betrothed
Who acts: person, Princess, man, betrothed pair · What happens: betroth, mean, promise, engage, marry, be · To what, where: marriage, person, they, she, one · Speech: someone speaks here
«betrothed» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings 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: betrothed in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Betrothed means promised in marriage, engaged to be married.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Betrothed | betroth | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | ccomp |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 marriage | case |
| 5 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 promised | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 engaged | punct |
| 7 | engaged | engage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 married | mark |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 married | aux:pass |
| 10 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 engaged | xcomp |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | betroth | participle | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | promise speech: promise | participle | marriage | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | engage | past | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | ||||||
| 5 | marry | to-infinitive · passive | 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.
Meaning 2
A person's betrothed is the person they are engaged to marry.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 person | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 person | case |
| 4 | betrothed | betroth | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 person | acl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 person | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 engaged | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 engaged | aux:pass |
| 10 | engaged | engage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 person | acl:relcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 marry | mark |
| 12 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 engaged | xcomp |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | betroth | participle | a person not said here | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | a person | the person | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | engage | present · passive | the person not said here | they | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | marry | to-infinitive | the person not said here | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Example 1
Soon after came the Princess and her betrothed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 came | advmod |
| 2 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 3 came | mark |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Princess | det |
| 5 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 betrothed | cc |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 betrothed | nmod:poss |
| 8 | betrothed | betroth | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 Princess | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the Princess | soon property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | betroth | participle | the Princess not said here | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
Example 2
The man she is betrothed to is one of my servants.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 man | det |
| 2 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 one | nsubj |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 betrothed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 betrothed | aux:pass |
| 5 | betrothed | betroth | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 man | acl:relcl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 betrothed | xcomp |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 one | cop |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 servants | case |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 servants | nmod:poss |
| 11 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 one | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 one | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | betroth | present · passive | the man not said here | she | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | the man | one | of my servants | tree rules |
Example 3
The betrothed pair were very happy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pair | det |
| 2 | betrothed | betroth | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 pair | amod |
| 3 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 happy | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 happy | cop |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 happy | advmod |
| 6 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 happy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | betroth | participle | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | past | the betrothed pair | happy property | tree rules |
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