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title: gentleman — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gentleman» in the school dictionary: A gentleman is a polite word for a man. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gentleman

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**Who acts:** gentleman, man, class family, our, He, old gentleman · **What happens:** be, have, not need, work, play, like · **To what, where:** polite word, man, good manners, rich man, class family, coffee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«gentleman» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [gentleman in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gentleman.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A gentleman is a polite word for a man.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentleman:m1:1
# text = A gentleman is a polite word for a man.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a gentleman | a polite word |  |  |  | for a man | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A gentleman is a man who is kind, honest and has good manners.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentleman:m2:1
# text = A gentleman is a man who is kind, honest and has good manners.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a gentleman | a man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | a man |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | a man *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | present | a man *not said here* | good manners |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manners=Patient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: old-fashioned — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A gentleman was a rich man from a high-class family who did not need to work.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentleman:m3:1
# text = A gentleman was a rich man from a high-class family who did not need to work.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
14	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl:relcl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | a gentleman | a rich man |  | a class family |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **need** | past · do-support | a class family |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **work** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a class family *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our school play.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentleman:x1:1
# text = Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our school play.
1	Ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	welcome	welcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom play «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The gentleman at the front would like a coffee.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentleman:x2:1
# text = The gentleman at the front would like a coffee.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | would | the gentleman at the front | a coffee |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot coffee=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He held the door open like a real gentleman.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentleman:x3:1
# text = He held the door open like a real gentleman.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	held	hold	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	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | He | the door |  |  |  | open *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An old gentleman helped me find the bus stop.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentleman:x4:1
# text = An old gentleman helped me find the bus stop.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | a old gentleman | me |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | infinitive | me *not said here* | the bus stop |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stop=Topic |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the story, the gentleman lived in a big house with servants. (old-fashioned)

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* In the story, the gentleman lived in a big house with servants.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentleman:x5:1
# text = In the story, the gentleman lived in a big house with servants.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the gentleman |  |  | the story |  | in a big house with servants | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in story=Location |

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* (old-fashioned)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentleman:x5:2
# text = (old-fashioned)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The gents' toilet is down the corridor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentleman:x6:1
# text = The gents' toilet is down the corridor.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gents	gent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	corridor	corridor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the gents's toilet |  |  |  |  | down the corridor | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
There were 12 ladies and 15 gentlemen, so 27 guests in all.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentleman:x7:1
# text = There were 12 ladies and 15 gentlemen, so 27 guests in all.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	27	27	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | past | 12 ladies and 15 gentlemen and 27 guests in all |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Don't talk nonsense," replied the old gentleman.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gentleman:x8:1
# text = "Don't talk nonsense," replied the old gentleman.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	talk	talk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
8	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **talk** *in a quote* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | nonsense |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the old gentleman |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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