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title: solemnize — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «solemnize» in the school dictionary: To hold a formal ceremony for something such as a wedding or a funeral. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# solemnize

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

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:solemnize:m1:1
# text = To hold a formal ceremony for something such as a wedding or a funeral.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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 priest solemnized the wedding in the church.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:solemnize:x1:1
# text = The priest solemnized the wedding in the church.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	solemnized	solemnize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They solemnized the funeral with prayers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:solemnize:x2:1
# text = They solemnized the funeral with prayers.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	solemnized	solemnize	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	prayers	prayer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rites were solemnized in honour of the dead hero.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:solemnize:x3:1
# text = The rites were solemnized in honour of the dead hero.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rites	rite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	solemnized	solemnize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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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**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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