washerman

Who acts: washerman, job, donkey, joke, someone, you · What happens: be, wash, put, use, make, do · To what, where: man, clothes, old saying, creature, joke, work · Speech: someone speaks here

«washerman» 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: washerman in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A washerman is a man whose job is washing other people's clothes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 washerman	det
2	washerman	washerman	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	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	7 job	nmod:poss
7	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 washing	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 washing	aux
9	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 man	acl:relcl
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 people	amod
11	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 clothes	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 people	case
13	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 washing	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a washerman	a man					tree rules
2	wash	present · progressive	job	other people's clothes					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=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.

Meaning 2

In an old saying, «a washerman's donkey» is a silly or put-upon creature, used as a joke about being made to do someone else's work.

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 saying	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 saying	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 saying	amod
4	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 silly	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 saying	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 donkey	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 washerman	det
8	washerman	washerman	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 donkey	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 washerman	case
10	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 silly	nsubj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 donkey	punct
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 silly	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 silly	det
14	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 put	cc
16	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 silly	conj
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 put	punct
18	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 creature	case
19	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 put	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 used	punct
21	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 silly	conj
22	as	as	ADP	_	24 joke	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 joke	det
24	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 used	obl
25	about	about	SCONJ	_	27 made	mark
26	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	27 made	aux:pass
27	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 joke	acl
28	to	to	PART	_	29 do	mark
29	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 made	xcomp
30	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	33 work	nmod:poss
31	else	else	ADV	_	30 someone	advmod
32	's	's	PART	_	30 someone	case
33	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 do	obj
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 silly	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	a washerman's donkey		a old saying	silly property	tree rules
2	put	participle	a washerman's donkey not said here		creature		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon creature=Destination
3	use	participle	a washerman's donkey not said here			as a joke	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	make	gerund · passive		a joke not said here			tree rules
5	do	to-infinitive	a joke not said here	someone's work			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality
6	work		someone				nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Example 1

Do you take me for a washerman's donkey?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 take	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 take	nsubj
3	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 take	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	9 donkey	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 washerman	det
7	washerman	washerman	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 donkey	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 washerman	case
9	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present · do-support	you	me				for a washerman's donkey	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent i=Theme for donkey=Beneficiary

Example 2

The hare gravely replied, «This is a washerman's donkey.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hare	det
2	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	gravely	gravely	ADV	_	4 replied	advmod
4	replied	reply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hare	acl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 donkey	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 donkey	punct
7	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 donkey	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 donkey	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 washerman	det
10	washerman	washerman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 donkey	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 washerman	case
12	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hare	appos
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 donkey	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 donkey	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	participle		the hare not said here				gravely property	vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	This	a washerman's donkey					tree rules

Example 3

The shark did not like being laughed at and asked what the joke about a washerman's donkey meant.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shark	det
2	shark	shark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 like	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 like	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 like	advmod
5	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 laughed	aux:pass
7	laughed	laugh	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 like	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	7 laughed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 asked	cc
10	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 like	conj
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 meant	obj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 joke	det
13	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 meant	nsubj
14	about	about	ADP	_	18 donkey	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 washerman	det
16	washerman	washerman	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 donkey	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 washerman	case
18	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 joke	nmod
19	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 asked	ccomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 like	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	not like	past · do-support	the shark	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	laugh not said to happen	gerund · passive	the shark not said here	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»
3	ask speech: ask	past	the shark not said here	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	mean	past	the joke about a washerman's donkey	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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