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title: alcove — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «alcove» in the school dictionary: An alcove is a small recess set back in a wall of a room, a little space for a seat or for objects to be shown. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# alcove

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**Who acts:** alcove, vase, She · **What happens:** be, set back, show, stand, read, keep · **To what, where:** small recess, wall, alcove, book, cosy alcove, statue

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An alcove is a small recess set back in a wall of a room, a little space for a seat or for objects to be shown.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alcove:m1:1
# text = An alcove is a small recess set back in a wall of a room, a little space for a seat or for objects to be shown.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	alcove	alcove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	recess	recess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
26	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	aux:pass	_	_
27	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a alcove | a small recess |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **set back** | participle |  | a small recess *not said here* |  | a wall of a room |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in wall=Destination |
| 3 | **show** | to-infinitive · passive | a alcove *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |

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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 vase stood in an alcove by the fireplace.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alcove:x1:1
# text = The vase stood in an alcove by the fireplace.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vase	vase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	alcove	alcove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fireplace	fireplace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past | the vase |  |  | a alcove |  | by the fireplace | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in alcove=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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She read her book in the cosy alcove by the window.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alcove:x2:1
# text = She read her book in the cosy alcove by the window.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	cosy	cosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	alcove	alcove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 | **read** | past | She | her book |  | the cosy alcove |  | by the window | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The statue was kept in a small alcove in the hall.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alcove:x3:1
# text = The statue was kept in a small alcove in the hall.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	alcove	alcove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · passive |  | the statue |  | a small alcove in the hall |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in alcove=Location |

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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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