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title: homemaker — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «homemaker» in the school dictionary: A person, man or woman, whose main work is looking after their home and family, such as cooking, cleaning and caring for children, instead of a paid job. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# homemaker

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**Who acts:** main work, dad, homemaker, She, children, Homemakers · **What happens:** look, care, pay, be, cook, do · **To what, where:** homemaker, meals, lot, form, time job, vegetables

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«homemaker» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [homemaker in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/homemaker.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person, man or woman, whose main work is looking after their home and family, such as cooking, cleaning and caring for children, instead of a paid job.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:homemaker:m1:1
# text = A person, man or woman, whose main work is looking after their home and family, such as cooking, cleaning and caring for children, instead of a paid job.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	21	case	_	_
20	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	fixed	_	_
21	cooking	cooking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	caring	care	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	conj	_	_
26	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
29	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	33	case	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	fixed	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	amod	_	_
33	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present · progressive | main work |  |  |  | after person's home and family and cooking and cleaning |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **care** | gerund | main work *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for children | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for child=Theme |
| 3 | **pay** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My dad is a homemaker and cooks all our meals.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:homemaker:x1:1
# text = My dad is a homemaker and cooks all our meals.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	dad	dad	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	homemaker	homemaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	cooks	cook	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My dad | a homemaker |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cook** | present | a homemaker *not said here* | our meals |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent meal=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was a homemaker while the children were small.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:homemaker:x2:1
# text = She was a homemaker while the children were small.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	homemaker	homemaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | She | a homemaker |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the children | a homemaker *not said here* |  |  |  | small *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Homemakers do a lot of work without pay.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:homemaker:x3:1
# text = Homemakers do a lot of work without pay.
1	Homemakers	homemaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Homemakers | a lot of work |  |  |  | without pay | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Eventuality |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The form asked if he was employed or a homemaker.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:homemaker:x4:1
# text = The form asked if he was employed or a homemaker.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	homemaker	homemaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the form |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **employ** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive |  | form |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Being a homemaker is a full-time job.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:homemaker:x5:1
# text = Being a homemaker is a full-time job.
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	cop	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	homemaker	homemaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	csubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | gerund |  | a homemaker |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | a time job |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandma was a homemaker and also grew vegetables.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:homemaker:x6:1
# text = Grandma was a homemaker and also grew vegetables.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	homemaker	homemaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	also	also	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Grandma | a homemaker |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | past | Grandma *not said here* | vegetables |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location vegetable=Theme |

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