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title: nuptial — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nuptial» in the school dictionary: Having to do with marriage or a wedding. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# nuptial

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**Who acts:** nuptial ring, They, nuptial feast, king · **What happens:** have, do, be, give, last, plan · **To what, where:** wedding ring, nuptial ring, bride

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Having to do with marriage or a wedding.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nuptial:m1:1
# text = Having to do with marriage or a wedding.
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with marriage or a wedding | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wedding; the nuptial ring is the wedding ring.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nuptial:m2:1
# text = A wedding; the nuptial ring is the wedding ring.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	nuptial	nuptial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the nuptial ring | the wedding ring |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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They gave the nuptial ring to the bride.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nuptial:x1:1
# text = They gave the nuptial ring to the bride.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	nuptial	nuptial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | They | the nuptial ring | the bride |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ring=Theme to bride=Recipient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The nuptial feast lasted all day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nuptial:x2:1
# text = The nuptial feast lasted all day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nuptial	nuptial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | the nuptial feast |  |  |  | day |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The king planned a grand nuptial.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nuptial:x3:1
# text = The king planned a grand nuptial.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	planned	plan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	nuptial	nuptial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | past | the king |  |  |  |  | nuptial *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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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