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title: bolster — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «bolster» in the school dictionary: A bolster is a long, round pillow that lies across the top of a bed. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# bolster

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**Who acts:** bolster, long round pillow, She, Good training, your · **What happens:** be, lie, strengthen, bolster, put, pull out · **To what, where:** long round pillow, top, something, courage, bolster, head

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A bolster is a long, round pillow that lies across the top of a bed.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bolster:m1:1
# text = A bolster is a long, round pillow that lies across the top of a bed.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bolster	bolster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	across	across	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a bolster | a long round pillow |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | present | a long round pillow |  |  | the top of a bed |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: 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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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To bolster is to support or strengthen something: bolster your courage.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bolster:m2:1
# text = To bolster is to support or strengthen something: bolster your courage.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bolster	bolster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	_
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	support	support	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
10	bolster	bolster	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | support *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **strengthen** | infinitive |  | something |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent something=Patient |
| 3 | **bolster** | infinitive |  | your courage |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot courage=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She put a bolster under her head.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bolster:x1:1
# text = She put a bolster under her head.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bolster	bolster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	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 | **put** | past | She | a bolster |  | her head |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bolster=Theme under head=Destination |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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The bear's bolster was pulled out of place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bolster:x2:1
# text = The bear's bolster was pulled out of place.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	bolster	bolster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull out** | past · passive |  | the bear's bolster |  | place |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Good training will bolster your confidence.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:bolster:x3:1
# text = Good training will bolster your confidence.
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	bolster	bolster	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bolster** | future | Good training | your confidence |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot confidence=Theme |
| 2 | **confide** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom confidence «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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