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title: breastplate — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «breastplate» in the school dictionary: A breastplate is a piece of metal armour worn over the chest to protect a fighter in battle. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# breastplate

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**Who acts:** breastplate, knight, Heracles, old troop horse · **What happens:** be, wear, protect, polish, shine, go · **To what, where:** piece, metal armour, chest, fighter, battle, breastplate

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A breastplate is a piece of metal armour worn over the chest to protect a fighter in battle.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:breastplate:m1:1
# text = A breastplate is a piece of metal armour worn over the chest to protect a fighter in battle.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	breastplate	breastplate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	fighter	fighter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The knight polished his breastplate until it shone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:breastplate:x1:1
# text = The knight polished his breastplate until it shone.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	polished	polish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	breastplate	breastplate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	shone	shine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **polish** | past | the knight | knight's breastplate |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent breastplate=Destination |
| 2 | **shine** | past | breastplate |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Protected by his breastplate and lion's skin, Heracles went after the monster.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:breastplate:x2:1
# text = Protected by his breastplate and lion's skin, Heracles went after the monster.
1	Protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	breastplate	breastplate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	Heracles	Heracles	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by his breastplate and lion's skin | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go** | past | Heracles |  |  |  | after the monster |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The old troop-horse grumbled about his crupper and breastplate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:breastplate:x3:1
# text = The old troop-horse grumbled about his crupper and breastplate.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	troop	troop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	grumbled	grumble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	about	about	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	crupper	crupper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	breastplate	breastplate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* | past | the old troop horse |  |  |  |  | about horse's crupper and breastplate | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about crupper=Topic |

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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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