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title: mrs — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «mrs» in the school dictionary: Mrs is a title put before the family name of a married woman, as in Mrs Smith. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# mrs

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**Who acts:** Mrs, Children, you, Mr, it, head teacher · **What happens:** be, put, name, use, speak, live · **To what, where:** title, family name, married woman, it, teacher, next door · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«mrs» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [mrs in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mrs.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mrs is a title put before the family name of a married woman, as in Mrs Smith.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mrs:m1:1
# text = Mrs is a title put before the family name of a married woman, as in Mrs Smith.
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	married	married	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	Smith	Smith	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mrs | a title |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **put** | participle |  | a title *not said here* |  | the family name of a married woman |  | as Mrs Smith | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent before name=Destination |
| 3 | **name** |  |  | a married woman |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Children often use it to speak to or about their teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mrs:m2:1
# text = Children often use it to speak to or about their teacher.
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	often	often	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Children | it |  |  |  | often *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Children *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to Children's teacher | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to teacher=Co-Agent |

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The example in this meaning, parsed on its own:

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Good morning, Mrs Brown.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mrs:m2e:1
# text = Good morning, Mrs Brown.
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	Brown	Brown	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mrs Patel is my teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mrs:x1:1
# text = Mrs Patel is my teacher.
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Patel	Patel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mrs | my teacher |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Good morning, Mrs Jones!

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mrs:x2:1
# text = Good morning, Mrs Jones!
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	Jones	Jones	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mrs Brown lives next door.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mrs:x3:1
# text = Mrs Brown lives next door.
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Brown	Brown	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Mrs | next door |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme door=Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Please give this note to Mrs Lee.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mrs:x4:1
# text = Please give this note to Mrs Lee.
1	Please	please	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Lee	Lee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | this note | Mrs Lee |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent note=Theme to lee=Recipient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mr and Mrs Smith have two children.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mrs:x5:1
# text = Mr and Mrs Smith have two children.
1	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	Smith	Smith	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Mr and Mrs | two children |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mrs Wilson read us a story.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mrs:x6:1
# text = Mrs Wilson read us a story.
1	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	Wilson	Wilson	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Is it Mrs or Ms?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mrs:x7:1
# text = Is it Mrs or Ms?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Ms	Ms	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | Mrs or Ms |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our head teacher is Mrs Green.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mrs:x8:1
# text = Our head teacher is Mrs Green.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Mrs	Mrs	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	Green	Green	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Our head teacher | Mrs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He took Mrs. Darling’s kiss with him.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:mrs:x9:1
# text = He took Mrs. Darling’s kiss with him.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	Darling	Darling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	’s	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
6	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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 | **take** | past | He | Mrs.'s kiss |  |  |  | with Mrs. | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kiss=Theme |
| 2 | **kiss** |  | Mrs. |  |  |  |  |  | nom kiss «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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