valet
Who acts: valet, manservant · What happens: be, look, need, bring, lay out, shave · To what, where: manservant, fashioned word, coat, duke, silver dishes, master
«valet» 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: valet in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A valet is a manservant who looks after a rich man's clothes and needs. It is an old-fashioned word.
Sentence 1: A valet is a manservant who looks after a rich man's clothes and needs.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 valet | det |
| 2 | valet | valet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 manservant | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 manservant | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 manservant | det |
| 5 | manservant | manservant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 looks | nsubj |
| 7 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 manservant | acl:relcl |
| 8 | after | after | ADP | _ | 13 clothes | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 man | det |
| 10 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 man | amod |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 man | case |
| 13 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 7 looks | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 needs | cc |
| 15 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 looks | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 manservant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a valet | a manservant | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look | present | a manservant | after a rich man's clothes | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | need | present | a manservant not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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: It is an old-fashioned word.
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 | 7 word | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 word | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 fashioned | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 old | punct |
| 6 | fashioned | fashioned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 word | amod |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 word | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | valet | a fashioned word | tree rules |
Example 1
The valet brought the duke his coat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 valet | det |
| 2 | valet | valet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | nsubj |
| 3 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 duke | det |
| 5 | duke | duke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | obj |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 coat | nmod:poss |
| 7 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 brought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | the valet | valet's coat | the duke | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent duke=Destination coat=Theme |
Example 2
His valet laid out the silver dishes.
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 | 2 valet | nmod:poss |
| 2 | valet | valet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laid | nsubj |
| 3 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 laid | compound:prt |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dishes | det |
| 6 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dishes | compound |
| 7 | dishes | dish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 laid | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 laid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lay out | participle | His valet | the silver dishes | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Result |
Example 3
Each morning the valet shaved his master.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 morning | det |
| 2 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shaved | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 valet | det |
| 4 | valet | valet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shaved | nsubj |
| 5 | shaved | shave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 master | nmod:poss |
| 7 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shaved | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 shaved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shave | past | the valet | valet's master | morning | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Patient |
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