pledged

Who acts: They, He, We, our · What happens: pledge, mean, promise, give, not harm, help · To what, where: faith, her, cottage, neighbour, help, school · Speech: someone speaks here

«pledged» 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: pledged in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Pledged means promised firmly or given as security for a debt.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pledged	pledge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	promised	promise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp
4	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	3 promised	advmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 given	cc
6	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 promised	conj
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 security	case
8	security	security	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 debt	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 debt	det
11	debt	debt	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 given	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	pledge	participle		vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	promise speech: promise	participle	firmly property	vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	give	participle	as security; for a debt	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for debt=Asset

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

They pledged their faith that they would not harm her.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pledged	nsubj
2	pledged	pledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 faith	nmod:poss
4	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pledged	obj
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 harm	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 harm	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 harm	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 harm	advmod
9	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pledged	advcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 harm	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pledged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pledge	past	They	their faith					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent faith=Theme
2	not harm	would	they	her = she					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Example 2

He pledged his cottage to a neighbour.

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 pledged	nsubj
2	pledged	pledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 cottage	nmod:poss
4	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pledged	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 neighbour	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 neighbour	det
7	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pledged	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pledged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pledge	past	He	his cottage				to a neighbour goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent cottage=Theme to neighbour=Goal

Example 3

We pledged our help to the school.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 pledged	nsubj
2	pledged	pledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 help	nmod:poss
4	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pledged	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 school	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 school	det
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pledged	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 pledged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pledge	past	We	our help				to the school goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent help=Theme to school=Goal
2	help		our						nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent

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