fetter
Who acts: Fetters, someone, they, guards · What happens: be, put, fetter up, not move, hold, say · To what, where: chains, chain, me, tree, conquered kings, hands · Speech: someone speaks here
«fetter» 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: fetter in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Fetters are chains put round a prisoner's hands or feet. (old use).
Sentence 1: Fetters are chains put round a prisoner's hands or feet.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fetters | fetter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 chains | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 chains | cop |
| 3 | chains | chain | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 chains | acl |
| 5 | round | round | ADP | _ | 9 hands | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 prisoner | det |
| 7 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hands | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 prisoner | case |
| 9 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 put | obl |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 feet | cc |
| 11 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hands | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 chains | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Fetters | chains | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | put | participle | chains not said here | round a prisoner's hands or feet | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
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.
Sentence 2: (old use).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 use | amod |
| 3 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 use | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Meaning 2
To fetter someone is to chain them up so they cannot move freely.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 fetter | mark |
| 2 | fetter | fetter | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 chain | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 chain | cop |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 chain | mark |
| 6 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fetter | obj |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 chain | nmod |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 fetter | compound:prt |
| 9 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 13 move | mark |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 move | nsubj |
| 11 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 move | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 move | advmod |
| 13 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 fetter | advcl |
| 14 | freely | freely | ADV | _ | 13 move | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 fetter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fetter up | to-infinitive | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | someone | chain | them = they nmod | tree rules | |||
| 3 | not move | can | they | freely property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Example 1
No fetters hold me now, said the tree.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 fetters | det |
| 2 | fetters | fetter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hold | nsubj |
| 3 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 hold | obj |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 hold | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 said | punct |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hold | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tree | det |
| 9 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 said | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present | no fetters | me | now | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | no fetters not said here | the tree | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tree=Topic |
Example 2
The conquered kings were chained up with golden fetters.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 kings | det |
| 2 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 kings | amod |
| 3 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 chained | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 chained | aux:pass |
| 5 | chained | chain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 chained | compound:prt |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 fetters | case |
| 8 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fetters | amod |
| 9 | fetters | fetter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 chained | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 chained | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conquer | participle | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | chain up | past · passive | the conquered kings | with golden fetters | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with fetter=Instrument |
Example 3
The guards fettered the prisoner's hands.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 guards | det |
| 2 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fettered | nsubj |
| 3 | fettered | fetter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prisoner | det |
| 5 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hands | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 prisoner | case |
| 7 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fettered | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fettered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fetter | past | the guards | the prisoner's hands | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
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