dower

Who acts: dower, bride, goods, widow, husband, king · What happens: be, bring, marry, keep, die, promise · To what, where: money, husband, property, old use, castle, bride · Speech: someone speaks here

«dower» 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: dower in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A dower is the money, land or goods a bride brings to her husband when they marry, or property a widow keeps after her husband dies (old use, from fairy tales).

The tree, 31 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dower	det
2	dower	dower	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 money	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 money	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 money	det
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 land	punct
7	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 money	nmod
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 goods	cc
9	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 land	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bride	det
11	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 brings	nsubj
12	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 money	parataxis
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 husband	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 husband	nmod:poss
15	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 brings	obl
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 marry	advmod
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 marry	nsubj
18	marry	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 brings	advcl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 property	punct
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 property	cc
21	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 marry	obj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 widow	det
23	widow	widow	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 keeps	nsubj
24	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 property	acl:relcl
25	after	after	SCONJ	_	28 dies	mark
26	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 husband	nmod:poss
27	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 dies	nsubj
28	dies	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 keeps	advcl
29	(	(	PUNCT	_	31 use	punct
30	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 use	amod
31	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 dies	obl
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 tales	punct
33	from	from	ADP	_	35 tales	case
34	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 tales	compound
35	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 use	nmod
36	)	)	PUNCT	_	35 tales	punct
37	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 money	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a dower	the money		land or goods nmod	tree rules
2	bring	present	a bride		bride's husband		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to husband=Destination
3	marry	present	goods	property			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=Patient
4	keep	present	a widow	property not said here			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=Theme
5	die	present	bride's husband	old use from fairy tales			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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 promised a castle as her dower.

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 promised	nsubj
3	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 castle	det
5	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promised	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 dower	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dower	nmod:poss
8	dower	dower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promised	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	the king	a castle				as her dower	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent castle=Theme
2	dower		her = she						nom dower «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Example 2

He wanted a bride with a large dower of gold.

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bride	det
4	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 dower	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dower	det
7	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dower	amod
8	dower	dower	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 gold	case
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dower	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	a bride				with a large dower of gold	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bride=Theme
2	dower			gold					nom dower «possession transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

The father said his daughter's dower would be a herd of cows.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 father	det
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 daughter	nmod:poss
5	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dower	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 daughter	case
7	dower	dower	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 herd	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 herd	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 herd	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 herd	det
11	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	ccomp
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 cows	case
13	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 herd	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the father			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	would	father's daughter's dower	a herd	of cows	tree rules
3	dower		father's daughter			nom dower «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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