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title: armor — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «armor» in the school dictionary: Armor is a covering of metal worn by soldiers or knights to protect the body in battle. (The British spelling is «armour».). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# armor

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**Who acts:** Armor, British spelling, swords · **What happens:** be, wear, protect, put, rattle, shine · **To what, where:** covering, body, battle, armour, knight, armor

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Armor is a covering of metal worn by soldiers or knights to protect the body in battle. (The British spelling is «armour».).

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*Sentence 1:* Armor is a covering of metal worn by soldiers or knights to protect the body in battle.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:armor:m1:1
# text = Armor is a covering of metal worn by soldiers or knights to protect the body in battle.
1	Armor	armor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	covering	covering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Armor | a covering |  |  |  | of metal | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | a covering *not said here* |  |  |  | by soldiers or knights | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  | the body |  | battle |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Beneficiary |

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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:* (The British spelling is «armour».).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:armor:m1:2
# text = (The British spelling is «armour».).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the British spelling | armour |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Usage: verb — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To armor is to cover something with protection.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:armor:m2:1
# text = To armor is to cover something with protection.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	armor	armor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | armor |  |  |  |  | with protection; cover *property* | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The knight put on his armor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:armor:x1:1
# text = The knight put on his armor.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	armor	armor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **put** | participle |  | the knight *not said here* |  | his armor |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on armor=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The swords and armor rattled.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:armor:x2:1
# text = The swords and armor rattled.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	swords	sword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	armor	armor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	rattled	rattle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rattle** | participle | the swords and armor |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The soldiers' shining armor glittered in the sun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:armor:x3:1
# text = The soldiers' shining armor glittered in the sun.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	armor	armor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	glittered	glitter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **glitter** | participle |  | the soldiers's shining armor *not said here* |  | the sun. |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun.=Location |

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