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title: arabesque — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «arabesque» in the school dictionary: A decoration of flowing lines, leaves and curls, often repeated in a pattern. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# arabesque

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**Who acts:** gate, dancer · **What happens:** flow, repeat, stretch out, have, stitch, hold · **To what, where:** decoration, pattern, other leg, pretty arabesque, sleeves, arabesque

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A decoration of flowing lines, leaves and curls, often repeated in a pattern.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arabesque:m1:1
# text = A decoration of flowing lines, leaves and curls, often repeated in a pattern.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	decoration	decoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	flowing	flow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	curls	curl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	often	often	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	repeated	repeat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **repeat** | participle |  | a decoration of flowing lines and leaves and curls *not said here* |  | a pattern |  | often *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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: ballet — kept apart, not parsed.

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A pose on one leg with the other leg stretched out straight behind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arabesque:m2:1
# text = A pose on one leg with the other leg stretched out straight behind.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pose	pose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stretch out** | participle |  | the other leg *not said here* |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The gate had a pretty arabesque of leaves.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arabesque:x1:1
# text = The gate had a pretty arabesque of leaves.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	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	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	arabesque	arabesque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the gate | a pretty arabesque of leaves |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arabesque=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The sleeves were stitched with arabesques of roses.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arabesque:x2:1
# text = The sleeves were stitched with arabesques of roses.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sleeves	sleeve	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	stitched	stitch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	arabesques	arabesque	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stitch** | past · passive |  | the sleeves |  |  |  | with arabesques of roses | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with arabesque=Instrument |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The dancer held an arabesque on one toe.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:arabesque:x3:1
# text = The dancer held an arabesque on one toe.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dancer	dancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	arabesque	arabesque	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	toe	toe	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 | **hold** | past | the dancer | a arabesque |  | one toe |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent arabesque=Theme on toe=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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