suitor

Who acts: suitor, man, woman, person, Many suitors · What happens: be, want, marry, pay, win, attend · To what, where: man, particular woman, attention, woman, person, princess

«suitor» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: suitor in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A suitor is a man who wants to marry a particular woman and pays her attention to win her.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 suitor	det
2	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 man	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 wants	nsubj
7	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 man	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 marry	mark
9	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wants	xcomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 woman	det
11	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 woman	amod
12	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 marry	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 pays	cc
14	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 wants	conj
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 attention	nmod:poss
16	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pays	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 win	mark
18	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 pays	advcl
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 win	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	a suitor	a man	tree rules
2	want	present	a man		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	a man not said here	a particular woman	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Patient
4	pay	present	a man not said here	woman's attention	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset
5	win	to-infinitive	a man not said here	woman	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality
6	attend		woman		nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=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.

Meaning 2

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A suitor is a person who asks for something, a petitioner.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 suitor	det
2	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 asks	nsubj
7	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 something	case
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 asks	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 petitioner	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 petitioner	det
12	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 something	appos
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a suitor	a person					tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	present	a person					for something	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

A suitor came to woo the princess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 suitor	det
2	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 woo	mark
5	woo	woo	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 came	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 woo	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	a suitor						tree rules
2	woo	to-infinitive	a suitor not said here	the princess					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient

Example 2

Many suitors wanted her hand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 suitors	amod
2	suitors	suitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hand	nmod:poss
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	Many suitors	her hand					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hand=Theme

Example 3

The suitor brought her a gift.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 suitor	det
2	suitor	suitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 brought	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gift	det
6	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	the suitor	a gift	her = she				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination gift=Theme

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