dowry

Who acts: family, king, father, poor girl · What happens: give, marry, promise, have · To what, where: money, bride, rich dowry, daughter, dowry, old story

«dowry» 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: dowry in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

money, goods or land that a bride's family gave to her when she married.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 goods	punct
3	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	1 money	conj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 land	cc
5	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 money	conj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 gave	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bride	det
8	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 family	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 bride	case
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	nsubj
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 money	acl:relcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gave	obl
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 married	advmod
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 married	nsubj
16	married	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 gave	advcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 money	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	a bride's family	money and goods or land	bride				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Theme to she=Recipient
2	marry	past	family						vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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 gave his daughter a rich dowry.

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 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	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	3 gave	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dowry	det
7	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dowry	amod
8	dowry	dowry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the king	a rich dowry	king's daughter				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient dowry=Theme

Example 2

Her father promised a dowry of gold and cows.

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 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	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 dowry	det
5	dowry	dowry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 promised	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 gold	case
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dowry	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cows	cc
9	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 gold	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 promised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	past	Her father	a dowry of gold and cows					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent dowry=Theme

Example 3

In the old story the poor girl had no dowry.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 story	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 story	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 story	amod
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 girl	det
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 girl	amod
7	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 dowry	det
10	dowry	dowry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 had	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the poor girl	no dowry		the old story			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dowry=Patient

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