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title: fetter — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fetter» in the school dictionary: Fetters are chains put round a prisoner's hands or feet. (old use). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fetter

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**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

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«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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fetter.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Fetters are chains put round a prisoner's hands or feet. (old use).

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*Sentence 1:* Fetters are chains put round a prisoner's hands or feet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fetter:m1:1
# text = Fetters are chains put round a prisoner's hands or feet.
1	Fetters	fetter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	chains	chain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	round	round	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* (old use).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fetter:m1:2
# text = (old use).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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To fetter someone is to chain them up so they cannot move freely.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fetter:m2:1
# text = To fetter someone is to chain them up so they cannot move freely.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fetter	fetter	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
14	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No fetters hold me now, said the tree.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fetter:x1:1
# text = No fetters hold me now, said the tree.
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	fetters	fetter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The conquered kings were chained up with golden fetters.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fetter:x2:1
# text = The conquered kings were chained up with golden fetters.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	conquered	conquer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	chained	chain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fetters	fetter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The guards fettered the prisoner's hands.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:fetter:x3:1
# text = The guards fettered the prisoner's hands.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fettered	fetter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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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