espouse

Who acts: She, knight, prince · What happens: take up, support, marry, espouse, cause · To what, where: cause, someone, village, princess, old tale

«espouse» 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: espouse in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To take up a cause and support it warmly, often as your own.

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 take	mark
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 take	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cause	det
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 support	cc
7	support	support	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 take	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 support	obj
9	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	7 support	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 often	punct
11	often	often	ADV	_	7 support	advmod
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 own	case
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 own	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 often	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take up	to-infinitive		a cause					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Theme
2	support	infinitive		cause				often, warmly property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

To marry someone.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 marry	mark
2	marry	marry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 marry	obj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 marry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	marry	to-infinitive		someone					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient

Example 1

She warmly espoused the cause of the poor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 espoused	nsubj
2	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	3 espoused	advmod
3	espoused	espouse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cause	det
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 espoused	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 poor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 poor	det
8	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cause	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 espoused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	espouse	past	She	the cause of the poor				warmly property	tree rules

Example 2

The knight espoused the cause of the village.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knight	det
2	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 espoused	nsubj
3	espoused	espouse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cause	det
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 espoused	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 village	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 village	det
8	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 espoused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	espouse	past	the knight	the cause of the village					tree rules
2	cause			the village					nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

Example 3

In the old tale, the prince espoused the princess.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 tale	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tale	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tale	amod
4	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 espoused	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tale	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 espoused	nsubj
8	espoused	espouse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 espoused	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 espoused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	espouse	past	the prince	the princess		the old tale			tree rules

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