wedlock
Who acts: Wedlock, old story, past, law book · What happens: be, marry, join, end, bear out, think · To what, where: state, They, wedlock, past, them
«wedlock» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: wedlock in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: formal, old — kept apart, not parsed.
Wedlock is the state of being married.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wedlock | wedlock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 state | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 state | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 state | det |
| 4 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 7 married | mark |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 married | aux:pass |
| 7 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 state | acl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 state | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Wedlock | the state | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | marry | gerund · passive | the state not said here | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» |
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 were joined in wedlock at the village church.
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 | 3 joined | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 joined | aux:pass |
| 3 | joined | join | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 wedlock | case |
| 5 | wedlock | wedlock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 joined | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 church | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 church | det |
| 8 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 church | compound |
| 9 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 joined | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 joined | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | join | past · passive | They | wedlock | at the village church | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Example 2
The old story ends with the prince and princess in happy wedlock.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 story | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 story | amod |
| 3 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ends | nsubj |
| 4 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 prince | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 prince | det |
| 7 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ends | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 princess | cc |
| 9 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 prince | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 wedlock | case |
| 11 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 wedlock | amod |
| 12 | wedlock | wedlock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 princess | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ends | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | present | the old story | with the prince and princess in happy wedlock | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with prince=Subeventuality |
Example 3
In the past, being born out of wedlock was thought shameful; today it is ordinary.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 past | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 past | det |
| 3 | past | past | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 thought | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 born | punct |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 born | aux:pass |
| 6 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 past | acl |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 wedlock | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 wedlock | case |
| 9 | wedlock | wedlock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 born | obl |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 thought | aux:pass |
| 11 | thought | think | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | shameful | shameful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 thought | xcomp |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 ordinary | punct |
| 14 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 ordinary | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 ordinary | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 ordinary | cop |
| 17 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 thought | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 thought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear out | gerund · passive | the past not said here | wedlock | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: wedlock=Patient | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past · passive | the past | shameful property | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | present | past | today | ordinary property | tree rules |
Example 4
The law book talks about wedlock and property.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 book | det |
| 2 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 book | compound |
| 3 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 talks | nsubj |
| 4 | talks | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 wedlock | case |
| 6 | wedlock | wedlock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 talks | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 property | cc |
| 8 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wedlock | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 talks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | present | the law book | about wedlock and property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about wedlock=Topic |
Example 5
Fifty years of wedlock made them very close.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 years | nummod |
| 2 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 made | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 wedlock | case |
| 4 | wedlock | wedlock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 years | nmod |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 made | obj |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 close | advmod |
| 8 | close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 made | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | them = they | year | close property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedlock/