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title: blouse — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «blouse» in the school dictionary: A blouse is a loose top worn by a woman or girl, or in old tales a loose shirt worn by a boy or man. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# blouse

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**Who acts:** blouse, She, boy, Mum · **What happens:** be, wear, iron · **To what, where:** loose top, loose shirt, white blouse, ragged blouse, blue blouse

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A blouse is a loose top worn by a woman or girl, or in old tales a loose shirt worn by a boy or man.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blouse:m1:1
# text = A blouse is a loose top worn by a woman or girl, or in old tales a loose shirt worn by a boy or man.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	blouse	blouse	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	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
21	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
22	by	by	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl:agent	_	_
25	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	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 blouse | a loose top |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | a loose top *not said here* |  |  |  | by a woman or girl or old tales | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wear** | participle |  | a loose shirt *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She wore a white blouse to school.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blouse:x1:1
# text = She wore a white blouse to school.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	blouse	blouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | She | a white blouse |  |  |  | to school | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blouse=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The boy wore a ragged blouse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blouse:x2:1
# text = The boy wore a ragged blouse.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wore	wear	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	ragged	ragged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	blouse	blouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the boy | a ragged blouse |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent blouse=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum ironed my blue blouse for the party.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:blouse:x3:1
# text = Mum ironed my blue blouse for the party.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ironed	iron	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	blouse	blouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	party	party	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 | **iron** | past | Mum | my blue blouse |  |  |  | for the party | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent blouse=Patient for party=Beneficiary |

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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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