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title: mayoress — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mayoress» in the school dictionary: A mayoress is the wife of a mayor, who often attends town events beside him. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mayoress

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**Who acts:** mayoress, wife, woman, Everyone · **What happens:** be, attend, hold, open, wear, bow · **To what, where:** wife, town events, woman, office, gold chain, feast

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«mayoress» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: [mayoress in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mayoress.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A mayoress is the wife of a mayor, who often attends town events beside him.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mayoress:m1:1
# text = A mayoress is the wife of a mayor, who often attends town events beside him.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mayoress	mayoress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	attends	attend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
13	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a mayoress | the wife |  |  |  | of a mayor | tree rules |
| 2 | **attend** | present | the wife | town events |  |  |  | beside him *= he*; often *property* | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme event=Goal |

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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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

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A mayoress can also be a woman who holds the office of mayor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mayoress:m2:1
# text = A mayoress can also be a woman who holds the office of mayor.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mayoress	mayoress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | a mayoress | a woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | present | a woman | the office of mayor |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The mayoress opened the autumn fair.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mayoress:x1:1
# text = The mayoress opened the autumn fair.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mayoress	mayoress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | the mayoress |  |  |  | autumn | fair *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The mayoress wore a gold chain at the feast.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mayoress:x2:1
# text = The mayoress wore a gold chain at the feast.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mayoress	mayoress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the mayoress | a gold chain |  | the feast |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent chain=Source |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Everyone bowed when the mayoress came in.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mayoress:x3:1
# text = Everyone bowed when the mayoress came in.
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mayoress	mayoress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come in** | past | the mayoress |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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