dowerless

Who acts: Dowerless, that, dowerless maiden, she, friends, father · What happens: mean, have, be, bring, give, go out · To what, where: dower, money, marriage, husband, kind heart, land · Speech: someone speaks here

«dowerless» 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: dowerless in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Dowerless means having no dower, that is, with no money or property brought to a marriage; poor, with nothing given to the husband (old use).

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dowerless	dowerless	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 means	xcomp
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 dower	det
5	dower	dower	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 having	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 money	punct
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 money	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 money	cop
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 money	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 money	case
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 money	det
12	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 property	cc
14	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 money	conj
15	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 money	acl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 marriage	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 marriage	det
18	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 brought	obl
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 poor	punct
20	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 means	parataxis
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 nothing	punct
22	with	with	ADP	_	23 nothing	case
23	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	20 poor	conj
24	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 nothing	acl
25	to	to	ADP	_	27 husband	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 husband	det
27	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 given	obl
28	(	(	PUNCT	_	30 use	punct
29	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 use	amod
30	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 nothing	appos
31	)	)	PUNCT	_	30 use	punct
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Dowerless					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have not said to happen	gerund	Dowerless not said here	no dower				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dower=Patient
3	is	present	that				with no money or property	tree rules
4	bring	participle		no money or property not said here		a marriage		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to marriage=Destination
5	give	participle			the husband			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to husband=Recipient

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 dowerless maiden had only her kind heart.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 maiden	det
2	dowerless	dowerless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 maiden	amod
3	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 heart	advmod
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 heart	nmod:poss
7	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 heart	amod
8	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the dowerless maiden	maiden's kind heart					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient

Example 2

Being dowerless, she went out to work for her bread.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 dowerless	cop
2	dowerless	dowerless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 went	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dowerless	conj
6	out	out	ADV	_	5 went	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 work	mark
8	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 went	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 bread	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bread	nmod:poss
11	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 work	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 dowerless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	gerund		dowerless property	tree rules
2	go out	past	she	out property	tree rules
3	work	to-infinitive	she not said here	for her bread	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for bread=Beneficiary

Example 3

Her friends called her dowerless because her father had no land to give.

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 friends	nmod:poss
2	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dowerless	nmod:poss
5	dowerless	dowerless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 called	xcomp
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 had	mark
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 father	nmod:poss
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 had	nsubj
9	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 called	advcl
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 land	det
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 had	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 give	mark
13	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 land	acl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call	past	Her friends		dowerless property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	have	past	her father	no land		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient
3	give	to-infinitive	her father not said here	no land not said here		vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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