what, where: group, important person, King
«retinue» 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: retinue in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A retinue is the group of people who travel with and serve an important person, such as a king or an emperor.
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 retinue | det |
| 2 | retinue | retinue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 group | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 group | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 group | det |
| 5 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 people | case |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 group | nmod |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 travel | nsubj |
| 9 | travel | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 people | acl:relcl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 travel | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 serve | cc |
| 12 | serve | serve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 travel | conj |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 person | det |
| 14 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 person | amod |
| 15 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 serve | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 king | punct |
| 17 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 20 king | case |
| 18 | as | as | ADP | _ | 17 such | fixed |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 king | det |
| 20 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 person | appos |
| 21 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 23 emperor | cc |
| 22 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 emperor | det |
| 23 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 king | conj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 group | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a retinue | the group | of people | tree rules | |||
| 2 | travel | present | people | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | serve | infinitive | people not said here | a important person | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=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.
Example 1
It was the King and his retinue.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 King | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 King | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 retinue | cc |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 retinue | nmod:poss |
| 7 | retinue | retinue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 King | conj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 King | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | the King and his retinue | tree rules |
Example 2
The Emperor set out with his retinue.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Emperor | det |
| 2 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 set | nsubj |
| 3 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 set | compound:prt |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 retinue | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 retinue | nmod:poss |
| 7 | retinue | retinue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 set | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 set | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set out | past | the Emperor | with Emperor's retinue | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Example 3
The Abbot came with a goodly retinue of knights.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Abbot | det |
| 2 | Abbot | Abbot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 retinue | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 retinue | det |
| 6 | goodly | goodly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 retinue | amod |
| 7 | retinue | retinue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 knights | case |
| 9 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 retinue | nmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the Abbot | with a goodly retinue of knights | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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