solemnize

Who acts: priest, They · What happens: hold, solemnize, honour · To what, where: formal ceremony, wedding, church, funeral, rites, honour

«solemnize» 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: solemnize in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

To hold a formal ceremony for something such as a wedding or a funeral.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hold	mark
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ceremony	det
4	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ceremony	amod
5	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hold	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 something	case
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 hold	obl
8	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 wedding	case
9	as	as	ADP	_	8 such	fixed
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 wedding	det
11	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 something	nmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 funeral	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 funeral	det
14	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wedding	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	to-infinitive		a formal ceremony				for something	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceremony=Theme

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 priest solemnized the wedding in the church.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 priest	det
2	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 solemnized	nsubj
3	solemnized	solemnize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wedding	det
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 solemnized	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 church	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 church	det
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 solemnized	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 solemnized	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	solemnize	past	the priest	the wedding		the church			tree rules

Example 2

They solemnized the funeral with prayers.

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 solemnized	nsubj
2	solemnized	solemnize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 funeral	det
4	funeral	funeral	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 solemnized	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 prayers	case
6	prayers	prayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 solemnized	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 solemnized	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	solemnize	past	They	the funeral				with prayers	tree rules

Example 3

The rites were solemnized in honour of the dead hero.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rites	det
2	rites	rite	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 solemnized	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 solemnized	aux:pass
4	solemnized	solemnize	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 honour	case
6	honour	honour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 solemnized	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 hero	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hero	det
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hero	amod
10	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 honour	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 solemnized	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	solemnize	past · passive		the rites		honour of the dead hero			tree rules
2	honour			the dead hero					nom honour «state transitive»: of=patient

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