servitude

Who acts: Servitude, state, people, heifer · What happens: be, force, work, have, live, walk · To what, where: state, freedom, servitude, neck

«servitude» 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: servitude in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Servitude is the state of being forced to work for someone else and having no freedom, like a slave.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Servitude	servitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 state	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 state	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 state	det
4	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 forced	mark
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 forced	aux:pass
7	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 state	acl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 work	mark
9	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 forced	xcomp
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 someone	case
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 work	obl
12	else	else	ADV	_	11 someone	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 having	cc
14	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 someone	conj
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 freedom	det
16	freedom	freedom	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 having	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 slave	punct
18	like	like	ADP	_	20 slave	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 slave	det
20	slave	slave	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 having	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 state	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Servitude	the state		tree rules
2	force	gerund · passive		the state not said here		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: clause=Topic
3	work	to-infinitive	the state not said here		for someone	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for someone=Beneficiary
4	have	gerund	the state not said here	no freedom	like a slave	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent freedom=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

The people lived in servitude to the cruel king.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 people	det
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 servitude	case
5	servitude	servitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 king	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
8	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 king	amod
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	the people			servitude		to the cruel king	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in servitude=Location

Example 2

The heifer walked free, with no marks of servitude on her neck.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 heifer	det
2	heifer	heifer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walked	nsubj
3	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 walked	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 marks	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 marks	case
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 marks	det
8	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 walked	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 servitude	case
10	servitude	servitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 marks	nmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 neck	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 neck	nmod:poss
13	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 walked	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	the heifer			heifer's neck		with no marks of servitude; free property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on neck=Trajectory
2	mark			servitude					nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

Better servitude with safety than freedom with danger.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 servitude	amod
2	servitude	servitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 safety	case
4	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 servitude	nmod
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 freedom	case
6	freedom	freedom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 safety	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 danger	case
8	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 freedom	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 servitude	punct

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

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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