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title: actress — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «actress» in the school dictionary: An actress is a woman or girl who acts in plays, films or TV shows, pretending to be a character. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# actress

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**Who acts:** actress, woman girl, Someone, she, sister, child actress · **What happens:** be, act, pretend, not have, play, want · **To what, where:** woman girl, plays, character, good actress, feelings, queen

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«actress» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [actress in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/actress.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An actress is a woman or girl who acts in plays, films or TV shows, pretending to be a character.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:actress:m1:1
# text = An actress is a woman or girl who acts in plays, films or TV shows, pretending to be a character.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	actress	actress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	acts	act	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	plays	play	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	shows	show	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
20	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	cop	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a actress | woman girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **act** | present | woman girl |  |  | plays and films or TV shows |  |  | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pretend** | gerund | woman girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | woman girl *not said here* | a character |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#m2}

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Usage: informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Someone who is "a good actress" is good at pretending feelings she does not really have.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:actress:m2:1
# text = Someone who is "a good actress" is good at pretending feelings she does not really have.
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	actress	actress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
11	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	pretending	pretend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
15	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
17	really	really	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | a good actress |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Someone |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **pretend** | gerund | Someone *not said here* | feelings |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **have** | present · do-support | she | feelings *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The actress played a queen in the new film.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:actress:x1:1
# text = The actress played a queen in the new film.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	actress	actress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | the actress | a queen |  | the new film |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My sister wants to be an actress when she grows up.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:actress:x2:1
# text = My sister wants to be an actress when she grows up.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	actress	actress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | My sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | My sister *not said here* | a actress |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **grow up** | present | sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She won the award for best actress.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:actress:x3:1
# text = She won the award for best actress.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	award	award	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	actress	actress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | She | the award |  |  |  | for best actress | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent award=Theme for actress=Beneficiary |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The actress learned all her lines in a week.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:actress:x4:1
# text = The actress learned all her lines in a week.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	actress	actress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past | the actress | actress's lines |  |  | in a week |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent line=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A child actress played the girl in the story.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:actress:x5:1
# text = A child actress played the girl in the story.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	actress	actress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | past | a child actress | the girl |  | the story |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't believe her tears, she's a good little actress!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:actress:x6:1
# text = Don't believe her tears, she's a good little actress!
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	believe	believe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	actress	actress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **believe** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | her tears |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tear=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | present | she | a good little actress |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The actress waved to the fans outside the theatre.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:actress:x7:1
# text = The actress waved to the fans outside the theatre.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	actress	actress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	waved	wave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fans	fan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	theatre	theatre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | past | the actress |  | the fans |  |  | outside the theatre | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to fan=Recipient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The many distinguished actors and actresses who had passed away must surely have a field for their talent.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:actress:x8:1
# text = The many distinguished actors and actresses who had passed away must surely have a field for their talent.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	distinguished	distinguished	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	actors	actor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	actresses	actress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	talent	talent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass away** | past · perfect · passive |  | actresses |  |  |  | away *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | must | the many distinguished actors and actresses | a field |  |  |  | for actors's talent; surely *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Patient |

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