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title: ladyship — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «ladyship» in the school dictionary: Ladyship is the title used to speak politely to a lady of high rank: «your ladyship» means a polite way of saying you to her. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# ladyship

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**Who acts:** Ladyship, polite way, servant · **What happens:** be, use, speak, mean, say, bow · **To what, where:** title, lady, polite way, you, Ladyship, carriage · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«ladyship» 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: [ladyship in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ladyship.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Ladyship is the title used to speak politely to a lady of high rank: «your ladyship» means a polite way of saying you to her.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladyship:m1:1
# text = Ladyship is the title used to speak politely to a lady of high rank: «your ladyship» means a polite way of saying you to her.
1	Ladyship	ladyship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	politely	politely	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	ladyship	ladyship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
24	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
25	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	23	acl	_	_
26	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Ladyship | the title |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | the title *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | a lady of high rank |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **mean** | present | your ladyship | a polite way |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a polite way *not said here* | you | Ladyship |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Topic to she=Recipient |

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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}

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Yes, your ladyship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladyship:x1:1
# text = Yes, your ladyship.
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	ladyship	ladyship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The servant bowed to her ladyship.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladyship:x2:1
# text = The servant bowed to her ladyship.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	ladyship	ladyship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | the servant |  |  |  |  | to servant's ladyship | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ladyship=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her ladyship will have the carriage now.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:ladyship:x3:1
# text = Her ladyship will have the carriage now.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	ladyship	ladyship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | future | Her ladyship | the carriage |  |  | now |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Patient |

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**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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