betroth

Who acts: they, king, He · What happens: betroth, be, become, engage, marry, wish · To what, where: someone, marriage, me, son, daughter, brave knight

«betroth» 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: betroth in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To betroth someone is to promise a person in marriage, so that they become engaged to be married.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 betroth	mark
2	betroth	betroth	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 promise	advcl
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 betroth	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 promise	cop
5	to	to	PART	_	6 promise	mark
6	promise	promise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 promise	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 marriage	case
10	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 promise	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 become	punct
12	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	15 become	mark
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 so	fixed
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 become	nsubj
15	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 promise	conj
16	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 become	xcomp
17	to	to	PART	_	19 married	mark
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 married	aux:pass
19	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 engaged	xcomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 promise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	betroth	to-infinitive		someone			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
2	is	present			marriage	promise property	tree rules
3	become	present	they				tree rules
4	engage	participle	they not said here				vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute
5	marry	to-infinitive · passive	they not said here				vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»

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 king wishes to betroth me to the son of the king of the Green City.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wishes	nsubj
3	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 betroth	mark
5	betroth	betroth	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wishes	xcomp
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 betroth	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 son	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 son	det
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 betroth	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 king	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 son	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 City	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 City	det
15	Green	Green	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 City	compound
16	City	City	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 king	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wishes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	present	the king						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	betroth not said to happen	to-infinitive	the king not said here	me	the son of the king of the Green City				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Theme to son=Recipient

Example 2

He promised to betroth his daughter to the brave knight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 promised	nsubj
2	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 betroth	mark
4	betroth	betroth	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 promised	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 daughter	nmod:poss
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 betroth	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 knight	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 knight	det
9	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 knight	amod
10	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 betroth	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	He						vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	betroth not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his daughter	the brave knight				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme to knight=Recipient

Example 3

They were betrothed when they were young.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 betrothed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 betrothed	aux:pass
3	betrothed	betroth	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 young	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 young	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 young	cop
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 betrothed	advcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 betrothed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	betroth	past · passive		They					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
2	is	past	they					young property	tree rules

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