wooer
Who acts: man, woman, Many wooers, wooers, daughter · What happens: want, marry, pay, win, attend, come · To what, where: particular woman, attention, woman, palace, princess, gifts
«wooer» 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: wooer in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
A man who wants to marry a particular woman and pays her attention to win her.
The tree, 16 words
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 | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 wants | nsubj |
| 4 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 man | acl:relcl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 marry | mark |
| 6 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wants | xcomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 woman | det |
| 8 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 woman | amod |
| 9 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 marry | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 pays | cc |
| 11 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wants | conj |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 attention | nmod:poss |
| 13 | attention | attention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 pays | obj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 win | mark |
| 15 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 pays | advcl |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 win | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 man | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a man | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | 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 | ||||
| 3 | pay | present | a man not said here | woman's attention | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Asset | ||||
| 4 | win | to-infinitive | a man not said here | woman | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | 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.
Example 1
Many wooers came to the palace to try to win the princess.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 wooers | amod |
| 2 | wooers | wooer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 palace | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 palace | det |
| 6 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 try | mark |
| 8 | try | try | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 came | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 win | mark |
| 10 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 try | xcomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 princess | det |
| 12 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 win | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Many wooers | the palace | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | try | to-infinitive | Many wooers not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | win not said to happen | to-infinitive | Many wooers not said here | the princess | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality |
Example 2
Her wooers brought her gifts every day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 wooers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | wooers | wooer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 brought | nsubj |
| 3 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 brought | obj |
| 5 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 brought | obj |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 brought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | Her wooers | gifts | her = she | day | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination gift=Theme |
Example 3
The king's daughter sent away all her wooers but one.
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 | 4 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 king | case |
| 4 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sent | nsubj |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 sent | advmod |
| 7 | all | all | ADV | _ | 9 wooers | advmod |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 wooers | nmod:poss |
| 9 | wooers | wooer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sent | obl |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 one | cc |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 wooers | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send away | past | the king's daughter | daughter's wooers one | away property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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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