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title: nanny — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nanny» in the school dictionary: A nanny is a person whose job is to look after a family's children in the family's home. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# nanny

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** nanny, job, nanny goat, male, people, government · **What happens:** be, think, make, live, pick up, go · **To what, where:** person, home, word, female goat, billy goat, government

<!-- .vabout -->
«nanny» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings 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: [nanny in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nanny.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A nanny is a person whose job is to look after a family's children in the family's home.

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nanny:m1:1
# text = A nanny is a person whose job is to look after a family's children in the family's home.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nanny	nanny	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	's	PART	POS	_	18	case	_	_
20	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a nanny | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | job |  |  | the family's home | after a family's children | look *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: UK, informal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nanny is a child's word for grandmother, like nan or nana.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nanny:m2:1
# text = Nanny is a child's word for grandmother, like nan or nana.
1	Nanny	nanny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	nana	nana	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Nanny | a child's word and nan or nana |  |  |  | for grandmother | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A nanny goat is a female goat (a male is a billy goat).

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nanny:m3:1
# text = A nanny goat is a female goat (a male is a billy goat).
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nanny	nanny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	female	female	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	male	male	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	billy	billy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a nanny goat | a female goat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a male | a billy goat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: informal, critical — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A «nanny state» is a government that people think makes too many rules about how they should live.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nanny:m4:1
# text = A «nanny state» is a government that people think makes too many rules about how they should live.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	nanny	nanny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obj	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
16	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
17	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a government |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | people | a government |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot that=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | present | a government | many rules |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rule=Product |
| 4 | **live** | should | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our nanny picks us up from school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nanny:x1:1
# text = Our nanny picks us up from school.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nanny	nanny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	picks	pick	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | present | Our nanny | us |  | school |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Topic |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mary Poppins is the most famous nanny in stories.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nanny:x2:1
# text = Mary Poppins is the most famous nanny in stories.
1	Mary	Mary	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	Poppins	Poppins	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	nanny	nanny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Mary | the famous nanny |  | stories |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
(UK, informal) I'm going to Nanny's house for tea.

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nanny:x3:1
# text = (UK, informal) I'm going to Nanny's house for tea.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	informal	informal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	Nanny	Nanny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · progressive | UK |  |  | Nanny's house for tea |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The nanny goat fed her two kids.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nanny:x4:1
# text = The nanny goat fed her two kids.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nanny	nanny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fed	feed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | past | the nanny goat | two kids | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient kid=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The nanny read us a story before bed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nanny:x5:1
# text = The nanny read us a story before bed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nanny	nanny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
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	_	_
7	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
(informal) Some people complain about a «nanny state» when new rules are made.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nanny:x6:1
# text = (informal) Some people complain about a «nanny state» when new rules are made.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	informal	informal	NUM	LS	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	complain	complain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	nanny	nanny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	17	mark	_	_
14	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **complain** *speech: other* | present | some people |  |  |  |  | about a nanny state | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about state=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | new rules |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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