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title: mistress — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mistress» in the school dictionary: A mistress is a woman who owns or is in charge of a household, servants or animals. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mistress

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**Who acts:** mistress, woman, maid, school mistress · **What happens:** be, own, go, tell, feed, read · **To what, where:** woman, charge, female teacher, old schools, news, mistress · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«mistress» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 4 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: [mistress in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mistress.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A mistress is a woman who owns or is in charge of a household, servants or animals.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistress:m1:1
# text = A mistress is a woman who owns or is in charge of a household, servants or animals.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mistress	mistress	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	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	appos	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 mistress | a woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **own** | present | a woman |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **is** | present | a woman *not said here* |  |  | charge |  | of a household | 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: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A mistress is a female teacher in some old schools.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistress:m2:1
# text = A mistress is a female teacher in some old schools.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mistress	mistress	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	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a mistress | a female teacher |  | some old schools |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The maid went to tell her mistress the news.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistress:x1:1
# text = The maid went to tell her mistress the news.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	maid	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mistress	mistress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the maid |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the maid *not said here* | the news | maid's mistress |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mistress=Recipient news=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cat's mistress fed her every morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistress:x2:1
# text = The cat's mistress fed her every morning.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	mistress	mistress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | past | the cat's mistress |  | cat |  | morning |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our school mistress read us a story.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistress:x3:1
# text = Our school mistress read us a story.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mistress	mistress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | Our school mistress | a story | us |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient story=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

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The mistress of the house gave orders to the cook.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mistress:x4:1
# text = The mistress of the house gave orders to the cook.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mistress	mistress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the mistress of the house | orders | the cook |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent order=Theme to cook=Recipient |

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