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title: waitress — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «waitress» in the school dictionary: A waitress is a woman or girl whose job is to bring food and drinks to customers' tables in a café or restaurant and take their orders. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# waitress

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**Who acts:** waitress, job, café, cousin, We, our · **What happens:** be, drink, take, order, bring, work · **To what, where:** woman girl, orders, three glasses, us, waitress, tip

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«waitress» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 7 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: [waitress in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/waitress.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A waitress is a woman or girl whose job is to bring food and drinks to customers' tables in a café or restaurant and take their orders.

<!-- fold The tree, 28 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waitress:m1:1
# text = A waitress is a woman or girl whose job is to bring food and drinks to customers' tables in a café or restaurant and take their orders.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waitress	waitress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
13	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	drinks	drink	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	'	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	tables	table	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	café	café	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	restaurant	restaurant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
27	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a waitress | woman girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | job |  |  |  |  | bring *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **drink** | present | job *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to customers's tables in a café or restaurant | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **take** | infinitive | job *not said here* | café's orders |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme |
| 5 | **order** |  | café |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The waitress brought us three glasses of lemonade.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waitress:x1:1
# text = The waitress brought us three glasses of lemonade.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waitress	waitress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brought	bring	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	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	glasses	glass	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | the waitress | three glasses of lemonade | us |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent we=Destination glass=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My cousin works as a waitress on Saturdays.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waitress:x2:1
# text = My cousin works as a waitress on Saturdays.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	waitress	waitress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Saturdays	Saturday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | My cousin |  |  |  | saturday | as a waitress | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as waitress=Attribute |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We thanked the waitress and left a tip.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waitress:x3:1
# text = We thanked the waitress and left a tip.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thanked	thank	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	waitress	waitress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | We |  | the waitress |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waitress=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | past | We *not said here* | a tip |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tip=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The waitress wrote down our order.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waitress:x4:1
# text = The waitress wrote down our order.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waitress	waitress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	order	order	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 | **write down** | past | the waitress | our order |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme |
| 2 | **order** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum asked the waitress for the bill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waitress:x5:1
# text = Mum asked the waitress for the bill.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	waitress	waitress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	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 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Mum |  | the waitress |  |  | for the bill | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent waitress=Recipient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The waitress carried four plates at once.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waitress:x6:1
# text = The waitress carried four plates at once.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waitress	waitress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	plates	plate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | the waitress | four plates |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plate=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A waitress earns £8 an hour; how much does she earn in 5 hours?

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:waitress:x7:1
# text = A waitress earns £8 an hour; how much does she earn in 5 hours?
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waitress	waitress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	earns	earn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	much	much	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	earn	earn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | present | a waitress |  |  |  | hour |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
| 2 | **earn** | present · do-support | waitress |  |  |  | hour |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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