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title: bodice — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bodice» in the school dictionary: The bodice is the top part of a dress, fitted to the chest and waist, often laced or buttoned at the front. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bodice

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**Who acts:** bodice, She, girl · **What happens:** be, fit, lace, button, unlace, sit down · **To what, where:** top part, chest, front, bodice, blue bodice, cloth

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The bodice is the top part of a dress, fitted to the chest and waist, often laced or buttoned at the front.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bodice:m1:1
# text = The bodice is the top part of a dress, fitted to the chest and waist, often laced or buttoned at the front.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bodice	bodice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	fitted	fit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	waist	waist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	often	often	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	laced	lace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	conj	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	buttoned	button	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	conj	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the bodice | the top part |  |  |  | of a dress | tree rules |
| 2 | **fit** | participle | the bodice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the chest and waist *goal* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent to chest=Goal |
| 3 | **lace** | participle | the bodice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | often *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **button** | participle | the bodice *not said here* |  |  | the front |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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}

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She unlaced her bodice and sat down.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bodice:x1:1
# text = She unlaced her bodice and sat down.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	unlaced	unlace	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	bodice	bodice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unlace** | past | She | her bodice |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bodice=Patient |
| 2 | **sit down** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The girl sewed a blue bodice for her doll.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bodice:x2:1
# text = The girl sewed a blue bodice for her doll.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sewed	sew	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	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bodice	bodice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	doll	doll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | past | the girl | a blue bodice |  |  |  | for girl's doll | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bodice=Material for doll=Beneficiary |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cloth was used to wash the bodice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bodice:x3:1
# text = The cloth was used to wash the bodice.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cloth	cloth	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	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bodice	bodice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · passive |  | the cloth |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Theme clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **wash** | to-infinitive |  | the bodice |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bodice=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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