banns

Who acts: Banns, two people, people, anyone, vicar, you · What happens: be, say, plan, marry, know, not marry · To what, where: church, reason, banns, them · Speech: someone speaks here

«banns» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: banns in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Banns are the public announcements read out in church, on three Sundays before a wedding, to say that two people plan to marry, so that anyone who knows a reason they should not marry can speak up.

The tree, 37 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Banns	bann	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 read	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 read	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 announcements	det
4	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 announcements	amod
5	announcements	announcement	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 read	nsubj
6	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 read	compound:prt
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 church	case
9	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 read	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Sundays	punct
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 Sundays	case
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 Sundays	nummod
13	Sundays	sunday	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 read	obl
14	before	before	ADP	_	16 wedding	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 wedding	det
16	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Sundays	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 say	punct
18	to	to	PART	_	19 say	mark
19	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 read	conj
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 plan	mark
21	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 people	nummod
22	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 plan	nsubj
23	plan	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 say	ccomp
24	to	to	PART	_	25 marry	mark
25	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 plan	xcomp
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 speak	punct
27	so	so	SCONJ	_	39 speak	mark
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	39 speak	mark
29	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	39 speak	nsubj
30	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 knows	nsubj
31	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 anyone	acl:relcl
32	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 reason	det
33	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 knows	obj
34	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 marry	nsubj
35	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 marry	aux
36	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	37 marry	advmod
37	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 reason	acl:relcl
38	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	39 speak	aux
39	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 marry	conj
40	up	up	ADP	_	39 speak	compound:prt
41	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	Banns		church	on three Sundays before a wedding; read property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	Banns not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	plan	present	two people				vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	two people not said here				vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
5	know	present		a reason			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer reason=Stimulus
6	not marry	should	people	a reason not said here			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient
7	speak up speech: other	can	anyone				vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

The vicar read the banns on Sunday.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vicar	det
2	vicar	vicar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 read	nsubj
3	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 banns	det
5	banns	banns	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 read	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 Sunday	case
7	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 read	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	the vicar	the banns			sunday		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banns=Topic

Example 2

Her banns were read in the church and in the town.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 banns	nmod:poss
2	banns	banns	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 read	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 read	aux:pass
4	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 church	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 church	det
7	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 read	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 town	cc
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 town	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 town	det
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 church	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past · passive		Her banns		the church and the town			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Example 3

If anyone knows a reason against this marriage, let them speak at the banns.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 knows	mark
2	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 knows	nsubj
3	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 let	advcl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reason	det
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knows	obj
6	against	against	ADP	_	8 marriage	case
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 marriage	det
8	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reason	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 knows	punct
10	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 let	obj
12	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 let	xcomp
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 banns	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 banns	det
15	banns	banns	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 speak	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	know a condition, not said to happen	present	anyone	a reason		against this marriage	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer reason=Stimulus
2	let	imperative	you not said here	them = they			tree rules
3	speak speech: other	infinitive	them = they not said here		the banns		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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