wife Who acts: wife, woman, old wives, farmer, They, king · What happens: be, marry, mean, tell, milk, become · To what, where: woman, person, old stories, nurse, cows, husband · Speech: someone speaks here
«wife» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: wife in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A wife is the woman a person is married to.
det nsubj cop det det nsubj:pass aux:pass acl:relcl xcomp punct root A DET wife NOUN is AUX the DET woman NOUN a DET person NOUN is AUX married VERB to PART . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 wife det 2 wife wife NOUN Number=Sing 5 woman nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 woman cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 woman det 5 woman woman NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 person det 7 person person NOUN Number=Sing 9 married nsubj:pass 8 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 married aux:pass 9 married marry VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 woman acl:relcl 10 to to PART _ 9 married xcomp 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 woman punct
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1 is a present a wife the woman tree rules 2 marry present · passive the woman not said here a person vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 Usage: old — kept apart, not parsed.
In old stories and old phrases, "wife" can mean simply a woman, as in "old wives' tale".
The tree, 18 words case amod obl cc amod conj punct punct nsubj punct aux advmod det obj punct case case punct amod nmod:poss case parataxis punct punct root In ADP old ADJ stories NOUN and CCONJ old ADJ phrases NOUN , PUNCT " PUNCT wife NOUN " PUNCT can AUX mean VERB simply ADV a DET woman NOUN , PUNCT as ADP in ADP " PUNCT old ADJ wives NOUN ' PART tale NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 3 stories case 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 3 stories amod 3 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 12 mean obl 4 and and CCONJ _ 6 phrases cc 5 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 6 phrases amod 6 phrases phrase NOUN Number=Plur 3 stories conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 3 stories punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 wife punct 9 wife wife NOUN Number=Sing 12 mean nsubj 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 wife punct 11 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 mean aux 12 mean mean VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 13 simply simply ADV _ 15 woman advmod 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 woman det 15 woman woman NOUN Number=Sing 12 mean obj 16 , , PUNCT _ 23 tale punct 17 as as ADP _ 23 tale case 18 in in ADP _ 23 tale case 19 " " PUNCT _ 23 tale punct 20 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 21 wives amod 21 wives wife NOUN Number=Plur 23 tale nmod:poss 22 ' 's PART _ 21 wives case 23 tale tale NOUN Number=Sing 12 mean parataxis 24 " " PUNCT _ 23 tale punct 25 . . PUNCT _ 12 mean punct
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1 mean can wife a woman old stories and old phrases tree rules 2 tell in a quote old wives nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent
Example 1 Mr Patel's wife is a nurse.
compound nmod:poss case nsubj cop det punct root Mr PROPN Patel PROPN 's PART wife NOUN is AUX a DET nurse NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mr Mr PROPN Number=Sing 2 Patel compound 2 Patel Patel PROPN Number=Sing 4 wife nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 Patel case 4 wife wife NOUN Number=Sing 7 nurse nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 nurse cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 nurse det 7 nurse nurse NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 nurse punct
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1 is a present Mr Patel's wife a nurse tree rules
Example 2 The farmer and his wife milked the cows.
det nsubj cc nmod:poss conj det obj punct root The DET farmer NOUN and CCONJ his PRON wife NOUN milked VERB the DET cows NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 farmer det 2 farmer farmer NOUN Number=Sing 6 milked nsubj 3 and and CCONJ _ 5 wife cc 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 wife nmod:poss 5 wife wife NOUN Number=Sing 2 farmer conj 6 milked milk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 cows det 8 cows cow NOUN Number=Plur 6 milked obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 milked punct
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1 milk past the farmer and his wife the cows vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Source
Example 3 They became husband and wife at the wedding.
nsubj xcomp cc conj case det obl punct root They PRON became VERB husband NOUN and CCONJ wife NOUN at ADP the DET wedding NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 became nsubj 2 became become VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 husband husband NOUN Number=Sing 2 became xcomp 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 wife cc 5 wife wife NOUN Number=Sing 3 husband conj 6 at at ADP _ 8 wedding case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 wedding det 8 wedding wedding NOUN Number=Sing 2 became obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 became punct
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1 become past They husband and wife the wedding vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Example 4 My uncle's wife is my aunt.
nmod:poss nmod:poss case nsubj cop nmod:poss punct root My PRON uncle NOUN 's PART wife NOUN is AUX my PRON aunt NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 uncle nmod:poss 2 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 4 wife nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 uncle case 4 wife wife NOUN Number=Sing 7 aunt nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 aunt cop 6 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 aunt nmod:poss 7 aunt aunt NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 . . PUNCT _ 7 aunt punct
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1 is a present My uncle's wife my aunt tree rules
Example 5 The king and his wife waved from the balcony.
det nsubj cc nmod:poss conj case det obl punct root The DET king NOUN and CCONJ his PRON wife NOUN waved VERB from ADP the DET balcony NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 king det 2 king king NOUN Number=Sing 6 waved nsubj 3 and and CCONJ _ 5 wife cc 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 wife nmod:poss 5 wife wife NOUN Number=Sing 2 king conj 6 waved wave VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 from from ADP _ 9 balcony case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 balcony det 9 balcony balcony NOUN Number=Sing 6 waved obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 waved punct
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1 wave past the king and his wife the balcony vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 "Cracking your knuckles gives you big hands" is just an old wives' tale.
The tree, 14 words punct csubj nmod:poss obj iobj amod nsubj punct cop advmod det amod nmod:poss case parataxis punct root " PUNCT Cracking VERB your PRON knuckles NOUN gives VERB you PRON big ADJ hands NOUN " PUNCT is AUX just ADV an DET old ADJ wives NOUN ' PART tale NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Cracking punct 2 Cracking crack VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 gives csubj 3 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 knuckles nmod:poss 4 knuckles knuckle NOUN Number=Plur 2 Cracking obj 5 gives give VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 gives iobj 7 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 8 hands amod 8 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 16 tale nsubj 9 " " PUNCT _ 8 hands punct 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 tale cop 11 just just ADV _ 16 tale advmod 12 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 wives det 13 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 14 wives amod 14 wives wife NOUN Number=Plur 16 tale nmod:poss 15 ' 's PART _ 14 wives case 16 tale tale NOUN Number=Sing 5 gives parataxis 17 . . PUNCT _ 5 gives punct
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1 crack in a quote gerund your knuckles vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location knuckle=Theme 2 give in a quote present Cracking you tree rules 3 is a present big hands a old wives's tale tree rules
Example 7 A man and his wife share 24 apples equally, so each gets 12.
The tree, 13 words det nsubj cc nmod:poss conj nummod obj advmod punct advmod nsubj parataxis obj punct root A DET man NOUN and CCONJ his PRON wife NOUN share VERB 24 NUM apples NOUN equally ADV , PUNCT so ADV each DET gets VERB 12 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 man det 2 man man NOUN Number=Sing 6 share nsubj 3 and and CCONJ _ 5 wife cc 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 wife nmod:poss 5 wife wife NOUN Number=Sing 2 man conj 6 share share VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 24 24 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 apples nummod 8 apples apple NOUN Number=Plur 6 share obj 9 equally equally ADV _ 6 share advmod 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 gets punct 11 so so ADV _ 13 gets advmod 12 each each DET PronType=Tot 13 gets nsubj 13 gets get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 share parataxis 14 12 12 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 13 gets obj 15 . . PUNCT _ 6 share punct
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1 share present a man and his wife 24 apples equally property tree rules 2 get present each 12 vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 12=Stimulus
Example 8 His wife drove the kids to footy practice.
nmod:poss nsubj det obj case amod obl punct root His PRON wife NOUN drove VERB the DET kids NOUN to ADP footy ADJ practice NOUN . PUNCT 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 wife nmod:poss 2 wife wife NOUN Number=Sing 3 drove nsubj 3 drove drive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 kids det 5 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 3 drove obj 6 to to ADP _ 8 practice case 7 footy footy ADJ Degree=Pos 8 practice amod 8 practice practice NOUN Number=Sing 3 drove obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 3 drove punct
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1 drive past His wife the kids footy practice vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent kid=Theme to practice=Trajectory
Example 9 But his wife called after him:--
cc nmod:poss acl case obl punct discourse root But CCONJ his PRON wife NOUN called VERB after ADP him PRON : PUNCT -- PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 But but CCONJ _ 3 wife cc 2 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 wife nmod:poss 3 wife wife NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 called call VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 wife acl 5 after after ADP _ 6 him case 6 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 called obl 7 : : PUNCT _ 3 wife punct 8 -- -- PUNCT _ 3 wife discourse
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1 call participle his wife not said here after him = he vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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