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title: dowerless — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «dowerless» in the school dictionary: Dowerless means having no dower, that is, with no money or property brought to a marriage; poor, with nothing given to the husband (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# dowerless

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**Who acts:** Dowerless, that, dowerless maiden, she, friends, father · **What happens:** mean, have, be, bring, give, go out · **To what, where:** dower, money, marriage, husband, kind heart, land · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«dowerless» 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: [dowerless in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dowerless.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Dowerless means having no dower, that is, with no money or property brought to a marriage; poor, with nothing given to the husband (old use).

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dowerless:m1:1
# text = Dowerless means having no dower, that is, with no money or property brought to a marriage; poor, with nothing given to the husband (old use).
1	Dowerless	dowerless	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	dower	dower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	20	conj	_	_
24	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
28	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Dowerless |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *not said to happen* | gerund | Dowerless *not said here* | no dower |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dower=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | with no money or property | tree rules |
| 4 | **bring** | participle |  | no money or property *not said here* |  | a marriage |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to marriage=Destination |
| 5 | **give** | participle |  |  | the husband |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to husband=Recipient |

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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 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The dowerless maiden had only her kind heart.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dowerless:x1:1
# text = The dowerless maiden had only her kind heart.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dowerless	dowerless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	maiden	maiden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the dowerless maiden | maiden's kind heart |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Being dowerless, she went out to work for her bread.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dowerless:x2:1
# text = Being dowerless, she went out to work for her bread.
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	cop	_	_
2	dowerless	dowerless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | dowerless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go out** | past | she |  |  |  |  | out *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for her bread | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for bread=Beneficiary |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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Her friends called her dowerless because her father had no land to give.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:dowerless:x3:1
# text = Her friends called her dowerless because her father had no land to give.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	dowerless	dowerless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | Her friends |  |  |  |  | dowerless *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **have** | past | her father | no land |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient |
| 3 | **give** | to-infinitive | her father *not said here* | no land *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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**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.

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